The 10 Best Five Finger Death Punch Songs, Chosen By Zoltan Bathory

With six studio albums tucked firmly under their bullet belts, Five Finger Death Punch aren't short of a massive tune or two – just look at their recently released A Decade Of Destruction compilation album for proof! Often it's hard to condense the sound of one band down to a handful of tracks, and not a task anyone takes on lightly, but when we asked founder member Zoltan Bathory to pick the ten best Five Finger Death Punch songs he was all over it.

So here we go. These are the best FFDP songs according to the man responsible.

The Bleeding

"This was the song that opened the door for us. People told us that a band with a stupid name like Five Finger Death Punch playing this kind of heavy music would never be on the radio, but this song got on the radio and it became a top ten hit. It opened doors for us and it’s the last song we play at every show. I had this riff for a decade before we used it. It almost didn’t make the record because we thought it was too light for the record, but thank god we did it because without this song there would be no Five Finger Death Punch."

The Way Of The Fist

"I love to play this song live and it’s a very important song for me. The percussive guitar playing – the way we play songs – it was different to the time, and it established a sound that now belongs to Five Finger Death Punch. It had a sound and a vibe that established what the band is and the direction we were going into. It was very percussive, fast metal or whatever we can name it, it was different to what was around us."

Under And Over It

"It’s my favorite song to play live. It has the right beat, the right groove, the right everything for a live performance. This song is in the encore when we come back and the first moment we play that riff I can feel the audience wake up and there’s a roar. It’s the perfect song and the perfect riff to play live. It’s really really fun to play."

Wrong Side Of Heaven

"This is our biggest single to date. I had this riff for a long, long time. I didn’t know what to do with it, but it came together and it became a very important song. It has a video that gives the song another meaning and a cultural impact because of the message. The song has such an impact that mainstream politicians had to address it, the Washington Post had to address the song because of the message that veterans around the world aren’t taken care of, and these guys need our respect."

Burn M***********r

"Obviously it’s a pretty angry song, and another one that I really like because of the performance. It’s one where we pull the kids out from the crowd and get them onstage – that's a special moment in our live show. Again it’s really fun to play, everybody sings the words, and it’s a very impactful song live."

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