Five Finger Death Punch has added another milestone to its career, landing its 18th No. 1 single on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “Eye Of The Storm”.
The track has already drawn strong reactions from rock and metal media. Revolver wrote that it “mixes a flurry of battering metal chugs with a sense of melody, plus Ivan Moody‘s pensive-but-barked lyrics hinting at fears, regrets, burdens, blame, and the search for some kind of inner peace,” while Loudwire described it as, “The song is a driving, furious banger that kicks off what’s expected to be a new album cycle in grand fashion.”
With the success of “Eye Of The Storm”, Five Finger Death Punch has extended its record for the longest streak of consecutive No. 1 singles in the 45-year history of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
The song appears on the band’s upcoming tenth studio album, Legacy. The digital edition is scheduled for release on July 31, while CD, vinyl, and cassette editions will follow on September 18.
Meanwhile, Five Finger Death Punch continues to support its recent releases, Best Of – Volume 1 and Best Of – Volume 2. Both collections include newly recorded versions of some of the band’s best-known songs. Among them are the chart-topping “I Refuse”, featuring In This Moment vocalist Maria Brink on Best Of – Volume 1, and “The End”, featuring Babymetal, on Best Of – Volume 2.
“The End” topped Japan’s iTunes Metal chart and climbed to No. 18 on the country’s overall iTunes chart, marking another notable achievement for an international rock act. In the United States, the song also became the first rock radio chart entry to feature Japanese lyrics, eventually reaching No. 1.
Both Best Of – Volume 1 and Best Of – Volume 2 were produced after the band’s original master recordings were sold without Five Finger Death Punch being informed or given the chance to recover ownership of them.
