About the band: Disturbed are an American heavy metal band, formed in 1994. The band released seven studio albums, five of which have consecutively debuted at number one on the USA charts. They have sold over 17 million records worldwide, making them one of the most successful rock bands in the modern era. Disturbed currently have one song in my list of about 200 best pop/rock songs of all time.
About the song: I am reluctant to include cover versions of songs where the original is already in the list, but this is one of the few exceptions. Although Simon and Garfunkel's original remains unsurpassed, the cover version by Disturbed, a track from their 2015 album Immortalized, blew me away when I first heard it in 2019. Paul Simon himself endorsed the power metal ballad version of his masterpiece. Run time 4:08.
