{{Short description|Series of concert tours created by American metal band Disturbed}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Refimprove|date=December 2008}} '''Music as a Weapon''' is a series of concert tours created by the American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Disturbed (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 (band)|Disturbed]]''' *[[Drowning Pool]] *[[Adema]] *[[Stereomud]] *[[Systematic (band)|Systematic]]
===Music as a Weapon II (2003)=== *'''Disturbed''' *[[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] *[[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] *[[Ünloco]]
===Music as a Weapon III (2006)=== *'''Disturbed''' *[[Stone Sour]] *[[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]] *[[Nonpoint]]
===Music as a Weapon: Australia and New Zealand (2008)=== ''For a list of tour dates, see [[Indestructible Tour#Oceania ("Music as a Weapon: Australia and New Zealand")|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#North America, Leg #5 ("Music as a Weapon IV")|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)#North America, Leg #2 ("Music as a Weapon V")|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)#Oceania ("Music as a Weapon: Australia and New Zealand")|Asylum Tour]].'' *'''Disturbed''' *[[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] *[[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]] *[[Forgiven Rival]] <small>(Australian dates only)</small> * These Four Walls <small>(NZ dates only)</small>
==Live albums==
===Music as a Weapon II=== {{Infobox album | name = Music as a Weapon II | type = live | artist = [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]], [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] and [[Ünloco]] | cover = Disturbed - Music as a Weapon II.jpg | alt = | released = February 24, 2004 | recorded = 2003 | venue = | studio = | genre = * [[Nu metal]] * [[alternative metal]] | length = | label = * [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] * [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] | type = live | prev_title = [[Believe (Disturbed album)|Believe]] | prev_year = 2002 | title = Music as a Weapon II | year = 2004 | next_title = [[Ten Thousand Fists]] | next_year = 2005 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] | type = live | prev_title = [[Live from the Road]] | prev_year = 2003 | title = Music as a Weapon II | year = 2004 | next_title = [[This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)]] | next_year = 2004 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] | type = live | prev_title = [[Welcome (Taproot album)|Welcome]] | prev_year = 2002 | title = Music as a Weapon II | year = 2004 | next_title = [[Blue-Sky Research]] | next_year = 2005 }} {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Ünloco]] | type = live | prev_title = [[Becoming I]] | prev_year = 2003 | title = Music as a Weapon II | year = 2004 | next_title = | next_year = }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=music-as-a-weapon-ii-mw0000322147|pure_url=yes}}|title=Music as a Weapon II - Disturbed|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> | noprose=yes }} '''''Music as a Weapon II''''' was recorded as a live album and DVD, created by [[Disturbed (band)|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 (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]]" and the previously unreleased song "Dehumanized". The DVD also contains Disturbed's video for their single "[[Liberate (Disturbed song)|Liberate]]". This was Disturbed's last release with bass guitarist Steve Kmak. It was also [[Ünloco]]'s final release before splitting up.
====Track listing==== {{Tracklist | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Loading the Weapon | note1 = instrumental | extra1 = [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] | length1 = 2:33 | title2 = Bound | extra2 = Disturbed | length2 = 3:54 | title3 = Myself | extra3 = [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] | length3 = 3:36 | title4 = Dehumanized | extra4 = Disturbed | length4 = 3:44 | title5 = Forfeit | extra5 = [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] | length5 = 4:06 | title6 = [[Fade to Black (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]] | note6 = [[Metallica]] cover | extra6 = Disturbed | length6 = 4:26 | title7 = Empty | extra7 = [[Ünloco]], written by Tim Wilson | length7 = 4:03 | title8 = Sumtimes | extra8 = Taproot | length8 = 4:42 | title9 = Darkness | extra9 = Disturbed | length9 = 4:02 | title10 = Bruises | extra10 = Ünloco | length10 = 2:50 | title11 = [[Prayer (Disturbed song)|Prayer]] | extra11 = Disturbed | length11 = 3:49 | title12 = [[The Red (song)|The Red]] | extra12 = Chevelle and [[David Draiman]] | length12 = 3:46 | title13 = [[Poem (song)|Poem]] | extra13 = Taproot | length13 = 3:20 | title14 = [[Stupify]] | extra14 = Disturbed, [[Pete Loeffler]] and Joey Duenas | length14 = 4:28 }}
====Chart positions==== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2004) !Peak<br>position |- |[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/album/disturbed-chevelle-taproot-unloco/music-as-a-weapon-ii/609782#/album/disturbed-chevelle-taproot-unloco/music-as-a-weapon-ii/609782|title=Music as a Weapon II - Disturbed|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |align="center"|148 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Disturbed}} {{Chevelle}} {{Korn}}
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