On the latest episode of the Detours & Destinations podcast, hosted by Rabbi David Ingber, Disturbed frontman David Draiman spoke about identity, faith, resilience and the origins of the band's celebrated cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound Of Silence". Draiman explained that the track pushed him well outside his usual comfort zone, requiring an emotional, multi-octave sung performance rather than the guttural, distorted delivery associated with Disturbed and heavy metal more broadly. He credited producer Kevin Churko with giving him the courage to attempt it and argued that Churko does not receive the recognition he deserves for shaping the song.

Draiman recalled that he had not sung so purely since the band's second album, having grown wary of showing that side of himself after the backlash to the 2001–2002 "Believe" record, when fans resisted anything that was not heavy. He said Churko devised key elements such as the octave drop and the low, whispered passages, and recounted that the late Chester Bennington of Linkin Park urged him to do more such singing after hearing his live rendition on "Conan". The cover appeared on Disturbed's 2015 album "Immortalized", topped Billboard's Hard Rock and Mainstream Rock charts, and became the band's highest-charting single ever; its video passed one billion YouTube views in May 2024, while a 2024 remix by Australian producer Cyril Riley reached No. 34 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.