It should come as little to no surprise that arena-“metal” stalwarts Five Finger Death Punch’s latest release came in second on Billboard in its opening week.
The pretentiously titled The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 sold 112,000 copies in its first week to chart a second-place position, a career high for the five-piece.
Say what you will about what it is they do – which they do very well, despite how tepid it is – but even the most hardcore fans have to admit that their cover of LL Cool J’s “Mama Said” on the standard edition (!) is easily the worst cover in the last half-decade.
Greetings. I'm originally from Milwaukee, WI, but currently living in Madison. I earned a poli-sci degree from UW-Madison in December 2008 and now trying to figure out what to do...
Anyhow I'm an aspiring music critic, having been published in the Badger Herald (UW's premier student paper) and the London-based blog The Line of Best Fit.
You can follow me on twitter (@_bandnames) where you can find me throwing out silly names for potential bands, as well as other thoughts on life - most of it, music-related.
Steve Lampiris
