August 2025 Featured Release - The Gateway Edition

So just like that we find that a new month is upon us which of course means that we’ll be nominating a brand new monthly feature release for each clan. This essentially means that we’re asking you to rate, review & discuss our chosen features for no other reason than because we enjoy the process & banter. We’re really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on our chosen releases so don’t be shy.

This month's feature release for The Gateway, nominated by me (Shadowdoom9 (Andi)), is the 2005 3rd album by Chicago-based alternative metallers Disturbed, Ten Thousand Fists. As we keep celebrating the 20th anniversaries of different albums from one of modern metal's best years 2005, this album is where the band was starting to find their sound after the darkness of The Sickness and the melody of Believe by combining those two sides. Some controversy towards vocalist David Draiman aside, he and his band have made decent albums like this that shouldn't be forgotten.

https://metal.academy/releases/6544