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DISTURBED Shows Love and Support For The WM3!

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:59 AM PDT

We all know I pretty much shout my support and dedication for ‘FREE THE WM3′ from the rooftops.
When I find out others are on board, it swells my heart with pride that people (even this many years later) can come to the rational, intelligent conclusion that these men need to come home. (Hell they never needed to be in there in the first place, but that’s another rant, for another time.)
Today, I bring good -albeit a little late – tidings, courtesy of the band DISTURBED!

Want in on the thankfully, not so well kept, secret? I’ll share the email I received. Read below:

“DISTURBED TO SELL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG, “3,” AT WWW.DISTURBED1.COM BEGINNING TODAY

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO BENEFIT THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE

DISTURBED ON THE ROAD THIS SUMMER HEADLINING 4TH ANNUAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL

April 28, 2011 – Burbank, CA – Beginning today, multi-platinum hard rock band Disturbed will make available for sale a previously unreleased song, entitled “3,” at their official website www.disturbed1.com. All proceeds from the sale of the track, which is available for $.99, will go to benefit the Damien Echols Defense Fund, which pays for legal fees, forensic testing, and investigative fees for the three men known as the West Memphis Three who were unjustly convicted of murder in Arkansas in 1994. The Free the WM3 Support Fund is group of private individuals who strongly believe that Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley are serving prison terms for murders they did not commit. For more information, please visit www.wm3.org.

In other Disturbed news, the band’s current album Asylum has been certified gold by the R.I.A.A. This summer the band will hit the road headlining the fourth annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The tour, which also features Godsmack and Megadeth on the main stage, will make a 26-date trek across the country beginning on July 9th in San Bernadino, CA. Tickets are now on-sale. Please visit www.disturbed1.com or www.rockstarmayhemfest.com for tour dates and ticket info.

Formed in Chicago in 1996, Disturbed have sold 12 million albums and over six million digital tracks worldwide. Asylum is Disturbed’s fourth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1, a feat achieved by only two other rock groups in history: Metallica and the Dave Matthews Band. Disturbed has had eight #1 hits at BDS Active Rock radio: they are tied with Creed for the second most on the chart. The band has also had the third most #1 hits at Mediabase Active Rock, with seven.”

What are you waiting for? Don’t know the story of The WM3? Visit WM3 and then run on over and buy “3″, it’s only $0.99 – you know it’s kick ass because Disturbed fucking rocks, AND you’re contributing not to a “good cause” but a worthwhile effort to help afford three men the right to hopefully come home one day, where they belong.

[Image not property of TEN, but was edited by Willow Raine]