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David Draiman was born March 13 , 1973 in Brooklyn , New York is the lead singer for the band Disturbed , which hails from Chicago , Illinois . He is one of five artists who sung for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack , along with Wayne Static of Static-X , Jay Gordon of Orgy , Chester Bennington of Linkin Park , and Marilyn Manson . He attended Loyola University where he triple majored in Business Administration , Political Science , and Philosophy . He was seriously considering law school before he joined the band. His last job before becoming a musician full-time was as a Health Care Administrator. v t e¹

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Musical artist David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is a songwriter and the lead singer for the band Disturbed , from Chicago , Illinois . Draiman is known for his distorted voice and rhythmic singing style.

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Musical artist David Michael Draiman (born 13 March 1973) is an American songwriter and the lead singer for the heavy metal band Disturbed as well as for the band Device . Draiman is known for his distorted voice and percussive singing style. In November 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the Hit Parader ’s " Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time ". Draiman has written some of Disturbed's most successful singles, such as " Stupify ", " Down with the Sickness ", " Indestructible ", and " Inside the Fire ". In October 2011, Disturbed entered a hiatus. Draiman announced in the following year that he was working on an industrial rock / metal project with Geno Lenardo, formerly of Filter , which was later named Device . In June 2015, Disturbed released their first single since their hiatus, named " The Vengeful One ". They produced it over the year before, and along with it announced a new album, " Immortalized ".

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American singer Musical artist David Michael Draiman is an American singer and songwriter; he is the lead singer of metal bands Disturbed and Device . Draiman has a distorted, operatic baritone voice and percussive singing style. In November 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the Hit Parader ' s "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". Draiman has written some of Disturbed's most successful singles, such as " Stupify ", " Down with the Sickness ", " Indestructible ", and " Inside the Fire ". In October 2011, Disturbed went on hiatus, and Draiman worked on an industrial rock / metal project with Geno Lenardo (former guitarist of Filter ), which was later named Device ; they released one album, in 2013. In June 2015, Disturbed returned with a single and a new album, Immortalized . In 2018, Disturbed released Evolution .

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American singer Musical artist David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distorted, operatic, baritone voice and percussive singing style, he has been the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Disturbed since 1996. He has written some of the band's most successful singles, such as " Stupify ", " Down with the Sickness ", " Indestructible ", and " Inside the Fire ". In 2006, he was ranked at No. 42 on the Hit Parader list of "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". During Disturbed's hiatus from 2011 to 2015, he worked on an industrial metal project with Geno Lenardo , which was later named Device . They released one self-titled album in 2013. Disturbed returned with the album Immortalized in 2015, Evolution in 2018, and Divisive in 2022.

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American singer Musical artist David Michael Draiman ( Hebrew : דייוויד מייקל דריימן ; born March 13, 1973) is an American heavy metal singer. Noted for his distorted baritone voice and percussive singing style, he has been the lead vocalist of Disturbed since 1996. He has written some of the band's most successful singles, such as " Stupify ", " Down with the Sickness ", " Indestructible ", and " Inside the Fire ". In 2006, he was ranked at No. 42 on the Hit Parader list of "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". During Disturbed's hiatus from 2011 to 2015, he worked on an industrial metal project with Geno Lenardo , which was later named Device . They released one self-titled album in 2013. Disturbed returned with the album Immortalized in 2015, Evolution in 2018, and Divisive in 2022.

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