Ffdp mosh pit8/10/2023 I often state that the one glaring weakness for 5FDP is that their cliche, “look how hard I am” lyrics get old, but my irritation melts away when Ivan is singing on stage. ![]() Not only did he sound really really good, but he is just awesome at stage presence. Speaking of Ivan, throughout the show, he really put on a clinic. At the end of that song, without even taking a breath, Ivan said “Alright bitches, why don’t you help me pick this up a little bit.” I barely had time to think to myself “Pick it up? Are you serious?” before the intro to Bulletproof left me fighting to stay upright again. In fact, when they started playing Far From Home, which is more ballad-like in construction, I got excited about a potential rest, but they even layered that song with a killer solo by Golden God Guitarist Zoltan Bathory that got the crowd screaming and moving. Everytime 5FDP finished a brutal song like The Way of the Fist, there was another No One Gets Left Behind to follow it up. Some bands take a break somewhere in the middle of their show they play a slow song and give you a chance to relax and breathe. It’s heavy, and thick, and un-waivering, the epitome of the center of the metal genre. 5FDP plays a very in-your-face, no bullshit kind of music. The cool thing about it was that the band did an incredible job of matching that intensity and emotion of the crowd stride for stride. Maybe it was that I had been standing in the back for a few months because of my foot, but this was one of those “I’m so glad I’m 6’7” moments for me, because it was just really intense. HUGE mosh pit, extremely active and vocal crowd, and just a lot of people in a tight space that were jacked about this show. Three songs into this show and I was already commenting to myself that this was one of the rougher crowds that I had seen in a while. I thought this was a great way to start the show, and one of the things I immediately noticed was that the song Salvation sounded MUCH better than it does on their first album, giving further evidence that they have really grown as a band. They came flying out of the gate with their new single Under and Over it, and then played one of their oldest songs (Salvation) and then the title track off of their new album, American Capitalist. Their show was extremely cohesive and they sounded really tight. If nothing else, I was astounded by how far they have come in the last 4 years. I was really really impressed with Five Finger Death Punch at this show. I’m all about shows at small venues, but Piere’s needs to lower their capacity, and 5FDP’s management needs to think bigger when planning shows. In addition, the audience was so packed that it was nearly impossible to get to the bathroom or the bar, and there was nowhere to stand to rest for a few minutes. Not only did the bands have to take out a bunch of their cool stage elements, they generally seemed cramped the entire show. However, for this show, it was simply too small of a venue. Piere’s – Photo taken by All that Remains Piere’s is built around one central room that has the stage for the main shows, and has four bars attached it to it that get popular after the shows are over. Even though locals call this place “Dirty P’s”, we’ve seen shows there before and the crowds have been pretty cool. ![]() Wayne, Indiana is a pretty cool place, with a great bar set-up, a free shuttle to hotels nearby, and stage that’s viewable from three sides (as opposed to just the front). Because I’ve been a part of that transformation from the beginning, catching a show on their first major headlining tour was important to me. I think it’s fair to say that Five Finger Death Punch is all grown up. When our paths crossed, they were in the second to last city of their first major headlining tour, in which they have long time powerhouse band All that Remains as their opening act, and have sold out all but three shows. They have an enormous fan base, and an almost cult following by members of the United States Military. Five Finger Death Punch has released American Capitalist, which sold 100,000 copies in the first week (and gets excellent reviews from nearly everyone, including The Music Pill family). ![]() ![]() While the show wasn’t great, it seemed as if they had a solid nucleus and just needed time to evolve.įast forward 4 years. I did watch that show, and remember liking it, but even in my inexperience at that time, it was evident that this band was just starting out. I remember that festival vividly (for other reasons…Invitro anyone?), and 5FDP’s show was extremely unpolished and fell onto a mediocre crowd. They had just come out with their debut album, called The Way of the Fist, and it was a solid album, albeit a bit unpolished. The firs t time I saw Five Finger Death Punch, they were on one of the side stages at Korn’s Family Values Tour in 2007.
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