Released November 16, 2009 Length 2:54 | Format DI Label Spinefarm Records | |
Genre Groove metal, thrash metal, heavy metal Writer(s) Zoltan Bathory, Ivan L Greening, Thomas Jason Grinstead, Jeremy Spencer Heyde, Matt Snell | ||
"Dying Breed" is a song by the American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It is the third single from their second album War Is the Answer, and their sixth single overall. The single was released exclusively through Spinefarm Records as a digital download in the UK on November 16, 2009. The single also features the song, "Succubus", a bonus track from War Is the Answer. "Dying Breed" was featured on the Splatterhouse video game soundtrack in 2010.
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Writing and recording
Guitarist Zoltan Bathory told Metal Hammer: “You know, we didn’t have an awful lot of time in which to make the new record, and this was the last track that Ivan added his vocals to. That’s why we originally had it down as a bonus track, because it was being worked on right at the end of our schedule… but when we heard the finished thing, we knew it had to go on the album. Track One! “In a way, it’s a bit like ‘Ashes’ on the first album – 196 bpm, really fast, a heavy aggressive track with a great melodic chorus. It really was the missing piece of the puzzle…”