Five Finger Death Punch-War Is The Answer VBR MP3 ak6103 What we got...War Is the Answer is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It was released on September 22, 2009 through Prospect Park Records. The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 selling approximately 44,000 copies in its first week. It is also their last album to feature bassist Matt Snell whose departure in late 2010 was announced in 2011. War Is the Answer has been certified gold for U.S., with sales of 773,000. And here is an alternate cover
Contents
1 Writing and recording
2 Release
3 Track listing
4 Charts
4.1 Year-end charts
5 Singles
6 Personnel
Writing and recording
War Is the Answer was announced as Five Finger Death Punch's second studio album in May 2009. The album was produced by Kevin Churko, who had previously produced Ozzy Osbourne's Black Rain, and mixed by Randy Staub, who had previously worked with Metallica, Nickelback, and Stone Sour. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory, commenting on the style of the album, stated "we've continued the journey we started on the first album, so there's a healthy balance of melody and aggression, and as always we concentrated on writing strong metal songs in the traditional sense."
Bathory explained to Metal Hammer about the album title, "It's a phrase we've had up our sleeves for some time, and I've been talking about it a lot in interviews. In fact, somebody just asked me: 'If war is the answer, then what is the question?', and I guess the answer to that is "the meaning of life!" Because life IS war. Basically, you're fighting against one thing or another right from the start – you're fighting for survival with pretty much everything against you, you're fighting for social or political positions"
Release
Although War Is the Answer was originally announced to be released on June 8, 2009, but this was put back to October 6, 2009, then brought forward to September 22, 2009. On August 10, 2009, they announced the first leg of their Shock and Raw Tour, which will promote the new album. The second leg was announced on August 17, 2009.
Track listing
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All songs written and composed by Five Finger Death Punch and Kevin Churko, except where noted.
War Is the Answer
No. Title Length
1. "Dying Breed" 2:54
2. "Hard to See" 3:29
3. "Bulletproof" 3:16
4. "No One Gets Left Behind" 3:23
5. "Crossing Over" 2:54
6. "Burn It Down" 3:33
7. "Far from Home" 3:32
8. "Falling in Hate" 3:00
9. "My Own Hell" 3:35
10. "Walk Away" 3:42
11. "Canto 34" 4:09
12. "Bad Company" (Simon Kirke, Paul Rodgers) 4:22
13. "War Is the Answer" 3:20
Total length:
45:16
