For a few strange years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a novel phenomenon hung around the Billboard charts. It was called “nu metal,” a dark infusion of alt-rock, hip-hop and heavy metal that made ...

Disturbed’s alt-metal-sounding mayhem began a quarter of a century ago with the release of its definitive debut, “The Sickness.” To commemorate the anniversary, the platinum act is on its “The ...