Five Finger Death Punch are previewing their newly announced Best Of – Vol. 2 collection by teaming up with Babymetal on a new version of their song “The End,” taken from the band’s 2022 album AfterLife.
Babymetal’s Su-Metal shares, “Five Finger Death Punch and Babymetal had performed at the same festival overseas back in 2015, so I was really happy thinking they might have remembered me from then. I sang Japanese lyrics inspired by and based on the original lyrics of ‘The End’ and spent a lot of time experimenting to figure out what kind of voice would best suit such a deep, cool track.”
She adds, “My favorite part of the song is the flow from the section starting with ‘Negai o kakete’ right after the chorus into the break — I loved how my voice gradually got covered and engulfed by Ivan [Moody]’s growl, which gave me chills. I hope listeners will enjoy that moment as well.”
Five Finger Death Punch’s Best Of — Vol. 2 collection features 16-tracks, centering more on music from the latter portion of FFDP’s career. ‘Vol. 2’ is comprised of newly recorded versions of “I Apologize,” “Trouble,” “Sham Pain,” “Gone Away,” “Blue On Black” and “When the Seasons Change” along with live versions of “Wash It All Away,” “Wrong Side of Heaven” and “Jekyll and Hyde.”
Five Finger Death Punch’s Best Of — Vol. 2 arrives Oct. 24; preorder: HERE.
Additionally, 20th anniversary merch from the group can be found via their website.
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