I do most of the design and the graphics for the merch in the band in general… So, I was playing around with the graphics and I thought it maybe needs a bit more. We thought it's the eighth record, and if you wanted to be esoteric about it, we figured, well, if you turn the '8' sideways, it's the symbol of infinity. He said: "Originally, we were just gonna call it '8', sort of. In an interview with Berlin, Germany's Star FM, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory spoke about the inspiration for the title of "F8". The drums on the LP were laid down by Charlie "The Engine" Engen, who made his live debut with the group during its fall 2018 tour with BREAKING BENJAMIN. The singer celebrated two years of sobriety in March.įIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's new disc was once again helmed by Kevin Churko, the Canadian record producer/engineer and songwriter who currently lives in Las Vegas, where he works out of his private studio, The Hideout Recording Studio. Much of "F8"'s lyrical content deals with Moody's battle with addiction, its aftermath and his recovery. The follow-up to 2018's "And Justice For None" capped a turbulent period for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH in which singer Ivan Moody finally got sober after a near-fatal struggle with addiction, while co-founding drummer Jeremy Spencer bowed out of the band due to physical issues. He has since been replaced by renowned British virtuoso Andy James, who is also featured on "Broken World".įIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's latest album, "F8", was released in February. In October, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH confirmed that it officially parted ways with guitarist Jason Hook back in February 2020, during the band's sold-out European arena tour. "A Decade Of Destruction - Volume 2" contains four previously unreleased tracks: "Broken World", the aforementioned Steve Aoki remix of "Bad Company", a Joe Hahn remix of "Wash It All Away", a Felmax remix of "Trouble" and a new acoustic version of "Wrong Side Of Heaven". The song was included on the second instalment of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's greatest-hits collection, "A Decade Of Destruction - Volume 2", which came out in October.
The band has played international music festivals including Mayhem Festival in 2008, 2010 and 2013, and Download Festival in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2017. The following three albums - The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 (2013), The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 (2013), and Got Your Six (2015) - have all been certified Gold, making Five Finger Death Punch one of the most successful heavy metal bands of the decade. The 2009 follow-up album War Is the Answer further increased their popularity, selling over 1,000,000 copies and got certified Platinum by the RIAA, the band’s third album, American Capitalist, was released on October 11, 2011, and achieved Gold status within the year. Taking their name from the cult martial arts film The Five Fingers of Death, the band’s titanic riffs and darkly skewed lyrics deliver a brand of vintage thrash and blazing metal as powerful as their name.įive Finger Death Punch’s debut album The Way of the Fist was released in 2007, which began achieving rapid success and selling over 500,000 copies each in the United States. One of the most successful groove metal bands of the 2010s, Five Finger Death Punch have been a staple of the Billboard charts since their formation in 2005.
Today we can confirm the third song (via Xbox AU) is indeed their cover of Bad Company (War Is the Answer – 2009). Over the weekend we confirmed that both The Bleeding ( The Way of the Fist – 2007), and Wrong Side of Heaven ( The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 – 2014). Did you hear the one about coming to Rocksmith Remastered this week? Well, here they are!įive Finger Death Punch is yet another band off the Top 40 Most Requested list for 2018 and these three songs should satisfy their fans (for now)…