Bingham was replaced by guitarist Darrell Roberts in , who was then replaced by Jason Hook in Bassist Matt Snell departed from the band in , and was replaced by Chris Kael in Spencer then departed the band in due to recurring back issues, and was replaced by Charlie Engen, making rhythm guitarist Bathory the only remaining founding member of the band. Five Finger Death Punch's debut album The Way of the Fist was released in , which achieved rapid success and sold over , copies in the United States.
The follow-up album War Is the Answer further increased their popularity, selling over 1,, copies and being certified Platinum by the RIAA , the band's third album, American Capitalist , was released on October 11, , and achieved Platinum status. The band has played international music festivals including Mayhem Festival in , , and , and Download Festival in , , , , and The band released their eighth studio album, F8 , in and their ninth album AfterLife was released in To date, Five Finger Death Punch has released nine studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums , one extended play EP , and 33 singles.
Five Finger Death Punch was founded in [ 1 ] [ 2 ] by former U. By the end of , their debut album, The Way of the Fist had been recorded and entirely self-produced. From July 30 to September 2, , the band went on their first major tour cycle as one of the supporting acts on Korn 's Family Values Tour. The Way of the Fist was re-released on May 13, , with 3 bonus tracks. Main support on the tour was provided by Shadows Fall , with additional support coming from Otep and 2Cents.
After recognizing the event as a misunderstanding, German police released the band members and they appeared at both Rock im Park on June 4, , and Rock am Ring June 6, , as scheduled. The band began to record their third studio album in November [ 47 ] at The Hideout studios in Las Vegas, Nevada.
On February 28, the band posted a picture on Facebook of Moody recording vocals for the album. On March 12, an update video was posted to YouTube. On May 1, , the band announced the release of their next two studio albums collectively titled The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell with Volume 1 being released on July 30, and Volume 2 following on November It sold 77, copies in its first week, and once again landed in the No.
