Music as a Weapon

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.

Line-ups

Music as a Weapon (2001)

• Disturbed
• Drowning Pool
• Adema
• Stereomud
• Systematic

Music as a Weapon II (2003)

• Disturbed
• Chevelle
• Taproot
• Ünloco

Music as a Weapon III (2006)

• Disturbed
• Stone Sour
• Flyleaf
• Nonpoint

Music as a Weapon: Australia and New Zealand (2008)

For a list of tour dates, see Indestructible Tour.

• Disturbed
• P.O.D.
• Alter Bridge
• Redline
• Behind Crimson Eyes

Music as a Weapon IV (2009)

For a list of tour dates, see Indestructible Tour.

• Disturbed
• Killswitch Engage
• Lacuna Coil
• Chimaira
• Suicide Silence
• Spineshank
• Crooked X
• Bury Your Dead
• Born of Osiris
• After the Burial

Music as a Weapon V (2011)

For a list of tour dates, see Asylum Tour.

• Disturbed
• Korn
• Sevendust
• In This Moment
• StillWell (second leg only)

This was the first time Music as a Weapon had co-headliners, Disturbed and Korn.

Music as a Weapon: Australia and New Zealand (2011)

For a list of tour dates, see Asylum Tour.

• Disturbed
• Trivium
• As I Lay Dying
• Forgiven Rival (Australian dates only)
• These Four Walls (NZ dates only)

Live albums

Music as a Weapon II

Music as a Weapon II
Live album by Disturbed, Chevelle, Taproot and Ünloco
Released	February 24, 2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Nu metal, alternative metal
Label	Reprise, Warner Bros.
Disturbed chronology
Believe (2002) Music as a Weapon II (2004) Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
Chevelle chronology
Live from the Road (2003) Music as a Weapon II (2004) This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) (2004)
Taproot chronology
Welcome (2002) Music as a Weapon II (2004) Blue-Sky Research (2005)
Ünloco chronology
Becoming i (2003) Music as a Weapon II (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist	Length
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 positions

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Billboard 200[2]	148