<Tr> <Th> Past members </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Matt Snell </Li> <Li> Caleb Bingham </Li> <Li> Darrell Roberts </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Matt Snell </Li> <Li> Caleb Bingham </Li> <Li> Darrell Roberts </Li> </Ul> <P> Five Finger Death Punch, often shortened to Death Punch and abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada . Formed in 2005, the band's name comes from the kung fu movie The Five Fingers of Death, to which Quentin Tarantino later made reference in his movie Kill Bill . The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarist Zoltan Bathory, 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 . </P> <P> 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 each 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 Gold status within the year . The following 3 albums (Wrong Side Of Heaven Vol 1 . and Vol 2., and "Got Your Six") all had been certified gold making 5FDP 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 . </P>

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