DISTURBED Frontman On Europe Vs. North America; Video Available

Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED have posted an excerpt from their European press conference on June 5 at the Sweden Rock Festival, where singer David Draiman talked about the difference between their fans and the metal scene in Europe and North America. "The biggest is that it's bigger here," David said. "A lot bigger. There's also a huge difference in energy, I think, in European crowds in general." Watch the clip below.

DISTURBED's new album, "Indestructible", has sold 253,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart.

The band's previous two albums, 2005's double-platinum "Ten Thousand Fists" (first-week sales: 238,000) and 2002's platinum "Believe" (first-week sales: 284,000),both also debuted at No. 1.

DISTURBED's best-selling release to date is its 2000 debut, "The Sickness", which has shifted nerly four million copies in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

DISTURBED singer David Draiman has described "Indestructible" as heavier, angrier and more aggressive than previous efforts, citing some of his own personal experiences of the last few years as inspiration. The disc also addresses politics and the occupation of Iraq in songs like "Enough", although Draiman told The Pulse of Radio the band didn't time its release to coincide with the current presidential race. "No, that really didn't have any bearing as to, you know, why we were putting out the record at the time that we did," he said. "Does the fact that it's coming out in a political time affect anything? Not to us, really. I mean, no matter what was going, it's simply when we feel that the music is ready and it's time to put it out, that that's when we put it out."

DISTURBED will co-headline this summer's Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour with SLIPKNOT, beginning on July 9 in Seattle.