A couple of years ago, no one knew who Five Finger Death Punch were. That was soon to change.
The wayward supergroup gelled when former members of semi-popular Los Angeles bands — Motograter’s Ivan Moody (vocals), U.P.O.’s Zoltan Bathory (guitar), W.A.S.P.’s Darrell Roberts (guitar) and Jeremy Spencer (drums) and Anubis Rising’s Matt Snell (bass) — joined forces to write songs that were more contemporary, well-crafted and radio-ready than those of their former outfits.
Their efforts paid off. In 2006, Five Finger Death Punch went into the studio to record their debut The Way of the Fist on their own and in 2007 they signed a label deal with management company The Firm. The album entered the Billboard album chart its first week of release and has produced the radio singles “The Bleeding” and “Never Enough.” To date, the record has sold over 200,000 copies.
Five Finger Death Punch cemented their reputation as an exciting live bands opening shows for Korn, Hellyeah, Trivium and Atreyu. Recently, FFDP played The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival and on October 3 the band will launch a headline tour in Sauget, Illinois with In This Moment, Bury Your Dead and Another Black Day. Dates run through December 4 in San Diego.
We recently hooked up with Moody and talked about the album’s success, the band’s history, FFDP’s love for mixed martial arts fighting, and the emotional and physical scars that have impacted the band’s churning, melodic metal.
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