''Got Your Six'' is the sixth

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by American heavy metal band

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. It was released on September 4, 2015, by Prospect Park. ''Got Your Six'' sold 119,000 units to debut at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200. The 114,000 in pure album sales made it the top-selling album of the week and the band's best sales week to date. ''Got Your Six'' is also their third consecutive set to debut at number two.

Background

In January 2015, the band announced they were recording a new album due in late 2015. On May 2, 2015, they released the title of the new album as ''Got Your Six''. On May 19, 2015, they released the art work for their new album and announced that the album will be released on August 28, 2015. They launched a preview for their new single titled "

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" in a special video message. They also announced the dates of a co-headlining North American Tour with

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and accompanied by

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as special guests with support from

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for the tour, during which they will promote the album. The release date was later moved back a week to September 4, 2015. Drummer

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said of the new album in an interview, "I'm digging it, man. It's actually more brutal, with more extreme dynamics. There are some really mellow parts and then some really brutal parts. So we're running the whole gamut of sounds.".

Reception

Selling 119,000 units in its first week, ''Got Your Six'' debuted at number two on the September 26, 2015, survey of the ''Billboard'' 200, and number one on the Top Rock Albums survey of the same date. Of the 119,000 units sold in its first week, 114,000 of them were pure album sales, making it the best-selling album of the week. It also became the band's best-selling album in terms of first-week sales, surpassing the 112,000 first-week sales of ''

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''. It was certified Gold by the

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on August 8, 2016; and has sold more than 390,000 pure albums as of September 13, 2016. The album was included at number 44 on ''

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''s top 50 releases of 2015.Bird, ed. 2016, p. 23

Track listing

Personnel

;Band *

Ivan Moody Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on January 7, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP). He performed for several other bands including Mo ...

– lead vocals *

Zoltan Bathory Zoltan Bathory (born in 1978) is a Hungarian-American musician and martial artist. He is the founder and rhythm guitarist of Las Vegas-based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he was named Golden God's "Best Shredder" by ''Meta ...

– rhythm guitar *

Jason Hook Jason Hook (born Thomas Jason Grinstead) is a Canadian guitarist, best known as the former lead guitarist of the Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario, Hook started his music career ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals * Chris Kael – bass, backing vocals, vocals on "Got Your Six" *

– drums ;Production *

Kevin Churko Kevin Gregory Churko (born 19 January 1968) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician best known for his work with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Hinder, Modern Science, Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, In This M ...

– production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Got Your Six 2015 albums Five Finger Death Punch albums Albums produced by Kevin Churko