American Capitalist is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, released on October 11, 2011. It is the band's first album not to feature bassist Matt Snell, as he departed from the band in December 2010. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 90,000 copies in the first week of release. In September 2012, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA in the U.S. with sales of over 500,000 copies American Capitalist is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch, released on October 11, 2011. It is the band's first album not to feature bassist Matt Snell, as he departed from the band in December 2010. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 90,000 copies in the first week of release. In September 2012, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA in the U.S. with sales of over 500,000 copies false 2025-11-08 02:28:29 American Capitalist 2011 2011-10-11 2011-10-11 40 Heavy Metal 113204 2123298 c183e773-bf39-4d31-b958-04b9c9f3e46a 7e8571b1-7c5a-4739-bc51-73d422ee9d74 c72c8241-7adf-48b7-9431-a55f1a4c6223 /media/data/media5/Music/Five Finger Death Punch/American Capitalist/folder.jpg Five Finger Death Punch Five Finger Death Punch 1 1 American Capitalist 03:28 1 2 Under and Over It 03:38 1 3 The Pride 03:23 1 4 Coming Down 04:01 1 5 Menace 03:31 1 6 Generation Dead 03:43 1 7 Back for More 03:22 1 8 Remember Everything 04:38 1 9 Wicked Ways 03:07 1 10 If I Fall 03:56 1 11 100 Ways to Hate 03:21 Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead guitarist Caleb Andrew Bingham, bassist Matt Snell, and drummer Jeremy Spencer. Bingham was replaced by guitarist Darrell Roberts in 2006, who was then replaced by Jason Hook in 2009. Bassist Matt Snell departed from the band in 2010, and was replaced by Chris Kael in 2011. Spencer then departed the band in 2018 due to recurring back issues, and was replaced by Charlie Engen, making rhythm guitarist Bathory the only remaining founding member of the band. In October 2020, British guitarist Andy James became the band's lead guitarist, replacing Jason Hook. Five Finger Death Punch's debut album The Way of the Fist was released in 2007, which began achieving rapid success and selling over 500,000 copies in the United States. The 2009 follow-up album War Is the Answer further increased their popularity, selling over 1,000,000 copies and got certified Platinum by the RIAA, the band's third album, American Capitalist, was released on October 11, 2011, and achieved Platinum status. The following four albums—The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 (2013), The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 (2013), Got Your Six (2015), and And Justice for None (2018)—have all been certified Platinum and Gold, making Five Finger Death Punch one of the most successful heavy metal bands of the decade. The band has played international music festivals including Mayhem Festival in 2008, 2010 and 2013, and Download Festival in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2017. The band released their eighth studio album, F8, in 2020. Five Finger Death Punch are the recipients of the RadioContraband Rock Radio Awards for "Indie Artist of the Year" in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. They were also honored with the Radio Contraband Rock Radio Award for Album (American Capitalist) and Song of the Year ("Coming Down") in 2012 and "Video of the Year" for "Wrong Side of Heaven" in 2014. To date, Five Finger Death Punch has released eight studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and 33 singles.