American Capitalist: Difference between revisions

'''''American Capitalist''''' is the third [[studio album]] by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Five Finger Death Punch]], released on October 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five Finger Death Punch will go 'Under It and Over It' with new single premiere |work=KikAxeMusic |publisher=Corpka Entertainment |date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=July 26, 2011 |url=http://kikaxemusic.com/news/hard-rock-and-metal/item/4115-five-finger-death-punch-will-go-under-it-and-over-it-with-new-single-premiere |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181654/http://kikaxemusic.com/news/hard-rock-and-metal/item/4115-five-finger-death-punch-will-go-under-it-and-over-it-with-new-single-premiere |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 12, 2018 }}</ref> It is the band's first album not to feature bassist Matt Snell, as he departed from the band in December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five Finger Death Punch Officially Confirms Bassist's Exit|publisher=Roadrunner Records|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=April 29, 2011|access-date=July 17, 2011|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=157455}}</ref> The first single from the album entitled "[[Under and Over It]]", was released on July 27, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Five Finger Death Punch Announce New Single and Debut Date, Reveal Single Art!|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|access-date=July 17, 2011 |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/five-finger-death-punch-announce-new-single-and-debut-date-reveal-singleart.html}}</ref> The album debuted at number three on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and sold more than 90,000 copies in the first week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465638/evanescence-nets-second-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart |title=Evanescence Nets Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, the album was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] with sales of at least 500,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/2012/09/american-capitalist-goes-gold|title=Five Finger Death Punch’sPunch's American Capitalist GOES GOLD!!!|publisher=Five Finger Death Punch|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=November 9, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109043228/http://www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/2012/09/american-capitalist-goes-gold/|archive-date=November 9, 2013}}</ref> In 2012, the album won a [[RadioContraband]] Rock Radio Award for Album of the Year, and the single "[[Coming Down (Five Finger Death Punch song)|Coming Down]]" won the award for Song of the Year.<ref>http://radiocontraband.com/2012-radiocontraband-rock-radio-award-winners/</ref> As of 2017, the album was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) with sales of at least 1,000,000 copies.

"The Pride" is the third track on the album,<ref name="listing">{{cite web|last=Heaney |first=Gregory |url=http://allmusic.com/album/american-capitalist-clean-r2282318 |title=American Capitalist review at '&#39;'Allmusic'&#39;' |publisher=Allmusic.com |date=2011-10-11 |access-date=2012-03-30}}</ref> and is often considered a [[list song]]. In an interview, guitarist [[Zoltan Bathory]] clarified the meaning of the song. "You can be a zebra or join the lion pride. You have to rebel against your circumstances, laziness and mediocrity—not the system."<ref name="meaning">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162865|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130202184314/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=162865|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2013|title=FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH: More 'American Capitalist' Details Revealed|publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com|access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref>

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="loudwire">{{cite magazine|url=http://loudwire.com/five-finger-death-punch-american-capitalist-album-review/ |title=Five Finger Death Punch, ‘American'American Capitalist’Capitalist' – Album Review |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |magazine=Loudwire |date=October 10, 2011 |access-date=October 11, 2011}}</ref>

*[[Kevin Churko]] – [[Record producer|production]],<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/american-capitalist-clean-r2282318/credits |title=American Capitalist [Clean&#93; - Five Finger Death Punch |publisher=AllMusic |date=2011-10-11 |access-date=2012-03-30}}</ref> [[Audio engineering|engineering]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[Audio mastering|mastering]], bass<ref>{{cite web|title=Five Finger Death Punch Drummer Jeremy Spencer Talks ‘American'American Capitalist’Capitalist'|work=Flint's Rock Radio|access-date=August 4, 2011 |url=http://banana1015.com/five-finger-death-punch-drummer-jeremy-spencer-talks-american-capitalist/}}</ref>