Five Finger Death Punch Announce Release of TWO New Studio Albums
Thursday, 02 May 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
Five Finger Death Punch has announced the band will release their fourth AND fifth studio albums this year. Vol. 1 hits the stores on July 23rd and Vol. 2 is scheduled for later this year via Eleven Seven Music. Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory reveals:
"We came off the road after a couple of great years of touring and were really amped up to write the 4th record. Everybody was in the right headspace and the band tighter than ever so it was a perfect storm. We jumped in head first and found ourselves 12-13 songs deep fairly quick but were still coming up with better and better material so we looked at each other and said…. ok why stop there ?… let's keep going. Once we passed the 24th song we knew we're going to have to do a double album. We had this massive amount of music that's very dear to us, possibly the best material this band has ever created. At that point there was no way to decide which songs to leave off the album. So we made the decision to release them all."
The band will be kicking off the new album cycle by introducing the first single, 'Lift Me Up' with a live performance featuring a very special surprise guest at Revolver Magazine's Golden Gods Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this today, where the band will appear live alongside Metallica, Stone Sour and Halestorm amongst others. The show will be streaming live on AXS TV and Xbox LIVE. Details here.
In June, Five Finger Death Punch will return to Europe for a tour of major festivals including Download Festival at Donington Park on Sunday June 16th concluding the run with a performance at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Ceremony in London.
Upon the band's return to the US, the band will co-headline the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival alongside Rob Zombie kicking off in San Bernadino, CA at the San Manuel Amphitheatre on June 29th. The travelling festival will stage appearances in 26 markets, and the full itinerary can be viewed at fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour
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