Five Finger Death Punch
Got Your Six


1.0
awful

Review

by Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR (124 Reviews)
August 30th, 2015 | 21 replies


Release Date: 2015 | Tracklist

Review Summary: The year's best (so far) and worst (by far) albums both come out in the same week. Go figure?

After an outstanding week of top-notch releases for heavy metal (Nile, Ahab, Soilwork and Motorhead), Five Finger Death Punch comes out with an abomination that stops this freight train right in its tracks and sucks the life out of it completely. What's more is that this goes without mentioning an interview with Five Finger drummer Jeremy Spencer, who claimed he was "digging it. It's actually more brutal, with more extreme dynamics." Well, Jeremy, you got the brutal part right on the nose. My narrow-minded skinny jean wearing friend who loves some of the worst in the genre said this album was one of his all time favorites. (brain cells lost by typing this) You got the extreme part down too. This album is chock full of heavy hitting swear-fests that will make moshers sweaty and bloody. What's missing? The dynamic aspect. Nothing here is absolved of the contrived and lackluster identity of this terrible album. But c'mon, did we expect Five Finger Death Punch to actually release a solid album when so many of their contemporaries are putting out masterpieces?

I'll mince words here, ladies and gentlemen, this is the worst album, not only of the year, but the worst to hit store shelves since Attila's "Guilty Pleasure", which was released nine months ago. "Jekyll and Hyde" played like a track that could garner some positive recognition. But that's as a standalone single. When mixed in with these abhorrent offenses, you'll forget you even liked "Jekyll and Hyde" in the first place.

And this abhorrent nature of the album comes at a bad time for Five Finger Death Punch. Lead vocalist Ivan Moody has been tagged with accusations of alcoholism and domestic violence, and he hasn't exactly done a lot to debunk these claims. He did cut his drinking, but the domestic violence accusations further question if he's sober. Either way, when a singer's image goes down the tubes, so does the band's. Radio play dies like a fish out of water and it raises little hope for future discography.

Maybe that serves reason why this album is so abysmal. Eponymous track "Got Your Six" is a swear-fest with one explicit word following another and proceeding another and so on and so forth. And it's been shown in recent heavy metal releases like this; when you have nothing else to write about, go with explicit language that would make you want to replace the "Parental Discretion" sticker with a "Warning: Do NOT Purchase. You Will Lose IQ Points" label. I know I sound very arrogant and snarky, ladies and gentlemen, but this is the only proper explanation of how I feel about this.

"Hell to Pay" plays like your typical radio-friendly rocker. Boringly written and unamusingly sung makes this another skipper that takes mainstream rock to the same place the album is trying to take heavy metal; into total obscurity. "My Nemesis" is another track that merrily charts into offensive territory as if nothing's wrong. But it's nicely executed. Surprisingly enough. "Jekyll and Hyde" has a catchy enough hook, but when it sets the pins up, only it itself falls down, flat on its face. "Wash it All Away" isn't terrible. The solos are nearly competent, or at least competent enough to compete with the other radio friendly rockers that make you cringe. All of this is so disappointing, that it's actually presented as a Five Finger staple. Their 2013 double album was like walking a tight rope for the band. Risky, but potentially rewarding. It appears as though everything that proceeded this album was slowly regressing towards what we would eventually have here. Long story short, don't buy. Save ten bucks and 20 IQ points. Good day to all of you.



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Comments:Add a Comment 
LotusFlower
August 30th 2015


12000 Comments


Got your six? More like got your one because this album is a one/10

Shamus248
Contributing Reviewer
August 30th 2015


1137 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Got that right.

SharkTooth
August 30th 2015


14937 Comments


I'll mince words here, ladies and gentlemen, this is the worst album, not only of the year, but the worst to hit store shelves since Attila's "Guilty Pleasure"
nah, this would probably take that title

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/67602/Fronzilla-Party-Peoples-Anthem/

TooManyFriends
August 30th 2015


3507 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

there is no conceivable way this could possibly be good

LotusFlower
August 30th 2015


12000 Comments


did you guys forget about this album?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdWEv67wRzk

TheMagicalBlender
August 30th 2015


2345 Comments


I'm sorry you listened to this. You can't even enjoy it in a tongue-in-cheek way like Immortalized. Here's a pos for sympathy (and a good review).

Trebor.
Emeritus
August 30th 2015


60012 Comments


lol

Snake.
August 30th 2015


25376 Comments


lol if you think the new wonder years is going to be the best album of the year you're probably entering freshman year next week too

Lord(e)Po)))ts
August 30th 2015


70256 Comments


he says as he ironically digs Departure Songs by We Lost the Sea

TheMoonchild
August 30th 2015


1315 Comments


This comes out on the same day as The Book of Souls.

We both know which album is better.

LotusFlower
August 30th 2015


12000 Comments


Yeah, this totally godstomps book of souls

deathschool
August 30th 2015


28936 Comments


I can't wait for the first time users that have this 5d and yell about how this is the greatest thing ever to get here.

RyGuy69
August 30th 2015


2 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

excellent review

deathschool
August 30th 2015


28936 Comments


They started off bad and continue to somehow dig themselves deeper. It is indeed interesting to behold.

JonLDials
August 31st 2015


50 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

why would you waste your time on this shit

Tunaboy45
August 31st 2015


18562 Comments


band is pure shite

hobblepot
September 9th 2015


2953 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Never really liked this band. Enjoyed a couple of songs on previous albums, but never found them particularly enticing. Review made me chuckle a few times, pos'd. I'll probably never listen to this, or anything else this band ever releases

MrNippleLipz
September 9th 2015


461 Comments


What a brutal album cover

WilhelmBlack
September 17th 2015


603 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

A handsaw and a bat? Seriously, go for the cliche guns or something like machetes instead. God, this is terrible.

Transmogrify
September 19th 2015


301 Comments


"There is so much god damn weight on my shoulders. I just want to live my motherfucking life."
Poetry.



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