The Way of the Fist

"The Bleeding"
The Way of the Fist
Studio album by Five Finger Death Punch
Released	July 31, 2007
Recorded	2006–2007
Studio	Next Level Studios in Los Angeles, California and at Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Groove metal[1]
Length	38:58; 49:26 (re-release);
Label	Firm; Spinefarm;
Producer	Zoltan Bathory; Jeremy Spencer;
Five Finger Death Punch chronology
Singles from The Way of the Fist
	"The Bleeding"; Released: July 10, 2007; "Never Enough (appears on the 2008 re-release)"; Released: July 15, 2008; "Stranger than Fiction (appears on the 2008 re-release)"; Released: September 17, 2008;
Alternative covers
	"Iron Fist" edition

The Way of the Fist is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, released on July 31, 2007. The album sold 3,800 copies in its first week of release. The Way of the Fist made its Billboard 200 debut on August 18, 2007 at No. 199 and peaked at No. 107. It has been certified gold for selling in excess of 500,000 copies as of April 1, 2010.[3] This is the band's only release with guitarist Darrell Roberts.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Kerrang!

Recording and release

The band entered Next Level Studios and Complex Studios in Los Angeles, California, to record The Way of the Fist. The album was recorded with Stevo "Shotgun" Bruno (Mötley Crüe, Prong) and Mike Sarkisyan (Spineshank) and was mixed by former Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader.[4] Shortly after, they signed a deal with Firm Music, a branch of "The Firm".[5] It was released on July 31, 2007, selling 5,400 copies in its first week of release to debut at No. 199 on the Billboard 200 chart[6] and peaked at No. 107. The album sold an additional 1,400 copies in digital downloads its first week of release.[6]

Reissues

2008 reissue

On May 13, 2008, The Way of the Fist was re-released.[7] The re-release contained three new bonus tracks, "Never Enough", "Stranger than Fiction", and an acoustic version of "The Bleeding". The three songs could also be obtained on the band's website by anyone who had purchased a copy of the original release of the album.[7]

"Iron Fist" edition

On November 22, 2010, the album was reissued again as a deluxe box set entitled The Way of The Fist: Iron Fist Edition.[3] This version features new artwork, a documentary DVD, The Legend of The Fist Vol. 1, music videos for "The Bleeding", "Never Enough" and "The Way of the Fist", a bonus CD with 11 B-sides and rarities, trading cards, and an exclusive poster and calendar.[3] One of the tracks on disc two "From Out of Nowhere" was originally played live. They later recorded it and released it on the second disc.

Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ashes"	Bathory Moody	3:44
2.	"The Way of the Fist"	Bathory Moody	3:58
3.	"Salvation"	Bathory Moody Snell Spencer	3:20
4.	"The Bleeding"	Bathory Moody	4:28
5.	"A Place to Die"	Bathory Moody	3:40
6.	"The Devil's Own"	Bathory Moody Snell Spencer	4:12
7.	"White Knuckles"	Bathory Moody Snell Spencer Roberts	4:10
8.	"Can't Heal You"	Bathory Moody Snell Spencer	3:03
9.	"Death Before Dishonor"	Bathory Moody Spencer	3:54
10.	"Meet the Monster"	Bathory Moody Spencer	4:22
Total length:			38:58

2008 re-issue bonus tracks and Disc one of "Iron Fist" edition
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Never Enough"	3:29
12.	"Stranger than Fiction"	3:20
13.	"The Bleeding" (acoustic)	3:37
Total length:		49:26

Disc two of "Iron Fist" edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A New Level" (Pantera cover)	Pantera	4:00
2.	"From Out of Nowhere" (Faith No More cover)	Mike Patton	3:24
3.	"Succubus (Hate Me)" (demo)		3:09
4.	"Salvation" (live)		3:45
5.	"The Way of the Fist" (live)		4:32
6.	"White Knuckles" (live)		6:16
7.	"Salvation" (instrumental)		3:22
8.	"The Bleeding" (instrumental)		4:30
9.	"The Way of the Fist" (instrumental)		4:02
10.	"The Devil's Own" (instrumental)		4:15
11.	"Never Enough" (instrumental)		3:30
Total length:			44:43

Disc three of "Iron Fist" edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Legend of the Fist: Volume 1" (A 5FDP Documentary)	49:50
2.	"The Bleeding" (Music Video)	3:55
3.	"Never Enough" (Music Video)	3:29
4.	"The Way of the Fist" (Music Video)	4:10
Total length:		61:24

UK edition, 2016 UK vinyl and 2019 US vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashes"	3:44
2.	"The Way of the Fist"	3:58
3.	"Salvation"	3:20
4.	"The Bleeding"
5.	"A Place to Die"	3:40
6.	"The Devil's Own"	4:12
7.	"White Knuckles"	4:09
8.	"Never Enough"	3:29
9.	"Stranger Than Fiction"	3:20
10.	"Can't Heal You"	3:03
11.	"Death Before Dishonor"	3:54
12.	"Meet the Monster"	4:22
Total length:		45:46

UK extended edition and reprinted on the 2018 US re-release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashes"	3:44
2.	"The Way of the Fist"	3:58
3.	"Salvation"	3:20
4.	"The Bleeding"	4:28
5.	"A Place to Die"	3:40
6.	"The Devil's Own"	4:12
7.	"White Knuckles"	4:09
8.	"Never Enough"	3:29
9.	"Stranger than Fiction"	3:20
10.	"Can't Heal You"	3:03
11.	"Death Before Dishonor"	3:54
12.	"Meet the Monster"	4:22
13.	"From Out of Nowhere" (Faith No More cover)	3:23
14.	"The Devil's Own" (live)	4:56
Total length:		53:58

Canadian edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashes"	3:44
2.	"The Way of the Fist"	3:58
3.	"Salvation"	3:20
4.	"The Bleeding"	4:28
5.	"A Place To Die"	3:40
6.	"The Devil's Own"	4:12
7.	"White Knuckles"	4:09
8.	"Can't Heal You"	3:03
9.	"Death Before Dishonor"	3:54
10.	"Meet the Monster"	4:22
Total length:		38:58

Canadian bonus track edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashes"	3:44
2.	"The Way of the Fist"	3:58
3.	"Salvation"	3:20
4.	"The Bleeding"	4:28
5.	"A Place to Die"	3:40
6.	"The Devil's Own"	4:12
7.	"White Knuckles"	4:09
8.	"Can't Heal You"	3:03
9.	"Death Before Dishonor"	3:54
10.	"Meet the Monster"	4:22
11.	"Never Enough"	3:29
12.	"Stranger than Fiction"	3:20
13.	"The Bleeding" (Acoustic)	3:36
14.	"The Devil's Own" (Live)	4:54
Total length:		53:58

Japanese edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashes"	3:44
2.	"The Way of the Fist"	3:59
3.	"Salvation"	3:20
4.	"The Bleeding"	4:28
5.	"A Place to Die"	3:40
6.	"The Devil's Own"	4:12
7.	"White Knuckles"	4:09
8.	"Never Enough"	3:29
9.	"Stranger Than Fiction"	3:20
10.	"Can't Heal You"	3:03
11.	"Death Before Dishonor"	3:54
12.	"Meet the Monster"	4:22
13.	"The Bleeding" (Acoustic)	3:36
14.	"Never Enough)" (Music Video)	3:29
15.	"The Way of the Fist" (Music Video)	4:10
16.	"The Bleeding" (Music Video)	3:55

Singles

Three singles were released from the album, "The Bleeding", "Never Enough", and "Stranger than Fiction".

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	US Main. [8]
2007	"The Bleeding"	9
2008	"Never Enough"	9
2008	"Stranger than Fiction"	16

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Finnish Albums Chart[9]	28
US Billboard 200[10]	107
US Billboard Heat Seekers[10]	1

Personnel

Five Finger Death Punch

Ivan Moody – lead vocals
Zoltan Bathory – guitars
Darrell Roberts – guitars
Jason Hook - guitars (credited on the Iron Fist Edition only)
Matt Snell – bass, backing vocals
Jeremy Spencer – drums

Additional musicians

Uros Raskovski – guitar solo on "The Bleeding"

Production

Zoltan Bathory and Jeremy Spencer – production
Logan Mader – mixing and mastering
Stevo "Shotgun" Bruno – engineering
Mike Sarkisyan – engineering
George Alayon – engineering
Sxv'Leithan Essex – artwork

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gollark: I read it. I just don't care much if the rule exists or not.

gollark: I just didn't actually care about that at all.

gollark: Consider that people can in fact actually disagree with (claimed) reasoning for things instead of just arbitrarily hating you.

gollark: false dichotomy → consume bee.

References

"Five Finger Death Punch The Way of the Fist". Punknews.org. October 12, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
Bowar, Chad. "Five Finger Death Punch The Way of the Fist Review". About.com.
"Five Finger Death Punch Debut Album To Be Reissued As 'Iron Fist Edition' Box Set". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
"FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Featuring Ex-W.A.S.P., MOTOGRATER Members: Debut CD Due In April". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
"Five Finger Death Punch Signs With Firm Music". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
"Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist: 'Our Fans Are Diehard!'". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
"FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Releases Free Track To Fans". Blabbermouth.net. Apr 8, 2008. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008.
"Single Chart Positions".
Suomen virallinen lista
"Five Finger Death Punch – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic.

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[1] "Five Finger Death Punch The Way of the Fist". Punknews.org. October 12, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

[2] Bowar, Chad. "Five Finger Death Punch The Way of the Fist Review". About.com.

[RI-2-3] "Five Finger Death Punch Debut Album To Be Reissued As 'Iron Fist Edition' Box Set". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2010-09-28.

[4] "FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Featuring Ex-W.A.S.P., MOTOGRATER Members: Debut CD Due In April". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2007.

[5] "Five Finger Death Punch Signs With Firm Music". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2007.

[Sales-6] "Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist: 'Our Fans Are Diehard!'". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[re-release-7] "FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Releases Free Track To Fans". Blabbermouth.net. Apr 8, 2008. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008.

[Chart_Positions-8] "Single Chart Positions".

[9] Suomen virallinen lista

[allmusic-10] "Five Finger Death Punch – Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic.

Five Finger Death Punch
Zoltan Bathory Ivan Moody Jason Hook Chris Kael Charlie Engen Jeremy Spencer Caleb Bingham Darrell Roberts Matt Snell
Studio albums	The Way of the Fist (2007) War Is the Answer (2009) American Capitalist (2011) The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 (2013) The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 (2013) Got Your Six (2015) And Justice for None (2018) F8 (2020)
Compilation albums	A Decade of Destruction (2017)
Singles	"The Bleeding" "Never Enough" "Stranger than Fiction" "Hard to See" "Walk Away" "Dying Breed" "No One Gets Left Behind" "Bad Company" "Far from Home" "Under and Over It" "Back for More" "Remember Everything" "Coming Down" "The Pride" "Lift Me Up" "Battle Born" "House of the Rising Sun" "Wrong Side of Heaven" "Jekyll and Hyde" "Wash It All Away" "My Nemesis" "Gone Away" "Blue on Black" "Sham Pain" "Inside Out" "A Little Bit Off"
Related articles	Discography