

The result was The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Vol. Later that year, they released their third studio album, American Capitalist.Īfter a round of touring, Five Finger Death Punch eventually returned to the studio, where they quickly learned they had too much new material for one album. In 2008, bassist Matt Snell parted ways with the band just after they went into the studio to begin work on a new album, and in 2011 they recruited Chris Kael to take over for him. The underground supergroup's volatile but groove-heavy debut, Way of the Fist, was released in 2007, followed by War Is the Answer in 2009. guitarist Darrell Roberts, vocalist Ivan Moody ( Motograter/ Ghost Machine), bass player Matt Snell ( Anubis Rising), and former W.A.S.P. guitar player Zoltan Bathory, former W.A.S.P. The Los Angeles-based outfit formed around the talents of former U.P.O.

In the years following their 2007 debut, they have amassed a slew of awards via gold- and platinum-selling outings like 2011's American Capitalist, 2013's ambitious two-volume set The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, and 2018's And Justice for None.

Taking their name from the cult martial arts film Five Fingers of Death, the group's titanic riffs and darkly skewed lyrics deliver a brand of vintage thrash and blazing metal as powerful as their name. 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.
