Five Finger Death Punch (often abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP) is an American groove/thrash group. They are currently signed to Firm Music / EMI.
History
Five Finger Death Punch was formed in 2005 by guitarist Zoltan Bathory (formerly of U.P.O.). Other members recruited to the band include former Motograter vocalist Ivan Moody, former W.A.S.P. members in guitarist Darrell Roberts and drummer Jeremy Spencer, and former Anubis Rising/Deadsett bassist Matt Snell.
The band has 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/Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader.[1]
In early June it was announced that the band had inked a deal with Firm Music, which is a branch of "The Firm", a highly successful management company (Korn, Staind, Limp Bizkit).[2] Their debut album "The Way Of The Fist" was released on July 31, 2007 The record broke into the Billboard 200 on its first week of release, and hit the #2 position on Billboard's New Artist/Heetseekers chart. Their First single, "The Bleeding" landed in the top 40 rock radio charts, eventualy worked its way into the top 10 and ruled the radiowaves for an astonishing 8 months.
The band headlined the Guitar Hero II second stage at the 2007 Family Values Tour.[3]
Following up with the Bitch We Have a Problem Tour featuring KoRn, Hellyeah - then the Indestructible Tour with Disturbed in 08.
The band is on the road to play the Jägermeister Stage on the Rockstar Mayhem Tour in the summer of 2008, a show which consist of many bands such as Slipknot, Disturbed, Machine Head, Dragonforce, Mastodon, 36 Crazyfists, and many others.
Members
Discography
Albums, EPs
Singles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart.
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