“I was always sober so I couldn’t understand: 'Why are you throwing away your life?'" Addiction, fights and intervention from the 'Metal Godfather': How Five Finger Death Punch came back from the brink

Five Finger Death Punch press 2019.

In 2019, Metal Hammer sat down with Five Finger Death Punch to reflect on a turbulent few years. Since their 2007 debut, the band had rapidly risen through the ranks of modern metal, becoming a commercial behemoth capable of filling arenas around the world. But they were also coming apart at the seams.

As Hammer found, by the time they started work on 2020's F8, they were back and firing on all cylinders...