For the past decade, The Firm has been giving us many different forms of entertainment through country music, rock, pop, and even in movies. This time around they are granting us the machine known as FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. 5FDP is a band composed of former members of MOTOGRATER, UPO, and W.A.S.P. that delivers a sound that is nothing new to our ears and while they may claim to be “metal” and give a shout out to “Every true metal head that never sold out,” I find that The Way Of The Fist falls short of the bands goals.

Tracks like, White Knuckles, and The Way Of The Fist sound nothing more than a B-Side from SLIPKNOT as all we’d need is some extra people on stage running around with the band. The vocals are run of the mill barking into clean patches that run the typical course of music today and the lyrics are pretty consistent on the album with recurring themes as you can decipher from the titles of the songs. Some of the lyrics you have heard time and time again in heavy music (i.e. “Everything I touch turns to ashes,” “1, 2, Fuck You,” and “I’m dead inside.”) Some of the production on the album doesn’t fit their sound especially in the song A Place To Die as the intro has so much effect on the lead guitars that they don’t even sound like the same band and this runs common on all leads on the album. We also have songs like Salvation and Meet The Monster which sound like the band was emulating PRONG and even STATIC-X. While I see many downpoints on this album there is a saving grace in the first single, The Bleeding in which the radio edit of the song is stronger than the album version but the verses and pre-choruses bear a striking element of BREAKING BENJAMIN.

As musicians the band is not talentless, but I’m not being served anything new that hasn’t been done before. I’m not sure what the public’s perception will be of 5FDP, but what I hear is a band that would have better fit onto the 2nd stage of OZZFEST 2001 than a band emerging in 2007.

RATING: 5 / 10
WEBSITE: www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com
LABEL: FIRM MUSIC

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cma3585 wrote:

i’d give it a 7/10.

the production definitely doesn’t seem right and it’s obviously not original, but it’s quite a good balance between heavy and melodic…and if you loved any of the bands on the second stage of ozzfest 2001, you’d definitely like this.

July 29th, 2007 at 9:46 am

element80 wrote:

this album was a pretty big letdown, considering that i was a fan of motograter, and this is essentially the entire band under a new name.

July 30th, 2007 at 4:10 pm

OnePumpChump wrote:

Essentially the entire band under a new name? The only one that is from Motograter is Ivan, the singer.

August 1st, 2007 at 2:24 pm

KornPimp79 wrote:

I got this CD two days ago and it’s one of my favorite albums ever. I’m a proud Knucklehead! Also, I’m a huge Slipknot fan too and I don’t really hear any Slipknot in their music. The Prong and Static X reference is downright ridiculous! It’s almost like we are not even talking about the same band?? To me they sound like a Swedish Pantera with a more versatile singer. 9/10 any day.

August 4th, 2007 at 8:02 pm

ThisIsNot wrote:

I thought this album was better than a 5/10. I would give it a 7/10. I agree that there is nothing new in this album as I have heard it all before. This band has a nice sound to it as they seem to combine many elements of metal but mainly stick to nu-metal. I find nothing wrong with this as I was born into nu-metal. Without nu-metal, I would have never discovered other great bands like Celtic Frost, Nevermore, Unearth, etc.

Even though there isn’t anything original on this album, I still found it enjoyable. I thought it was better than other releases that came out earlier this year.

August 10th, 2007 at 9:30 pm

element80 wrote:

oh wow, i was misinformed. my friend made me a copy of this cd and said it was motograter under a new name. what are the rest of them doing then?

August 28th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

tnb3993 wrote:

This has to be one of the worst reviews I have ever read, the ONLY they got correct was the production comments. This band is one of the freshest sounding bands out there right now. I never have been to this sight before reading this and from the looks of it I won’t be back. I find it funny you give Droid an 8/10, talk about a band that delivers a sound that is nothing new.

Go see them live; they were one of the best performers at Family Values this year.

September 8th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

soilworkerben wrote:

Ivan Moody (vox) from ffdp and motograter also has another project with 2 other motograter members, that band is called Ghost Machine. They teamed up with John Stevens, an XM radio producer whom they met while motograter performed live on an XM channel. That band is pretty fucking cool, I’d recommend it to anyone, other than the douchebag who wrote this review.

September 12th, 2007 at 11:10 pm

kabukijoe wrote:

I heard this cd and broke out laughing… “You dont understand me.. And you probably never will!!” BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

September 13th, 2007 at 8:03 am

gladiator300 wrote:

hahahahahahahha!!!! The reviewer is a retard!

September 14th, 2007 at 1:32 am

KornPimp79 wrote:

So finally I got to see these guys. I have to throw in another 2 cents here. These guys are unbelievable. The reviewer doesn’t know jack shit about true metal , and it seems like a whole arena agrees!
Check this out ya’ knob:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWWtO_3SAJg

October 13th, 2007 at 2:21 am

KirzmKazm wrote:

I wouldn’t use a Slipknot comparison by any means. When I first heard Motograter, I listened to it repeatedly until I basically got sick of it. I can see the same thing happening with 5FDP. I’ve been listening to this album on loop for the last week or so because it is refreshing and gives me the same feel I had when Motograter was released. However, the technical aspects of the music is pretty simplistic and so are the lyrics but its something new to listen to and I am enjoying it right now. Like the Motograter album, everysong is pretty decent but the album overall is pretty short. I will continue to enjoy this album until it becomes played out in my head.

Nothing really new here but if you liked Motograter, you’ll love 5FDP.

November 1st, 2007 at 11:33 am

ASOmartin wrote:

yeah, the reviewer doesn’t know jack shit about “true metal” because he gave a nu-metal CD a bad review. spectacular reasoning!

December 4th, 2007 at 1:48 pm

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