FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH — American Capitalist (review)

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH — American Capitalist album cover Album · 2011 · Groove Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
1/5 ·
Wilytank
How much do I need to emphasize that the tough guy attitude in mainstream metal is really lame? Five Finger Death Punch really isn't ashamed to show it off though. Hell, the frontman looks like a John Cena wannabe. I've been wary on this band before, but I thought I ought to give 'American Capitalist' a listen if only to confirm my distaste.

Well, actually, the music ain't all terrible at first, but it does get old really fast and ends up becoming rather bland and mediocre. What really drags this album down is the vocalist and the lyrics. Moody's clean voice sounds generic of the mallcore style, and his harsh shouting is only made more pathetic by the lyrics he belts out.

"Generation Dead" and "Coming Down" are some of the most painful and generic sounding alternative metal songs. They've got that slow pace with the so-called "anthemic" refrains. Plus, those two songs feature some of the stupidest emotional lyrics that I'd expect from a band like Linkin Park, not from a band full of pseudo tough guys.

But the worst of it comes from "Remember Everything". The emotional lyrics are even worse here and it's dominated by clean vocals and slow paced pseudo heavyness so much that it actually does sound like a Linkin Park/Nickelback song.

It seems to me like they're try appeal to potential male fans with "Over and Under It", "100 Ways to Hate", and "Menace" AND even the artwork with the 'Woah! These guys must be really badass! I want to be just like them! One copy of 'American Capitalist, storeclerk bitch!' mindset; yet they also try appeal to potential female fans with the emotional songs assuming they have some sort of sensitive side. Screw all that.

Five Finger Death Punch, please get out of my ears. Try not to hit your muscleheads on my malleus on the way out.
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Kingcrimsonprog wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Maybe it is different in America, but here's how I see it....

I really don't think many people are listening to 5FDP because they like the idea of being the sort of person who would call the storeclerk a bitch... I have to imagine it is just that the music sounds good to their ears.

Of course there will be a small percentage of douchbags who do... but they will also listen to Napalm Death's Scum or Pig Destoryer to get the same gratification. The douchebags shouldn't affect the public's perception of the band or the music.
Xaxaar wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I thought the album art was a satire of Five Finger Death Punch when I first saw it. Still equally as funny.
Sheavy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I loled
The Angry Scotsman wrote:
more than 2 years ago
FFDP.....Disturbed rip off. That pretty much sums it all up LOL ya know its something when you are knockin off a generic bland metal band already!

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