Five Finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell - Volume 1 review
| Band: | Five Finger Death Punch |
| Album: | The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell - Volume 1 |
| Style: | Groove metal |
| Release date: | July 2013 |
Disc I
01. Lift Me Up [feat. Rob Halford]
02. Watch You Bleed
03. You
04. Wrong Side Of Heaven
05. Burn MF
06. I.M.Sin
07. Anywhere But Here [feat. Maria Brink]
08. Dot Your Eyes
09. M.I.N.E (End This Way)
10. Mama Said Knock You Out [feat. Tech N9ne][LL Cool J cover]
11. Diary Of A Deadman
12. I.M.Sin [feat. Max Cavalera]
13. Anywhere But Here [duet with Maria Brink]
14. Dot Your Eyes [feat. Jamey Jasta]
Disc II
01. Intro [live]
02. Under And Over It [live]
03. Burn It Down [live]
04. American Capitalist [live]
05. Hard To See [live]
06. Coming Down [live]
07. Bad Company [Bad Company cover][live]
08. White Knuckles [live]
09. Drum Solo [live]
10. Far From Home [live]
11. Never Enough [live]
12. War Is The Answer [live]
13. Remember Everything [live]
14. No One Gets Left Behind [live]
15. The Bleeding [live]
I used to like Five Finger Death Punch.
Their first three albums, until American Capitalist, were seriously fun to listen too, enriched by some features that had become their trademarks: easy but effective riffing, traditional hard rock song structure, non-exactly Shakespearian lyrics and Moody's iconic mix of clean and harsh vocals.
The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell - Volume 1 continues in that way; or, at least, tries to do that. The problem is not that this album lacks the features that have made Five Finger Death Punch famous, on the contrary, these are shamelessly exaggerated and distorted. To better understand what happened, let's make a brief example.
Imagine a group of teenagers, chatting:
"Hey, I really like that group, 5FDP"
"Hey, me too"
"Me too!"
"What about if we make a bunch of songs using their style?"
"That's a great idea, man! Let's do it"
And so they did since they are somewhat talented. The guitarist writes down a couple of good solos, some songs are actually enjoyable and they ask some friends of theirs to help them diversifying the album. But in the end the result is so below the usual standards of the band they admire that the album turns out sounding like a parody of the original band.
One of the band members also asks his 14 years old emo brother to write down the lyrics for the album, but they turn out so childish and uselessly vulgar that using them is almost impossible.
Alright, some friends of theirs are asking about news of the album, promising that they would pay to have it. And so, all the brutality and rebellion which the band once displayed, suddenly disappears. They decide to turn to a more radio friendly sound and to water down the good songs with a sea of fillers, just to record two albums instead of one, just to please their friends and to make a buck.
If you managed to figure out how that album would sound, then you already know what to expect from The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell - Volume 1.
I have no doubt that Five Finger Death Punch diehards will enjoy this album, but the risk for the band to sell its soul is now not so unimaginable.
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Written on 02.12.2013 by
Hopefully you won't agree with me, diversity of opinions is what makes metal so beautiful and varied. So... critics and advices absolutely welcome. |
Comments
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| R Lewis Posts: 935  |
Let's now start counting the people hating this review 
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Monolithic ♠♠♠ Posts: 668  |
Written by R Lewis on 02.12.2013 at 09:06 I hate you, I hate this review, I hate this band and I definitely hate this album.  Oh, sorry. Got a bit carried away. Well I agree with the ratings and all that. Definitely an average album with a few good songs.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Jesus Christ that LL cover was fucking awful. I'll never understand how these guys made it into the mainstream. They remind me of high school when all the ninth graders would circlejerk over the latest Avenged Sevenfold album.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Silent Creeper Senile Veteran Posts: 296  |
I tried to listen one of their songs and there was a sudden drop in my IQ. Lyrically and musically offensive to homo sapiens sapiens species.
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| NorthernDickhead Posts: 220  |
Written by Guest on 02.12.2013 at 09:47 Amon Amarth's album is disapointting,this record is shit,but normal for the band.
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| R Lewis Posts: 935 |
Written by Guest on 02.12.2013 at 15:05 Soon. Trust me. Soon
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Korah Posts: 349  |
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589  |
The reputation this band has, the audience this is catering to, the cover art, the tracklist, the fact that there's so much "featuring" in the track list, the negative review, the fact that this band apparently plays a generally bad genre of music not that I would know because I have never listened to them, the name of the album, the fact that it's one of two albums they released in the same year, and the fact that nobody here seems to like it all adds up to me continuing to stay very far away from this band... Nice review though, don't see why anyone would hate it. 
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| R Lewis Posts: 935 |
Written by Mattybu on 02.12.2013 at 20:25 Because it's, simply put, different. Sometimes I get bored with the usual reviews and feel the need to try something new. But this isn't always well accepted here Anyway, thanks! (And yes, stay away from this band. But if you're curious to try sth of theirs, try War Is The Answer, their best work. A brief comment here)
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8984  |
Written by Guest on 02.12.2013 at 15:05 Stop the timer now. The worst album of the year. Listening to Lift Me up 12908236 times while driving through Iowa probably didn't help this albums case.
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| ppippissi Posts: 41  |
I used to like them as well. Now, whenever they come up, I start laughing like a maniac....Sooo bad.
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| batusay Posts: 25 |
I usually keep away from comments, but I just can't say something here. Willi please listen to whatever song you said will make you shoot yourself when you are going to hear it, do this great thing for the whole world, but before killing yourself leave a note to your mom and tell her to send me a picture of you when youre dead so i can wipe my ass with it  . I love this band, tough this is not their best album they are still fukin awesome.
---- Come inside and be afraid Of this impressive mess I've made If you take a look now you will find PERFECT INSANITY ___________________________________ In the end we're all just chalk lines on the concrete Drawn only to be washed away
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| FelixtheMetalcat Posts: 76  |
Blah, just blah.....juvenile is what this band has always come across to me & this review seems to summarize that perfectly.
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| Shmyt Posts: 84  |
I'm kinda really disappointed but the live album is nice, oh hey, its none of the new stuff from this album... its all the old stuff, chuck disk 1, keep 2, thats it, its the only tolerable bit. They're circling the drain and it really saddens me. I adored Way of the Fist, War is the Answer is excellent, American Capitalist has some trash but it is still a good album on its own. I cannot listen to disk 1 without hearing the same sort of metallica-esque bullshit, if you love them youll still like this album, if ou hate them oh god you will loathe this album. If you dont know them or are on the fence, this will push you far far away if its not just the live album.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8984 |
Written by batusay on 04.12.2013 at 00:38 And here's a great response from the bands 12 year old target audience.
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| Cynic Metalhead Paisa Vich Nasha Posts: 6815  |
Written by batusay on 04.12.2013 at 00:38 Don't worry, you can't wipe your ass with as his photo would be too "thin" to cover up your ass. Willy is awfully influenced by Lit's reaction to go for it, nothing else. Yeah, this album sounds boring, got nothing it and sadly FFDP are now in showbiz than for REAL music. I'm still keeping my hopes open if they do something terrific in future releases otherwise, its total shutdown case for me.
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| Silent Creeper Senile Veteran Posts: 296 |
Written by batusay on 04.12.2013 at 00:38 Do you, by any chance, write lyrics for this band? Because I find your post quite similar to the "train of thought" and vocabulary that this band has.
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| R Lewis Posts: 935 |
Written by Silent Creeper on 04.12.2013 at 18:18 Nah. He has still to work on the F word. He has to use it a lot more, since the band formula seems to be "word+word+F+word+F+word+MF". Anyway, well begun is half done.
---- We could be so much more than we are. Stop.
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| Silent Creeper Senile Veteran Posts: 296 |
Written by R Lewis on 05.12.2013 at 20:59 That's true - it is actually quite hard to be on par with FFDP verbal/lyrical diarrhea.
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| Darth Revan Posts: 147 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 02.12.2013 at 15:21 You say that as though people don't circle jerk over Avenged Sevenfold today... You're optimism is quite misguided, unfortunately... 
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by Darth Revan on 09.12.2013 at 01:41 Well I haven't been to high school in a few years so I have no idea what the latest craze is. It would be pretty unfortunate (although not unlikely) that this kind of stuff is what all the "cool" kids are talking about, considering what was "in" a few years ago.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| Darth Revan Posts: 147 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 09.12.2013 at 02:06 Just got out of it. They appeal to the most vicious, disaffected elements of my local high school... by which I mean the attention seeking slut who would have jumped on Limp Bizkit if she were born 10 years earlier, and the stoner who really liked deathcore. Edgy.
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