Artist: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
Album: THE WAY OF THE FIST RE-ISSUE (CD)

Year: 2007/ 2018
EAN/UPS: 0849320032526
Media type: CD

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 (Motley Crue, Prong) and Mike Sarkisyan (Spineshank) and was mixed by former Machine Head and Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader. Shortly after, they signed a deal with Firm Music, a branch of "The Firm". 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 and peaked at No. 107. The album sold an additional 1,400 copies in digital downloads its first week of release.

On May 13, 2008 The Way of the Fist was re-released. 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.

TRACKLIST:

1 Ashes 3:46 
2 The Way Of The Fist 3:59 
3 Salvation 3:20 
4 The Bleeding 4:29 
5 A Place To Die 3:42 
6 The Devil's Own 4:14 
7 White Knuckles 4:10 
8 Can't Heal You 3:02 
9 Death Before Dishonor 3:56 
10 Meet The Monster 4:24 

LINE-UP:

Ivan L. Moody – lead vocals
Zoltan Bathory – guitars
Darrell Roberts – guitar on "White Knuckles"
Matt Snell – bass, backing vocals
Jeremy Spencer – drums

Additional musician:
Uros Raskovski – guitar solo on "The Bleeding"