Five Finger Death Punch Released Their Track with DMX and It’s Not What You’d Expect

When
it
was
announced
earlier
this
year
that
tribal
tattoo,
divorced
dad
energy
having
band

Five
Finger
Death
Punch
was
including
a
collaboration
they
did
with
the
late
rapper
DMX
for
a
new
digital
deluxe
version
of
their
2022
album

Afterlife,
I’ll
admit
—
I
thought
it
was
going
to
be
a
loud
and
bumping
piece
of
butt
rap
rock.
In
my
head,
I
imagined
“X
Gon
Give
It
To
Ya”
mixed
with
the
most
basic
ass
FFDP
radio
rock
track
to
reach
as
wide
an
audience
as
possible.

And
while
“This
Is
The
Way”
will
definitely
fit
in
perfectly
with
radio
stations
everywhere
for
the
normies
to
eat
up,
what
we
actually
got
was
an
emotional
track
about
the
struggle
with
the
good,
the
bad,
and
the
in-between
of
daily
life.
Is
it
cheesy?
Listen
to
the
track
below
and
you
can
kinda
agree
that
it
is.
Does
DMX
sound
great
in
it?
Also
yes.

And
let’s
talk
about
DMX
for
a
second
here.
He
was
arguably
one
of
the
most
metal
rappers
of
all
time.
Just
listen
to

It’s
Dark
and
Hell
is
Hot
or

Flesh
of
My
Flesh,
Blood
of
My
Blood
and
tell
me
some
of
those
tracks
wouldn’t
work
as
some
sort
of
ultra
gorey
death
metal
or
something.
Getting
him
featured
on
a
FFDP
song,
even
a
couple
years
after
his
death,
will
get
more
people
listening
to
his
music
in
the
long
run,
and
that’s
always
a
good
thing.

Back
when
the
band
revealed
that
they’d
collaborated
with
DMX
before
his
untimely
death,
Five
Finger
Death
Punch
guitarist

Zoltan
Bathory
said
the
collaboration
fell
in
line
with
the
band’s
willingness
to
mix
things
up
musically.

“Music
is
meant
to
be
shared,
and
it
starts
at
the
top
with
us,
the
artists.
We
have
always
embraced
the
mixing
of
genres,
whether
it
be
the
remake
of
LL
Cool
J’s
‘Mama
Said
Knock
You
Out’
featuring
Tech
N9ne
as
a
guest
or
our
collaboration
with
blues
warrior
Kenny
Wayne
Shepherd,
country
star
Brantley
Gilbert,
and
Brian
May,
the
legendary
guitarist
of
Queen,
on
the
song
‘Blue
On
Black’.

“The
idea
of
collaborating
with
DMX
had
been
in
discussion
for
years,
and
it
was
a
long
and
winding
road
to
turn
this
particular
item
on
our
wish
list
into
reality.
He
was
a
lyrical
warrior,
a
true
original
who
spoke
his
mind
incorruptibly.
We
have
always
viewed
DMX
as
‘the
metalhead
of
hip-hop’
because
of
his
aggressive,
raw,
and
untamed
style.
He
growled
and
snarled,
aiming
to
rattle
some
cages
—
an
attitude
we
share,
as
Five
Finger
Death
Punch
has
always
been
drawn
to
the
fearless
and
the
real.
It
made
all
the
sense
in
the
world,
but
today
this
is
more
than
just
a
song;
it’s
a
salute
to
a
legend,
a
way
to
honor
DMX’s
memory.”

The
digital
deluxe
edition
of

Aftermath
is
out
today,
so
you
can
check
out
“This
Is
The
Way,”
as
well
as
a
bunch
of
other
extras
right
now.

If
you’d
like
to
catch
Five
Finger
Death
Punch
live,
you
can
check
out
the
list
of
dates
below
and
get
yourself
some
tickets.

FIVE
FINGER
DEATH
PUNCH
–
Summer
2024
UK/European
Tour:

Thur
23rd
May
2024
–
London,
OVO
Arena,
UK
[Tickets]
Sun
26th
May
2024
–
Munich,
Olympiastadion,
DE
*
[Tickets]
Tue
28th
May
2024
–
Zurich,
Hallenstadion,
CH
[Tickets]
Wed
29th
May
2024
–
Milan,
Idays
Festival,
IT
**
[Tickets]
Fri
31st
May
2024
–
Plzen,
Metalfest
Open
Air
Plazen,
CZ
**
[Tickets]
Sat
1st
Jun
2024
–
Vienna,
Rancino
Rocks,
AT
*
[Tickets]
Mon
3rd
Jun
2024
–
Hannover,
ZAG
Arena,
DE
[Tickets]
Wed
5th
Jun
2024
–
Solvesborg,
Sweden
Rock
Festival,
SE
**
[Tickets]
Thur
6th
Jun
2024
–
Trondheim,
Trondheim
Rocks,
NO
**
[Tickets]
Sun
9th
Jun
2024
–
Helsinki,
Olympic
Stadium,
FI
*
[Tickets]
Tue
11th
Jun
2024
–
Tallin,
Unibet
Arena,
EE
[Tickets]
Thu
13th
Jun
2024
–
Kaunas,
Zalgiris
Arena,
LT
[Tickets]
Sun
16th
Jun
2024
–
Copenhagen,
Parken
Stadium,
DK
*
[Tickets]
Tue
18th
Jun
2024
–
Frankfurt,
Festhalle,
DE
[Tickets]
Wed
19th
Jun
2024
–
Amsterdam,
AFAS
Live,
NL
[Tickets]
Fri
21st
Jun
2024
–
Dessel,
Graspop
Metal
Meeting,
BE
**
[Tickets]
Sun
23rd
Jun
2024
–
Ferropolis,
Full
Force
Festival,
DE
**
[Tickets]
Tue
25th
Jun
2024
–
Oberhausen,
Rudolf
Weber-Arena,
DE
[Tickets]
Wed
26th
Jun
2024
–
Esch-Sur-Alzette,
Rockhal,
LU
***
[Tickets]
Sat
29th
Jun
2024
–
Zilina,
Topfest,
SK
**
[Tickets]
Tue
2nd
July
2024
–
Sofia,
Armeec
Arena,
BG
[Tickets]
Thurs
4th
July
2024
–
Bucharest,
Metalhead
Festival
–
20
years
aLIVE,
RO
[Tickets]
Sun
7th
July
2024
–
Warsaw,
PGE
Narodowy,
PL
*
[Tickets]
Tue
9th
July
2024
–
Budapest,
Barba
Negra,
HU
[Tickets]
Sun
14th
July
2024
–
Madrid,
Estadio
Civitas
Metropolitano,
ES
*
[Tickets]

*Metallica
support
**festival
dates
***no
Ice
Nine
Kills