Five Finger Death Punch also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2005, the band’s name comes from kung fu cinema.
Former Members
Band Bio
All about Five Finger Death PunchOver the last decade, Five Finger Death Punch has become one of the most recognisable names in music. The band has 22 Top 10 singles with 9 #1 singles and has sold over one million concert tickets in the past two years alone.
Every record since the release of the band’s 2007 debut album, The Way of the Fist, has been certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA–3x Platinum and 6x Gold.
The band has earned numerous awards and honors and is one of the few recipients of the prestigious “Soldier Appreciation Award” from the Association of The United States Army. Recently, Five Finger Death Punch was nominated for “Best Rock Song” and “Best Rock Artist” at this year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.
The band’s current release, F8, debuted at #1 on the Rock charts worldwide with a Top 10 Mainstream chart debut in the US, Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and more.
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Five Finger Death Punch Timeline
2005 - 20065FDP begins
Five Finger Death Punch was founded by Zoltan Bathory. He was joined by Jeremy Spencer who responded to advert put out by Bathory who was looking for a drummer.
The duo hit off immediately and in 2006 were joined by Matt Snell (Ex-Bass player) and Ivan Moody and The Way of the Fist album was recorded later that same year.
The rest, as they say, is history
2007The Way of the Fist is released
On July 10, 2007, 5FDP released an EP, Pre-Emptive Strike exclusively through the American iTunes Store. The album’s lead single, “The Bleeding”, was released on July 13, 2007 ahead of the full albim release The Way of the Fist on July 31, 2007. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number 199 and was certified gold in 2011.
2007First Tour
From July 30 – September 2, 2007, the 5FDP went on their first major tour cycle. They performed as one of the supporting acts on Korn’s Family Values Tour and also supported the North American leg of Korn’s Bitch We Have a Problem Tour from September 22 – October 27, 2007.
2008
5FDP continued to gain momentum and supported Disturbed on their Indestructible US Tour from April through May 2008. The Way of the Fist was re-released on May 13, 2008, with three bonus tracks with “Never Enough” released as the album’s second single on July 15, 2008. Later that year 5FDP were a part of the 2008 Mayhem Festival playing the Jägermeister Stage. The third single from The Way of the Fist, “Stranger Than Fiction” was released on September 17, 2008.
2009
The Way of the Fist was released in Europe and the album cycle cumiliated with the bands debut performance at the prestigious Download Festival at Donington Park. Jason Hook also joined the band in 2009 as replacement for original guitarist Darrell Roberts.
2009Sophomore Album
5FDP released their second studio album, War is the Answer in September 2009. The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling approximately 44,000 copies in its first week.
2009Global Tours
5FDP embarked on “The Shock and Raw” US Tour. The main support on the tour was provided by Shadows Fall, with additional support coming from Otep and 2Cents. Upon completing the US run of the tour, the band then brought the Shock and Raw tour to Europe, finishing off with a run of dates in the UK. The main support for these dates was again Shadows Fall, and opening acts for the UK portion of the tour were Rise To Remain and Magnacult.
2010Download Festival
Five Finger Death Punch also played the Maurice Jones Main Stage at the 2010 Download Festival on June 12, 2010. While playing the song “Dying Breed”, their set was cut due to too many people crowd surfing up to the stage to shake frontman Ivan Moody’s hand. After the crowd was brought back under control by security the band was allowed to play one final song, “The Bleeding”.
2010Mayhem Festival
5FDP played the main stage at Mayhem Festival 2010 with Korn, Rob Zombie and Lamb of God from July 10 until August 14, 2010
2011American Capitalist
The band began to record their third studio album in November 2010 at The Hideout studios in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bassist Matt Snell departed from the band in December 2010 and in June 2011, Chris Kael was announced as Snell’s replacement. The band’s third album, titled American Capitalist, was released October 11, 2011. Production for the album was handled again by Kevin Churko. The first single from American Capitalist, entitled “Under and Over It”, was released on July 27, 2011 with its accompanying music video in September 2011.
2011Share The Welt Tour
In support of American Capitalist, Five Finger Death Punch embarked on their “Share the Welt” tour from October 16 – December 14, 2011 with support from All That Remains, Hatebreed and Rains.
2012Furious & Deadly Tour
5FDP embarked on the “Furious and Deadly” tour from March 23 – April 12, 2012 with support from Soulfly, Windowpane, and Persist.
2012Trespass America Tour
From July 13 to August 28, 2012, Five Finger Death Punch took part in Metal Hammer’s “Trespass America Festival” with support from Battlecross, God Forbid, Emmure, Pop Evil, Trivium and Killswitch Engage.
2013Double Album Release
On May 1, 2013, Five Finger Death Punch announced the release of their next two studio albums collectively titled The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell with Volume 1 being released on July 30, and Volume 2 following on November 19.
2013Double Album Release
On May 1, 2013, Five Finger Death Punch announced the release of their next two studio albums collectively titled The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell with Volume 1 being released on July 30, and Volume 2 following on November 19.
2015Got Your Six
On May 2, 2015, the band released the title of their sixth album, Got Your Six as well as a teaser for a new song titled “Ain’t My Last Dance” on their official Facebook page. The album was released on September 4. In 2015, 5FDP also embarked on a co-headlining North American Tour with Papa Roach to promote the upcoming album and were accompanied by In This Moment as special guests with support by From Ashes to New for the tour .The band also performed on the main stage as part of Download Festival 2015.
2017Summer Festivals & European Arena Tours
5FDP embarked on a series of summer festival concerts across Europe including RockAMRing, RockIMPark, Pink Pop, Graspop, Hell Fest, Download Festival (UK, Madrid & France), Nova Rock, Metapoloz, Greenfield, Copenhell, Tons of Rock. They followed this up with US Festival appearences at Illinois State Fair, Moonstock, High Elevation, Riff Fest, Louder Than Life, Sonic Boom, Aftershock, Rock Allegiance. The band finished the year with their biggest european tour to date ending at the world-renowned Wembley Arena in England.
2017A Decade Of Destruction
The band released a video for their cover of “Gone Away” by The Offspring. The cover song was featured on Five Finger Death Punch’s greatest hits album, A Decade of Destruction.
2018And Justice For None
5FDP released their seventh album, And Justice For None on May 18, 2018. In the run-up to the album release the band released Fake, Sham Pain and When The Seasons Change.
2019New Album
In May 2019, 5FDP confirmed a new album was under-way ready for a 2020 release and released a video series documenting their time in their studio via Youtube and Instagram. In one of the studio update videos published in June 2019 the band confirmed that Charlie Engen had been made an official member of the band following the departure of Jeremy Spencer in 2018.
By December 2019, the band confirmed the title of the new album was F8 and unveiled the first single from the album with the release of ‘Inside Out’.
2020F8
Five Finger Death Punch opened the year with the release of the second single from F8 called ‘Full Circle’ in early January, which was quickly followed by a third single, Living The Dream in February 2020.
2020Megadeathpunch Tour
At the start of 2020, 5FDP embarked on its first European Tour in almost three years. Dubbed the Megadeathpunch Tour the band together with support from Megadeth and Bad Wolves. The 22-date leg covered everywhere from the Russia and the Ukraine to the United Kingdom to Bulgaria and featured the bands most ambituous German tour leg to date. During the Megadeathpunch Tour the band posted a regular tour diary featuring show footage and day-to-day happenings on the tour. Video clips also featured teaser snippets of songs from F8 in the run up to the release of the album.
2020F8 Underground Posters
Throughout February posters promoting the F8 album were spotted across the London Underground network in the UK with fans encouraged to track them all down and submit selfies tagging the band as part of a social media campaign.
2020Quarantine Theater Series
During the COVID-19 outbreak the band released an online series called Quarantine Theater. The series featured Zoltan Bathory, Ivan Moody and Chris Kael reacting and providing a commentary on the bands music videos. The series aired three times per week and ran for 12 episodes.
2020Guitar Zero: Legend of the Fail Series
In May 2020, a new series aired on the bands social media sites documenting Ivan Moody’s journey in learning how to play the guitar. The comedy series featured a number of guests such as Steel Panther’s Satchel , Trivium’s Matt Heafy, DJ Ashba, and Hellyeah’s Tom Maxwell offering tips to Ivan.
2020A Little Bit Off
In June 2020, the band released its second music video for the F8 album with a quarantine themed video for ‘A Little Bit Off’. The single earned the band its ninth number one Billboard chart position.
2020A Decade of Destruction Volume 2
In October 2020, the band released its second greatest hits compilation album titled A Decade of Destruction Volume 2
2020Andy James joins 5FDP
In October 2020, 5FDP confirmed the departure of lead guitarist Jason Hook with an announcement that renowned British guitarist Andy James (who filled in for Hook on the Megadeathpunch tour in 2020) would be joining the band as his replacement.
2020Living The Dream Music Video
In October 2020, 5FDP released a music video for Living The Dream from its F8 album.
Been There & Done That
Five Finger Death Punch Stats 849
Live Performances
22
Music Videos
8
Albums
6
Gold Albums
33
Singles
3
Platinum Albums
200
Guitar Picks Thrown Per Show
22