The Vengeful One

"The Vengeful One"
Single by Disturbed
from the album Immortalized
Released	June 23, 2015
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:11
Label	Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Kevin Churko; Dan Donegan; Mike Wengren; David Draiman;
Producer(s)	Kevin Churko
Disturbed singles chronology
Music video
	"The Vengeful One" on YouTube

"The Vengeful One" is a song by heavy metal band Disturbed, from their sixth album Immortalized. It was released on June 23, 2015, and is the band's first released song in 4 years, since the release of The Lost Children.^[1] The song is featured as the background music in the opening for Ferrall on the Bench, Scott Ferrall's CBS Sports Radio show.^{[citation needed]}

Accolades[edit]

Region	Year	Publication	Accolade	Rank
United States	2015	Loudwire	20 Best Rock Songs of 2015^[2]	8
United States	2015	Loudwire	10 Best Rock Videos of 2015^[3]	2

Loudwire Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	The Vengeful One	Best Rock Song	Nominated
2015	The Vengeful One	Best Rock Video	Nominated

Track listing[edit]

Compact disc single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Vengeful One"	4:11
2.	"Immortalized"	4:17
3.	"The Vengeful One" (Instrumental)	4:11
4.	"Immortalized" (Instrumental)	4:17
Total length:		16:55

Digital download single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Vengeful One"	4:11
Total length:		4:11

Music video[edit]

The animated, rotoscoping-heavy music video was directed by Phil Mucci and released on YouTube on June 23. It features the band's mascot The Guy, as "The Vengeful One" embarking on a destructive crusade against hyperbolic representations of corruption and cultural toxicity in modern news media.

Personnel[edit]

Disturbed

Dan Donegan – lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, EBow, keyboards, backing vocals
David Draiman – lead and backing vocals
Mike Wengren – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

Kevin Churko – engineer, mixing, producer
Samantha Maloney – orchestral arrangement

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[4]	1
US Rock Airplay (Billboard)^[5]	10
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[6]	17

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (2015)	Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)^[7]	45

In popular culture[edit]

The Vengeful One was released as a downloadable content for the video game, Rock Band 4, on January 12, 2016.

References[edit]

^ "New Disturbed Single Is Here; 'Immortalized' Album Due In August". Blabbermouth.net. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
^ "20 Best Rock Songs of 2015". Loudwire.
^ "10 Best Rock Videos of 2015". Loudwire.
^ "Disturbed Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Disturbed Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
^ "Disturbed Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

External links[edit]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[blabbermouth1-1] "New Disturbed Single Is Here; 'Immortalized' Album Due In August". Blabbermouth.net. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[2] "20 Best Rock Songs of 2015". Loudwire.

[3] "10 Best Rock Videos of 2015". Loudwire.

[sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Disturbed-4] "Disturbed Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[sc_Billboardrockairplay_Disturbed-5] "Disturbed Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

[sc_Billboardrocksongs_Disturbed-6] "Disturbed Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

[7] "Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2020.

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Dan Donegan Mike Wengren David Draiman John Moyer Steve Kmak Erich Awalt
Studio albums	The Sickness Believe Ten Thousand Fists Indestructible Asylum Immortalized Evolution
Compilation albums	The Lost Children
EPs	Live & Indestructible
Live albums	Music as a Weapon II
Singles	"Stupify" "Down with the Sickness" "Voices" "The Game" "Prayer" "Remember" "Liberate" "Guarded" "Stricken" "Just Stop" "Land of Confusion" "Ten Thousand Fists" "Inside the Fire" "Perfect Insanity" "Indestructible" "The Night" "Another Way to Die" "The Animal" "Warrior" "Hell" "3" "The Vengeful One" "Immortalized" "The Light" "The Sound of Silence" "Are You Ready" "A Reason to Fight"
Videos	M.O.L. Indestructible in Germany
Concert tours	Music as a Weapon Indestructible Tour Asylum Tour
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