The song was noted for having "undeniable melodies". "Hard to See" began receiving radio play on July 13, 2009. Six singles were released from the album: " Hard to See", " Walk Away", " Dying Breed", " No One Gets Left Behind", " Bad Company", and " Far from Home". "Never Enough" was going to be on War Is the Answer but was then released as a bonus track on both the re-release and "The "Iron Fist" edition" of The Way of the Fist due to the band wanting to release the song before War Is the Answer.Īll tracks are written by Five Finger Death Punch and Kevin Churko, except where noted. According to Jeremy Spencer's book Death Punch'd, Jeremy was drunk while editing "Succubus" and forgot to save the original edit. The band decided to re-record both songs and include them as bonus tracks on War Is the Answer. A demo version of "Succubus" was leaked onto the Internet under the title "Hate Me". The two bonus tracks, "Succubus" and "Undone", were originally cut from their first album The Way of the Fist. "Bad Company" was originally going to be a bonus track, but ended up making the standard edition of the album and became one of Five Finger Death Punch's biggest songs. One of Jeremy's friends told him Five Finger Death Punch should record "Bad Company" and release it on their next album, War Is the Answer. "Bad Company" was originally only played live.
The second leg was announced on August 17, 2009.
On August 10, 2009, they announced the first leg of their Shock and Raw Tour, which will promote the new album. In fact, somebody just said to me: 'If war is the answer, then what is the question?', and I guess the answer to that is 'life'! Basically, you're fighting against something or other right from the start – fighting for survival with pretty much everything against you, and there are occasions when the only really appropriate response is to punch someone in the mouth! It's a pretty involved subject once you really start to think about it, and this record covers it all – the deeper meaning and of course the more shallow one too!" Release Īlthough 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. "It's a phrase we've had up our sleeve for some time, and I've been talking about it a lot in interviews. 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." īathory said to Metal Hammer about the album title: 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. War Is the Answer was announced as Five Finger Death Punch's second studio album in May 2009.
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