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Released
  
September 22, 2009

Length
  
45:07

Release date
  
22 September 2009

Label
  
Prospect Park

Recorded
  
April–June 2009

Artist
  
Five Finger Death Punch

Producer
  
Kevin Churko

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War Is the Answer (2009)
  
American Capitalist (2011)

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Groove metal, Hard rock, Thrash metal, Alternative metal

Similar
  
Five Finger Death Punch albums, Heavy metal albums

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War Is the Answer is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It was released on September 22, 2009 through Prospect Park Records. The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200, selling approximately 44,000 copies in its first week. It is also their last album to feature bassist Matt Snell, who departed from the band in late 2010. War Is the Answer has been certified platinum in the U.S., with sales of 1,000,000, making it their best-selling album.

Contents

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Writing and recording

War Is the Answer was announced as Five Finger Death Punch's second studio album in May 2009. The album was produced by Kevin Churko, who had previously produced Ozzy Osbourne's Black Rain, and mixed by Randy Staub, who had previously worked with Metallica, Nickelback, and Stone Sour. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory, commenting on the style of the album, stated "we've continued the journey we started on the first album, so there's a healthy balance of melody and aggression, and as always we concentrated on writing strong metal songs in the traditional sense."

Bathory said to Metal Hammer about the album title:

It's a phrase we've had up our sleeve for some time, and I've been talking about it a lot in interviews. In fact, somebody just said to me: "If war is the answer, then what is the question?", and I guess the answer to that is "life"! Basically, you're fighting against something or other right from the start – fighting for survival with pretty much everything against you, and there are occasions when the only really appropriate response is to punch someone in the mouth! It's a pretty involved subject once you really start to think about it, and this record covers it all – the deeper meaning and of course the more shallow one too!

Release

Although War Is the Answer was originally announced to be released on June 8, 2009, but this was put back to October 6, 2009, then brought forward to September 22, 2009. On August 10, 2009, they announced the first leg of their Shock and Raw Tour, which will promote the new album. The second leg was announced on August 17, 2009.

The two bonus tracks, "Succubus" and "Undone", were originally cut from their first album The Way of the Fist. A demo version of "Succubus" was leaked onto the Internet under the title "Hate Me". The band decided to re-record both songs and include them as bonus tracks on War Is the Answer.

Track listing

All tracks written by Five Finger Death Punch and Kevin Churko, except where noted.

Singles

Six singles have been released from the album, "Hard to See", "Walk Away", "Dying Breed", "No One Gets Left Behind", "Bad Company", and "Far from Home".

The first single from War Is the Answer, "Hard to See", began receiving radio play on July 13, 2009. The song was noted for having "undeniable melodies." According to Bathory, the song is about people being attached to opinions based on limited amounts of information. It is also a playable track in the rhythm video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The second single, "Walk Away" was released on November 2, 2009 and appeared in Tap Tap Revenge 3 as one of their weekly free tracks and also was used as the theme song for TNA's 2010 PPV Lockdown. The next two singles, "Dying Breed" released on November 16, 2009 and "No One Gets Left Behind" released on March 8, 2010 were both released exclusively in the United Kingdom. They released their cover of Bad Company's song, "Bad Company" as the fifth single on May 17, 2010. "Far from Home" was released as the sixth single on September 16, 2010. "Far from Home" was also featured as the incidental music over the closing scenes of the TV drama show Criminal Minds episode "What Happens at Home".

Personnel

Five Finger Death Punch
  • Ivan Moody - vocals
  • Zoltan Bathory - rhythm guitar
  • Jason Hook - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Matt Snell - bass, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Spencer - drums
  • Production
  • Produced by Kevin Churko
  • Mixed by Randy Staub
  • Songs

    1Dying Breed2:55
    2Hard to See3:29
    3Bulletproof3:16

    References

    War Is the Answer Wikipedia


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