Five Finger Death Punch is
an American heavy metal band from
Los
Angeles
California
, formed in 2005 by Hungarian born guitarist,
Zoltan Bathory. Bathory
brought together the talents of
Ivan
Moody (vocals),
Jeremy
Spencer (drums),
Matt
Snell (bass), and
Jason Hook
(guitars). The band was named "Five Finger Death Punch" as a
tribute to the movie
Kill Bill:
Vol. 2.
History
Five Finger Death Punch was founded in 2005 by guitarist
Zoltan Bathory (formerly of
U.P.O.), the members he recruited to the band include
former Motograter vocalist Ivan Moody
W.A.S.P. drummer Jeremy Spencer who also
jammed with Neil Yockey)| former Anubis Rising/Deadsett bassist
Matt Snell, and
Jason Hook. Caleb Bingham, the original Death
Punch lead guitarist, was replaced with
Darrell Roberts of
W.A.S.P. in 2007, who in turn was replaced
by
Jason Hook in 2009.
The band recorded their debut album
The Way of the Fist in 2006 with
Stevo "Shotgun" Bruno (
Mötley
Crüe,
Prong) and Mike Sarkisyan
(
Spineshank). The record was mixed and
mastered by former
Machine Head
and
Soulfly guitarist
Logan Mader. Soon thereafter, the band signed a
deal with Firm Music, a branch of "The Firm". Their debut album
The Way of the Fist was released on July 31, 2007. The
record charted into the Billboard 200 on its first week of release,
and reached the #1 position on Billboard's New Artist/Heetseekers
chart. In an "unfriendly climate for metal", their debut single
"
The Bleeding", went top ten against
all odds and received radio airplay for eight months and the video
for the song was voted on MTV2's
Headbangers Ball Top 5 Metal Videos of
the Year. Death Punch not just repeated but surpassed their first
single's success with their follow-up single, "
Never Enough".
The song charted faster than even that of "The Bleeding", until the
third single "Stranger Than Fiction" took its place. The band
accomplished 8 major tour cycles supporting their first album,
finishing up on the main stage of the 2009 Download Festival and
winning
Metal Hammer's Golden Gods
Award for "Best New Band".
The band's second album,
War Is
the Answer, was released September 22, 2009. It was
co-produced by Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne) and mixed by Randy
Staub (
Metallica,
Stone Sour,
Nickelback). The album landed at #7 on the
Billboard 200, moving over 44,000 in its first week of release,
undoubtedly a Jaggernaut in the making as predicted by leading
heavy metal/hard rock media such as
Kerrang! and
Metal Hammer. The first
single off the album, "
Hard to See" has
entered rock radios top 10 after only a couple of weeks on the
charts.
Members
- Current
- Former
Discography
Albums
Singles
| Year |
Title |
Peak chart positions |
Album |
US
Alt. |
US
Main. |
| 2007 |
"The
Bleeding" |
— |
9 |
The Way of the Fist |
| 2008 |
"Never
Enough" |
— |
9 |
| "Stranger than Fiction" |
— |
16 |
| 2009 |
"Hard to See" |
40 |
8 |
War Is the Answer |
| "Walk Away" |
— |
35 |
| "—" denotes a
release that did not chart |
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