Five Finger Death Punch: The Way Of The Fist – Music Review

The Way of the Fist, the debut disc from California based band, Five Finger Death Punch is a good metal disc. Ivan Moody’s vocals are fierce when he screams yet very melodic on the vocal parts that he sings. Moody’s vocals accompanied by the intense drumming of Jeremy Spencer, who at times almost appears to be playing lead riffs on his drum kit. Darrell Robert’s and band co founder Zultran Bathory’s guitar work on this disc is hard and skilled and is one of the best things about this particular effort. However Darrell Roberts was replaced in 2009 by Jason Hook. Five Finger Death Punch is tight as a band. They know how to shred on a good riff without over producing it. Which brings me to the biggest surprise of all about this disc, it was produced entirely by the band themselves.

The lyrics on this disc seem to drift back and forth between very original lines and generic heavy metal lyrics. One of the more promising lines are “I gotta tendency to self destruct…and a soft spot for the filth” from the track Ashes. Another great line from the song The Bleeding, which is like a sonic power ballad, is “as wicked as you are you’re beautiful to me….you’re the darkest burning star…you’re my perfect disease.” These are two of the most notable lines and have a certain originality to them while the less original more generic lines drag the effort down a little. Some of the rebellious spirit of metal is caught on this disc and for a debut release this is a disc worth spinning a couple of times. The Way of the Fist is a 2007 release and you can hear the progression of their music on later discs such as 2009’s War is the Answer and 2011’s American Capitalist.

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Author: John West