Imagine you’re flying in formation, in the Air Force, and then imagine the face of a clock. It’s a military term that is talking about having someone’s back. What does the title of the new album, Got Your Six, mean? Bass player Chris Kael made time to speak to Uproxx about the new album, the band’s rabid fans and their ongoing support of the men and women serving in the U.S. The band will then kick off a co-headlining run with BREAKING BENJAMIN on July 16 in Seattle.The band headlined North American arenas to great success last fall, and is about to co-headline the Fueled By Monster Energy tour with Papa Roach, featuring support from In This Moment and From Ashes to New. In May 2016, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH announced it had signed a new North American recording deal with the BMG-owned rock label Rise Records.įIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will hit a handful of festivals and play around a dozen dates with SHINEDOWN this spring. And for us, it's always about writing the song - the song is what matters the most to us." We sometimes experiment, but we have a sound.
The same crap 30 years later, right?"Īsked if the band changed any of the LP during the past year, Bathory replied, "We ended up recording a couple of more songs that was part of the agreement with the label we recorded three more songs for the album that was part the settlement."īathory said about the "And Justice For None" music: "We have a sound, and we're not gonna really go far away from that. And lyrics, actually, METALLICA's '…And Justice For All', make a lot of sense to me. He added, "We all know there's METALLICA album. Bathory explained: "There was this back-and-forth forever, and finally when we settled, I think Ivan was the one who said, 'Well, I guess that's justice for none.' And we were, like, 'Let's call the album 'And Justice For None'.'"īathory acknowledged that the band picked that title even though METALLICA released an LP called "…And Justice For All". The band is also offering fans a variety of new CD/merchandise bundles.īathory told Detroit radio station WRIF that the title of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's new album was inspired by the group's legal battle with Prospect Park. Last fall, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH settled its lawsuit with Prospect Park and released a greatest-hits collection with two new songs.ĭue on May 18, "And Justice For None" is available for pre-order in the following formats: standard physical CD (13 tracks),deluxe physical CD (13 tracks + 3 bonus tracks + deluxe artwork),vinyl (13 tracks + 3 bonus tracks + deluxe gatefold artwork). "Sham Pain" sees FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH frontman Ivan Moody spitting out such lines as "my label tried to sue me, TMZ tried to screw me, Blabbermouth can fucking suck it, 'cause they never fucking knew me," a reference to a particularly event-filled 2016 during which the band was sued by its record label, Prospect Park, and a woman claiming to be Moody's wife accused the singer of infidelity and being violent during their relationship.įIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's follow-up to 2015's "Got Your Six" was originally delivered to Prospect Park in December 2016, but a legal battle with the company delayed the LP's arrival. Sarcasm has always been our 'art of war' (if, from naming the band FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, you haven't figured it out yet),but just wait until you see the video we made for this song." "Us, we pour gasoline on it and then hit it with a rocket launcher. Everyone has a different way of dealing with the moments when life hands them lemons… some complain and some make lemonade," he said. According to guitarist Zoltan Bathory, the track is "a lyrical snapshot of probably the biggest, yet most chaotic year of this band's career.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has unveiled the new song "Sham Pain", off the band's upcoming seventh studio album, "And Justice For None".