FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH TO EMO, CARRY PANTERA TORCH?

Five Finger Death Punch are proving that playing heavy rock can still be successful in the long run as they hope to eliminate emo.

Five Finger Death Punch has been working tirelessly for more than a year and now it’s beginning to pay off. Vocalist Ivan and crew is supporting The Way Of The Fist, and they’ve been slowly building their following to be one of Heavy Metal’s biggest bands. Five Finger Death Punch consistently sells 4,000 to 5,000 copies a week and the album has never left the Billboard 200 album charts. The success of the album is prompting a worldwide release for January 19.

For those with some heavy music pedigree, the band’s sound is similar to the roar and clash of old school and new school sounds created by Pantera, and in a previous interview the band said that’s fine with them.

[Zoltan] “I’m sure there are people that feel the same way, ‘Like where the hell did metal go?’ There are metal bands out there now, great metal bands, but nobody’s in that bracket of mainstream – I’m not talking about the sell-out mainstream, but I’m talking about the mainstream that is capable of reaching (a wider audience). Let me put it this way: I don’t like the idea of some cheesy, stupid emo band influencing this new generation. When I was a kid and I looked up to these big metal bands, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and whatnot, Pantera, Metallica, I was like ‘Wow, man. That’s what I wanna be.’ I have a hard time to imagine some kid looking up onstage with some weak like dude, some dorky guy, being…” [Ivan] “It’s like, ‘Daddy never loved me enough…'” [Zoltan] “Yeah, it’s like, ‘Dude, grow some balls,’ you know?”

Five Finger Death Punch is currently touring the west coast, with dates wrapping up December 4 in San Diego, California.