He discusses the impact of Metallica's " Fade to Black" on him as a lyricist, in a chapter about the song that also examines its social and cultural significance.
Moody was interviewed for the book Full Metal: The 50 Most Influential Heavy Metal Songs of the 1980s and the True Stories Behind Their Lyrics.
They also performed at Download Festival in 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2015, and the Monster Stage at Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio in 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014, as well as at Rockfest 2012 in Kansas City. Roughly four months later, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 was released, rising to number 2 on the Billboard 200, and notable for its single, "Battle Born".įive Finger Death Punch played many major tours and festivals, including Korn's Family Values and Bitch We Have a Problem tours, the Jägermeister Stage at Mayhem Festival in 2008 and the main stage at Mayhem Festival in 20. On July 30, 2013, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 was released, selling over 210,000 copies. It was the band's third consecutive RIAA-certified Gold record. Their even more successful third record American Capitalist debuted number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over 90,000 copies in its first week.
Their second album, War is the Answer (2009), sold more than 44,000 copies in its first week of release, spawned five top 10 singles, and has gone on to sell more than 700,000 copies. The album was produced by guitarist Zoltan Bathory and drummer Jeremy Spencer and was mixed by former Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader.įive Finger Death Punch achieved rapid commercial success: their debut album, The Way of the Fist (2007) has currently sold over 600,000 copies in the United States and spawned three top 10 singles.
In the same year, Five Finger Death Punch entered the studio to record their debut album at Next Level Studios and Complex Studios in Los Angeles with Steve Bruno and Mike Sarkisyan. Ghost Machine released their second album, Hypersensitive, on November 21, 2006. Moody joined the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch and his side project Ghost Machine released their debut self-titled album on July 26, 2005. Moody also made songs with old roommates and family members, Ryan Morrow (bass), Bill Stonebraker (guitar), and Jim "Dugan" Demongey (drums), calling themselves Black Blood Orchestra. Motograter went on a hiatus in 2005 but played a one-time reunion show in 2006 at the Delicious Rox Festival. They gained some mainstream success playing the second stage at Ozzfest 2003 and touring with bands like Korn, Disturbed, Marilyn Manson, Nothingface, Slipknot, Mushroomhead, and Killswitch Engage. They released their self-titled studio album on June 24, 2003. The following year, he joined the nu metal band Motograter. The band played a few shows around the Los Angeles area in 2002 and made a demo which was not released. Moody moved to Los Angeles in 2001, adopting the surname of Billy Moody, who had married his mother and was "like a father to me." (The Jasta Show - Episode 28 39m00s). The album features #1 hit singles “Inside Out” and “A Little Bit Off”.Moody during Rock on the Range 2010 in Columbus, Ohio Bad Company (The Five Finger Dim Mak Steve Aoki Remix) – original version taken from War Is The Answer)**įFDP’s latest studio album, F8, debuted at #1 on the Rock charts worldwide with a Top 10 Mainstream chart debut in the USA, Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and more.Wash It All Away (Joe Hahn Remix – original version taken from Got Your Six)**.Trouble (Felmax Remix) – original version taken from And Justice For None.Wrong Side Of Heaven (New Acoustic Version.
The band members recently finished filming on set in Las Vegas for ‘The Retailiators’, a horror movie set for 2021 release on Better Noise Films.Ī DECADE OF DESTRUCTION – VOLUME 2 includes 4 previously unreleased tracks. ‘Broken World’, a Steve Aoki Remix of ‘Bad Company’, a Joe Hahn Remix of ‘Wash It All Away’, a Felmax remix of ‘Trouble’ and a new accoustic version of ‘Wrong Side Of Heaven’. Their current single from ‘F8’, “A Little Bit Off” has hit #1 at US Rock radio for 4 weeks, and earlier in August the band were voted “Best Live Act 2020” at the (AIM) Association Of Independent Music Awards 2020, a testament to their outstanding arena shows and live production. In February 2020, the band released their highly acclaimed eighth Studio album ‘F8’. ‘ A DECADE OF DESTRUCTION – VOLUME 2‘ is now available on CD, orange double vinyl and pre-release exclusive purple double vinyl from Better Noise Music. Five Finger Death Punch‘s second installment of their greatest hits