DISTURBED have returned with the announcement of their highly anticipated new album, Evolution, which is due out Oct. 19 via Reprise Records.

They have also dropped the lead single, 'Are You Ready,' which fans chose through a poll the band launched last week asking listeners to choose between a "heavy" or "ballad" lead single.

According to the band, the "consensus was overwhelming" toward a certain side. Clearly, the fans wanted to hear heavy music first.