First stormed rock radio in 2007 with 'The Bleeding' (from debut album ), a powerful, emotionally tense track that matched vintage -style thrash with a throat-shredding chorus more typical of late-aughts metalcore. The Las Vegas band's sophomore disc, mines much of the same territory as that breakout song, keeping the flame of the classic '80s sound alive with snap-tight chugga-chugga guitar rhythms, minor-key, classical music-inspired clean/acoustic passages, and vocals dripping with a -approved combination of sensitive angst and macho defiance.
First single 'Hard to See' backs a catchy, harmony vocal-laden melody with a syncopated groove so rhythmically engaging it could almost be called funky, while the closing track, 'War Is the Answer,' takes a headbanging riff seemingly straight out of the songbook and uses it to drive home one of several ultra-aggressive sentiments ('To me you're just a cancer/War is the answer'). Elsewhere, delve into somewhat more diverse sonic territory; 'Bulletproof' pairs a throbbing industrial feel reminiscent of late-period with melodic shred guitar solos and a vocal hook that recalls the '80s pop-prog of and, while 'Far from Home' is a straight-up power ballad, complete with dramatic strings and a soaring chorus that could sit on a compilation album right alongside any big lighter-waver, from 's 'It's Been Awhile' to 's 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn.'
Show your appreciation for the first album from Five Finger Death Punch with this hoodie with art inspired by The Way of The First. Featuring a drawstring hood and front kangaroo pocket. Featuring a drawstring hood and front kangaroo pocket.