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Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
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Five Finger Death Punch

Appearing in: houston, austin-san-antonio, dallas-fort-worth, el-paso-new-mexico, boston, detroit, cincinnati, cleveland

Five Finger Death Punch formed in Las Vegas in 2005, founded by guitarist Zoltan Bathory, and spent the following years becoming one of the most commercially dominant metal bands in the United States through a combination of heavy radio impact, relentless touring, and an output rate that kept new material in the market consistently. Their debut The Way of the Fist (2007) and rapid follow-up War Is the Answer (2009) established both their sonic identity — groove-based heavy metal built around Ivan Moody's versatile vocals and Bathory's riff-forward guitar work — and their relationship with hard rock radio, which rewarded them with a series of number-one singles that few metal acts have matched.

The band has sold over ten million albums worldwide and produced covers of familiar songs — including "Bad Company," "House of the Rising Sun," and "Far From Home" — that became radio hits in their own right, introducing their version of metal to audiences who found their original material simultaneously. Vocalist Ivan Moody's personal battles with substance abuse and mental health were publicly documented and addressed in their music in ways that connected with audiences who saw something honest and relatable in the transparency. Their live shows are high-production arena events built for audiences who want volume, spectacle, and a setlist of songs they already know and want to hear at maximum volume. The Cody Jinks co-headline in 2026 pairs their metal fan base with a different but equally authentic working-class audience for one of the more unexpected crossover bills of the year.

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