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Music as a Weapon is a series of concert tours created by the American heavy metal band Disturbed. There have been seven editions of the tour, five in North America and two in Australasia. The name of the tour is from the lyrics of "Droppin' Plates" on Disturbed's first album, The Sickness .
For a list of tour dates, see Indestructible Tour.
For a list of tour dates, see Indestructible Tour.
For a list of tour dates, see Asylum Tour.
This was the first time Music as a Weapon had co-headliners, Disturbed and Korn.
For a list of tour dates, see Asylum Tour.
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| Released | February 24, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Nu metal, alternative metal | |||
| Label | Reprise, Warner Bros. | |||
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Music as a Weapon II was recorded as a live album and DVD,created by Disturbed. It was recorded at The Aragon in Chicago in 2003,and released in 2004. It contains Disturbed's cover of Metallica's "Fade to Black" and the previously unreleased song "Dehumanized". The DVD also contains Disturbed's video for their single "Liberate". This was Disturbed's last release with bass guitarist Steve Kmak. It was also Ünloco's final release before splitting up.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Loading the Weapon" (instrumental) | Disturbed | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Bound" | Disturbed | 3:54 |
| 3. | "Myself" | Taproot | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Dehumanized" | Disturbed | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Forfeit" | Chevelle | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Fade to Black" (Metallica cover) | Disturbed | 4:26 |
| 7. | "Empty" | Ünloco, written by Tim Wilson | 4:03 |
| 8. | "Sumtimes" | Taproot | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Darkness" | Disturbed | 4:02 |
| 10. | "Bruises" | Ünloco | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Prayer" | Disturbed | 3:49 |
| 12. | "The Red" | Chevelle and David Draiman | 3:46 |
| 13. | "Poem" | Taproot | 3:20 |
| 14. | "Stupify" | Disturbed, Pete Loeffler and Joey Duenas | 4:28 |
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200 [2] | 148 |
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