Five Finger Death Punch - War Is The Answer
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Artist: Five Finger Death PunchEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-09-22
Music Label: Prospect Park
Soundtracks:
- Dying Breed
- Hard To See
- Bulletproof
- No One Gets Left Behind
- Crossing Over
- Burn It Down
- Far From Home
- Falling In Hate
- My Own Hell
- Walk Away
- Canto 34
- Bad Company
- War Is The Answer
Music reviews of War Is The Answer
Music Review: 5FDP IS the Answer!!
Rating: 5 Stars
Back in 2007, we saw Five Finger Death Punch's highly successful debut album "The Way of the Fist". When I first got my hands on it, I immediately fell in love with it, and I quickly became a fan of 5FDP afterwards. Now, with their new sophmore release, 2009's "War is the Answer", Five Finger Death Punch are back with another full round of hard driving metal that is locked and fully loaded. This album really shows that these guys have definately done some serious growing and maturing since the first album, it's simply incredible on every level with an excellent mix of balls to the wall songs including "Dying Breed", "Burn it Down", "No One Gets Left Behind", "Bulletproof", and "War is the Answer", and more slower and melodic cuts such as "Far From Home", "Crossing Over", and "Walk Away". It also features the addition of new lead guitarist Jason Hook who replaces Darrell Roberts as well. The production here is much stronger and better this time around, and the album artwork is just fantastic, I love it, and of course the band's musicianship is top notch and much more stronger and tighter. Ivan Moody is one of the most talented vocalists in metal today. His clean, melodic singing vocals are just strong, powerful, and absolutely fantastic beyond words, and he also does an excellent job at belting out gutteral screams and growls that are actually clean and understandable. This album really shows how much better of a vocalist Ivan has become. The guitars of Jason Hook and Zoltan Bathory are just excellent here with tons of hard driving, and pummeling riffs and outstanding solos from Jason that'll make your jaw drop in sheer delight. Meanwhile, bassist Matt Snell pummels through the listener's ears relentlessly with strong, hearable basslines, and skinsman Jeremy Spencer dominates his drum kit with awesome beats and fills, and solid double bass kicking.
Highlights Included:
The opening track "Dying Breed" immediately kicks you in the teeth with an aural assault of brutal, gutteral screaming verses that lead to a great melodic chorus, as well as fast machine gun riffing and double bass pedal slammming, and a great ripping solo is included. The second track and first single "Hard to See" is a very catchy and melodic driven song that really showcases Ivan's amazing melodic vocal abilities especially in the chorus, and there's also an excellent guitar solo at 2:08, while track three "Bulletproof" is another fast and heavy track that boasts more machine gun riffs and double bass action and another good balance between screaming and singing. Up next, we got "No One Gets Left Behind" which is a heavy and angry war/political song, while "Crossing Over" is a nice ballad which features some heartfelt vocals and lyrics, and another fantastic solo is thrown in as well. My personal favorite song, that being track six "Burn it Down" is another catchy and heavy hitting song that is highlighted by heavy trudging-like riffs that hit like bricks and straight up angry screams especially in the chorus, and there's another excellent guitar solo thrown in as well. I can just imagine myself lifting weights to this song. "Far From Home" is another masterful and excellent ballad type song that features another incredible vocal performance by Ivan. This song seriously is just absolutely incredible, believe me. "Falling in Hate" meanwhile, is another heavy and addicting cut that features more straight up screaming vocals and slow yet punishing and menacing riffs, while "Canto 34" is an incredibly outstanding and impressive instrumental cut that has attitude written all over it, and features more of Jason's excellent leadwork and powerful heart pounding and headbanging riffs, and a great drum beat to go with that. Next we have the band's cover of Bad Company's classic hit "Bad Company". I was so surprised and impressed at how well they covered this song, and I love the solo around 2:51, and Ivan of course delivers another strong and powerful melodic vocal performance, and last but not least, the final track "War is the Answer" is a heavy and crunchy album closer that boasts driving double bass pedal slamming, bone crunching riffs and a ripping solo, and all-out angry screaming vocals and lyrics. A ferocious album closer this one is.
All in all, "War is the Answer" is an absolute incredible and outstanding sophmore effort from Five Finger Death Punch, and it's definately a huge step forward for these guys as well. It really makes you wonder what the next album is going to sound like. This album definately shows that they're not afraid to show every single emotion that they possess in their hearts and souls. Anyways, if you enjoyed 5FDP's first album "The Way of the Fist", then by all means, you'll definately enjoy "War is the Answer". Highly Recommended!!
Description of War Is The Answer
Five Finger Death Punch's forthcoming sophomore album, War Is the Answer, is locked and loaded with twelve tracks of raw epic heavy metal. The record's deafening battle cry will undoubtedly rattle the genre to its very core and pull you deep into this War. 5FDP have embarked on quite the journey to reach this point. The Los Angeles quintet's assault on heavy music began in 2007 with the release of their hit debut The Way of the Fist. After forming a "dream team" of metal musicians, the band self-funded the album- producing it entirely themselves. Death Punch eventually signed with The Firm/ Prospect Park. After months of relentless touring--including a show-stealing set at 2008's Mayhem Festival--Five Finger Death Punch became the hottest new band in metal. Five Finger Death Punch has fine-tuned their songs more than ever, and their sound has progressed immensely on their latest offering. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory puts it best: "We've matured but we're still the same band. Maybe we've gotten closer to traditional metal on War Is the Answer." Looking to surpass their DIY debut record, 5FDP decided to enlist some big guns for War. The band produced the album alongside world renowned producer Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne), and attracted legendary mixer Randy Staub (Metallica) to the project as well. Also, the band had grown together as people, performers and songwriters. Singer Ivan Moody relates, "We tried to keep the basic ingredients but expand the sound at the same time. We spent two and a half years on the road together, and these guys have become closer to me than my biological family." The result on War is an expansive collection of unbridled melodic metal. Tracks like "Bulletproof" illustrate Five Finger Death Punch's diversity, switching from spellbinding chorus to neck-snapping solo in a flash. "Burn It Down" is a nihilistic exploration in pure rage--a new storyline with the same popular characters from The Way of the Fist. Meanwhile, "No One Gets Left Behind" is an up-tempo crusher that leaves room for lyrical interpretation. "You can take it literally, or as an underlying theme we often talk about," relates Zoltan. "We are all soldiers in this human tribe. We used to fight together against the elements of nature to survive, but today that tribal bond is completely forgotten because there are six billion of us now. Indeed, Five Finger Death Punch are poised to take over the landscape. When it comes to how, there is no question--War is the Answer.Hard Rock & Metal CDs
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