To match the aggressive attitude and nature of said themes, Draiman told the other band members to create darker, more textural music than they have before.

Despite these themes, the title track, "Indestructible", is meant to encourage those in the military that are fighting in wars and boost their morale.

[6] Indestructible was released on June 3, 2008 in CD format, and also as two different limited edition and special edition digipaks,[7] debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, making it the third consecutive number one debut by Disturbed on that chart, which had only been achieved by five other rock bands prior to the album's release.

[10] The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2009 for shipping over 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

Indestructible is Disturbed's first self-produced effort, without Johnny K acting as producer, as he did on the band's previous albums, The Sickness, Believe, and Ten Thousand Fists.

Donegan and Wengren sent him demos through e-mail, and he continued to write bass lines for the songs from his home studio.

Indestructible took the longest amount of time to title when compared to Disturbed's previous records, according to Wengren.

"[3] Donegan, commenting on the meaning of the title, stated, "We feel that we've become indestructible to be able to survive this long in the business, and continuing a success with it.

"[3] Vocalist David Draiman states that, lyrically, the album was inspired by various occurrences of bad luck that happened to him.

"[3] To match the themes Draiman had in mind, he told his bandmates, "give me your darkest, nastiest, [most] aggressive tribal rhythmic shit you can throw at me".

[6] Prior to the release of the album, guitarist Dan Donegan supported this, stating, "musically, it's a lot ballsier than we've written [before]."

"[15] Dan Marsicano of 411mania commented on the song "Perfect Insanity", claiming it has "...a short but sweet shredding solo, double bass drum work, and fast picked riffing...".

[16] He goes on to propose the same for the song "Divide", saying it "follows the same pattern [as "Perfect Insanity"], with aggressive guitar work followed through by Draiman's vocals..."[16] Marsicano also proposes that "Inside the Fire" has "...a memorable solo and a dark theme surrounding it,"[16] and says that "The Night" is an "epic-sounding track that has one of the best solos that Donegan has ever done and a catchy chorus.

"[16] Chris Akin of Metaleater proposes that the album is full of hooks, and that guitarist Donegan takes a "much more 80s approach", due to his guitar solos.

[17] Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone proposes that the album contains "meticulously constructed guitar skronk, serrated verses and cathartic refrains".

[22] The track was anticipated to be the first single released from the album, with a music video directed by Nathan Cox.

[24] In April 2008, a limited edition pre-order digipak of Indestructible was made available for order exclusively through Disturbed's website.

[26] Three songs from Disturbed's first online concert performance at DeepRockDrive were mastered and featured on the EP Live & Indestructible.

[27] On August 20, 2008 a music video directed by Noble Jones for the album's third single and title track, "Indestructible", was posted on Disturbed's website.

[28] The single was released digitally on September 29, 2008,[29] and the music video was officially available for purchase the next day, packaged with the EP Live & Indestructible.

[27] Jones also directed the music video for the fourth single from Indestructible, "The Night", in January 2009,[30] and it was released in late March 2009.

Being the first self-produced effort by the band, they had more leeway to create music without any outside interference, suggests 411mania writer Dan Marsicano.

[16] Guitarist Dan Donegan's guitar work was praised, and About.com writer Chad Bowar notes many songs on the album are guitar-driven.

IGN writer Jim Kaz proposes that vocalist David Draiman has an "overly-forced" vocal delivery.

"[37] It is also suggested that, although possessing a reliably solid foundation, the album lacks a meaning behind its drive: "They wind up sounding a little lost on Indestructible, stabbing their weapons without any reasons behind each parry," says PopMatters writer Andrew Blackie.