AfterLife (album)

On November 29, 2021, Ivan Moody shared a new snippet of a song off of the upcoming album via Instagram, the video itself shows the frontman banging his head to a brand new song in the studio with producer Kevin Churko right in front of him, a few seconds later the video cuts out, noting that brand new music is in the works for the band.{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Ivan |date=November 30, 2021 |title=🎼🖕🏼🔥🖤 #❤🔥🎼🎸🥁🎤 #feelinjustF9 😈😎 @thehideoutlv @kevin.churko #andhellscomingwithme🔥 |url=https://www.instagram.com/tv/CW4apTfJSY-/ |access-date=May 31, 2022 |website=Instagram |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/five-finger-death-punch-new-music-2021|title=Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody shares snippet of new music|author1=Sam Roche|date=November 30, 2021|website=guitarworld}} On April 15, 2022, the band officially released a brand new single off the album called "AfterLife", along with a tour announcement with Megadeth and The Hu as supporting acts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thatericalper.com/2022/04/17/five-finger-death-punch-drop-new-single-afterlife-and-announce-2022-north-american-headlining-tour/|title=Five Finger Death Punch Drop New Single "Afterlife" And Announce 2022 North American Headlining Tour|first=Eric|last=Alper|date=April 18, 2022|website=That Eric Alper}} To promote the album, the band released a new song entitled "IOU", along with a lyric video and album details as well.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/five-finger-death-punch-launch-gnarly-new-single-iou-confirm-album-details|title=Five Finger Death Punch launch gnarly new single IOU, confirm album details|first=Fraser|last=Lewrypublished|date=May 13, 2022|website=loudersound}}

AfterLife debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 with 30,000 album-equivalent units.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/five-finger-death-punch/ | title=Five Finger Death Punch | magazine=Billboard }} The album peaked in the top-10 in seven countries worldwide including the United States, and went number one in Finland and Switzerland. It also reached number one on the US Top Hard Rock Albums chart, making it the band's seventh number one album in that category, and the most number ones in that category in Billboard history.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/five-finger-death-punch/ | title=Five Finger Death Punch | magazine=Billboard }} The album received mixed to positive reviews and has sold over 160,000 copies worldwide as of the end of 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CoNA4mKLNzu/ | title=Rock Metal chart on Instagram: "Five Finger Death Punch's "AfterLife" has at least 160,000 units worldwide. - #FiveFingerDeathPunch #AfterLife #RockMetalChart" }}

The album consisted of well-charting singles. "AfterLife", the first single off the album, peaked number one on the Mainstream Rock chart, along with "Times Like These" and "Welcome to the Circus".{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/five-finger-death-punch/ | title=Five Finger Death Punch | magazine=Billboard }} "Welcome to the Circus" peaked number one on the Czech Republic Rock Songs chart as well.{{cite web | url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/21/five-finger-death-punch/welcome-to-the-circus/169407 | title=Čns Ifpi }}

{{Track listing

|headline=Standard and tour edition

| all_writing = Five Finger Death Punch and Kevin Churko.

| title1 = Welcome to the Circus

| length1 = 4:17

| title2 = AfterLife

| length2 = 4:04

| title3 = Times Like These

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = Roll Dem Bones

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Pick Up Behind You

| length5 = 3:09

| title6 = Judgement Day

| length6 = 4:53

| title7 = IOU

| length7 = 4:28

| title8 = Thanks for Asking

| length8 = 3:19

| title9 = Blood and Tar

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = All I Know

| length10 = 5:12

| title11 = Gold Gutter

| length11 = 3:54

| title12 = The End

| length12 = 3:44

| total_length = 47:09

}}

{{Track listing

|headline=Digital deluxe edition

| title13 = This Is the Way

| note13 = featuring DMX; mashup between DMX's "The Way It's Gonna Be" and 5FDP's "Judgment Day"

| length13 = 2:47

| title14 = Judgment Day

| note14 = acoustic

| length14 = 4:33

| title15 = The End

| note15 = acoustic

| length15 = 3:44

| title16 = Thanks for Asking

| note16 = acoustic

| length16 = 3:19

}}

• Ivan Moody – lead vocals
• Zoltan Bathory – rhythm guitar
• Andy James – lead guitar
• Chris Kael – bass
• Charlie Engen – drums, percussion

Additional

• DMX – archive vocals on "This Is the Way"

Technical

• Five Finger Death Punch – production
• Kevin Churko – production, mixing, engineering
• Kane Churko – engineering
• Tristan Hardin – engineering, mastering

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