Five Finger Death Punch

by itemvn  |  May 24, 2010 [Edit]

Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2005. The band consists of Ivan Moody (vocals), Zoltan Bathory (guitars), Jason Hook (guitars), Matt Snell (bass) and Jeremy Spencer (drums). The band was named "Five Finger Death Punch" as a nod to classic Kung-Fu Cinema.

In 2006 the band entered Next Level Studios and Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California to record their debut album, The Way of the Fist. The Way of the Fist was released charting into the Billboard 200 on its first week of release, and reaching the #1 position on Billboard's New Artist/Heatseekers chart. Their debut single "The Bleeding", went top ten against all odds and received radio airplay for eight months.

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; living up to the hype generated by leading UK heavy metal/hard rock media such as Kerrang! and Metal Hammer. The first single off the album, "Hard to See" entered US rock radio's top 10 after only a couple of weeks on the charts.

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