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Thursday, August 16th 2007
Five Finger Death Punch's Album - The Way Of The Fist - Debuts On Billboard Top 200!
Los Angeles, CA – August 16, 2007 – Firm Music’s newest stars – FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – had an outstanding couple of weeks debuting at #199 on the Billboard Top 200 and #3 on the New Artist chart selling over 5,400 copies, in addition to over 1,400 digital downloads of THE WAY OF THE FIST. This proving to the music community as a whole that FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are indeed a force to be reckoned with!
Regional sales leaders / copies sold include:
New York, NY -520
Los Angeles, CA -314
Boston, MA 241
Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN -236
Phoenix, AZ -256
Buffalo, NY -173
Chicago, IL -179
Albuquerque, NM -125
Philadelphia, PA -181
Washington, DC -128
As the band continues its successful trek headlining the RedOctane “Guitar Hero” second stage of this summer’s FAMILY VALUES TOUR, the albums first single “THE BLEEDING” continues to grab and demand everyone’s attention while making a steady climb at radio hitting #35 on the Active Rock and #10 on the CMJ Loud Rock charts this week.
When asked about THE WAY OF THE FIST’s recent success, Guitarist Zoltan Bathory had this to say: “A new band’s first record landing in the Billboard Top 200? I tell ya’ It’s an awesome feeling because it’s a measurable expression of our fans’ loyalty. Our fans are diehard! They pride themselves with supporting the band and supporting metal in general by going out and buying the record instead of downloading it..We did pop open a couple of cold ones… it is a milestone… but we know there is a long road ahead of us.”
“The Way Of The Fist should be the concert anthem of 2007… [Five Finger Death Punch’s album] will leave you physically exhausted, but mentally stoked.” – BILLBOARD
“Five Finger Death Punch have enough MySpace friends to fill a stadium and the music to match. The Way of the Fist aims squarely for the thrash-groove nirvana that many a band has chased ever since Cowboys From Hell, and actually hits the bulls-eye. Five Finger Death Punch are just the smack in the face that the metal mainstream needs.” – DECIBEL
“Five Finger Death Punch is the sound of violent exhilaration, giving contemporary metal a belligerent shove in an exciting direction.”
- METAL EDGE
THE WAY OF THE FIST was recorded at Next Level Studios by Stevo “Shotgun” Bruno (MOTLEY CRUE, PRONG) and at No Name Studios by Mikey Sarkisyan (SPINESHANK) with mixing and mastering duties being handled by Logan Mader (MACHINE HEAD, SOULFLY).
The video for the “THE BLEEDING”, directed by Bradley Scott can be seen on the band’s Myspace at www.myspace.com/ffdp
For more information on FFDP: www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com or www.myspace.com/ffdp