Lead singer David Draiman, who is of Jewish heritage, spoke in Hebrew on a video message on the group's Facebook page. "Shalom, we are Disturbed and we will be at Rishon Lezion's Live Park on July 2nd." Disturbed, the best selling American hard rock / heavy metal band, promoted their debut in Israel in a video message in Hebrew.Lead singer David Draiman, who is of Jewish heritage, spoke in Hebrew on a video message on the group's Facebook page. "Shalom, we are Disturbed and we will be at Rishon Lezion's Live Park on July 2nd."

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Formed in 1994, the band has released seven studio albums, and is probably best known in mainstream rock circles for their 2015 cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence."

The 44-year-old Draiman, who was on a career path to become a rabbi before secular music changed his direction, has long been a staunch defender of Israel. In a 2011 interview with The Jerusalem Post while vacationing in the country, he claims to have close to 200 relatives in the country, including his Jerusalem-based brother Ben Draiman, also a musician

Draiman wrote a song on the band's 2010 album Asylum called "Never Again," directed at Holocaust deniers and antisemitism.

"I never pull any punches and I will never apologize for who I am or where I come from," Draiman told the Post.

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Although he has visited the country many times, this is the first Disturbed concert in the Jewish state.David Brinn contributed to this article.