David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Disturbed. He has a distorted, operatic baritone voice and percussive singing style. In 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the Hit Parader's "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". He has written some of Disturbed's most successful singles, such as "Stupify", "Down with the Sickness", "Indestructible", and "Inside the Fire".