{"id":7402,"date":"2015-09-14T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-five-finger-death-punch-got-your\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:20:48","slug":"album-review-five-finger-death-punch-got-your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-five-finger-death-punch-got-your\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FiveFive Finger Death Punch<\/b> look like post-apocalyptic freedom fighters and have a seriously aggressive guitar sound to match. It is somewhat paradoxical then, that they can write pop hooks and have an ear for a melody that any pop star would be proud of. As a result, Zoltan Bathory and company manage to play hard-assed metal loaded with radio-friendly hooks and melodic choruses, hence their astronomical success.<\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The intensely rocking title track of ‘Got your Six’<\/i> starts things off positively with some great heavy guitar work, before segueing into the nu-metal tinged first single ‘Jekyll and Hyde’<\/i>, which like the opener sounds cool enough. They then proceed to tell us how little of a fuck they give on ‘Wash it All Away’<\/i>, which switches between growling and classic rock vocals and is blessed with a great riff and a very radio-friendly melody; sure to be massive.<\/p>\n

Things go on in similar vein; serious heavy guitars, shredding solos, machine gun drum-rolls and sing-along choruses, ‘Ain’t my Last Dance’<\/i> and the emo-esque ‘My Nemisis’<\/i> being prime examples. However, the standout track from a metal point of view is ‘No Sudden Movement’<\/i>, which is frantic mosh fuel with a killer solo and more than a hint of Pantera to it.<\/p>\n

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Although they have a super heavy guitar sound and are obviously spectacularly talented musicians, they leave quite a lot to be desired lyrically. ‘Question Everything’<\/i> being among the worst offenders for ultra-meaningful clich\u00e9 lyrics; “She was a princess \/ She could’ve been a queen \/ She had the angels \/ Beneath her broken wings.”<\/i> Power ballads ‘Digging my Own Grave’<\/i> and bonus track ‘Apologize’<\/i> are stacked with regret, whereas ‘Boots and Blood’<\/i> is fuck this, fuck that and fuck fuck fuck fuck it all – dull, dull, dull, awful.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, I am in no doubt that this album will continue FFDP<\/b>’s phenomenal and thoroughly deserved success. If you can get past its lyrical limitations, the crystal-clear production offers up plenty to throw yourself around to, notably Bathory and Hook’s badass riffing and scorching solos.<\/p>\n

3\/5<\/p>\n

‘Got Your Six’<\/em> by Five Finger Death Punch <\/strong> is out now on Eleven Seven Musics<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Five Finger Death Punch<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter <\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Edward Layland (@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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