''The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2'' is the fifth

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by American heavy metal band

Five Finger Death Punch 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 and keyboardist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead gui ...

, and the second of two albums released by the band in 2013, with ''

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'' having been released on July 30. It was released on November 19, 2013 through Prospect Park. The album was entirely produced by

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 ...

and Five Finger Death Punch.

Background

On February 15, 2013, Five Finger Death Punch announced that they were working on their fourth album. On March 18, the band posted a promotional video for an upcoming tour with a new song titled "Here to Die". On May 1, 2013, the band announced that they would be releasing two studio albums in the year, with ''The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1'' being released on July 30, and ''Volume 2'' following on November 19. Guitarist

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 ...

said of the band's decision to release two albums:

"We came off the road after a couple of great years of touring and were really amped up to write the 4th record. Everybody was in the right headspace and the band tighter than ever so it was a perfect storm. We jumped in head first and found ourselves 12–13 songs deep fairly quick but were still coming up with better and better material so we looked at each other and said... okay why stop there?... let’s keep going. Once we passed the 24th song we knew we’re going to have to do a double album. We had this massive amount of music that’s very dear to us, possibly the best material this band has ever created. At that point there was no way to decide which songs to leave off the album. So we made the decision to release them all."

Singles

The album's first single, " Battle Born", was released on September 10, 2013. The song's given title is a reference to the

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, the home state of the band. The second single, a folk traditional cover of "

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", was released on February 3, 2014.

Commercial performance

Preorders for the album went up on

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on August 10, 2013. On its release, the album debuted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 1 on Top Rock Albums, selling 77,000 copies in its first week. The album has sold 510,000 copies in the US as of July 2015.

Track listing

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

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 ...

– vocals (1–6) and (8–12) *

– rhythm guitar (1–6) and (8–12) *

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 *

Jeremy Spencer Jeremy Cedric Spencer (born 4 July 1948) is a British musician, best known for playing slide guitar and piano in the original line-up of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. A member since Fleetwood Mac's inception in July 1967, he remained with the ...

– drums,

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(1–6) and (8–12) * Chris Kael – bass, backing vocals (1–6) and (8–12) * Ryan Clark – guest vocals on "Weight Beneath My Sin" *

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

– guest vocals on "Burn MF" *

– production

References

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