FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory is featured in a new interview with Jonny B. at Bloody-Disgusting.com. An excerpt is available below.

B: Let’s jump right into the new album, American Capitalist, and, specifically, the title. What does it mean and how does it relate to the music?

Bathory: "First of all, we always liked the idea that the title could push a couple of buttons on top of being just a title. And I mean 'pushing a button' as in we have something to say. Though it’s definitely not a concept album, there is a definite theme that runs across the songs. I don’t want to jump into analyzing the economy and politics and the various fields of social sciences, but it’s kind of connected to the songs in a way that America adopted a form of capitalism that is very close to nature. Nature is pretty cool in that the way it works is that the strong kills the weak and it’s a circle of life and we dig that theme. We placed that in today’s society. We’re living in a concrete jungle, you know what I mean? You have to go and 'hunt' so that you can make money. Even though the process changed, the fundamentals are still the same. So if the fundamentals are still the same, you pretty much, humans especially due to the intelligence we acquired, have to make conscious of whether you’re going to be the zebra or whether you’re going to join the lion pride and go out there and maul a motherfucker (laughs).

It’s just what it is. And we get a lot of flak from people who say 'This is bro metal' or 'This is tough guy music' and you know what? Yeah! It’s like, 'Fuck you! I don’t play music for the pussies. It IS tough guy music!' I like that we play to an audience that share this idea of survivalism. And this connects to the spirit of the champion. You get the fuck up and fight one more round, no matter what!"

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Five Finger Death Punch is set to headline the Share The Welt Tour this fall in support of their upcoming third album, American Capitalist, which hits stores on October 11th. Heading out to support 5FDP on the tour are current heavy metal frontrunners ALL THAT REMAINS, HATEBREED and REV THEORY.

More dates are set to be announced in September, so stay tuned for updates! See below for all current tour dates.

Share The Welt Tour dates:

October

16 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
17 - Medford, OR - Medford Armory
19 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Slat Air
22 - Denver, CO - First Bank Center
25 - Boise, ID - Taco Bell Arena
26 - Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
29 - San Antonio, TX - Sunken Garden

November

1 - Little Rock, AR - Clear Channel Metroplex Event Center
2 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom