F8 (pronounced "fate") is the eighth studio album by American
heavy metal band
Five Finger Death Punch, released on February 28, 2020. It is the first Five Finger Death Punch album to feature drummer Charlie Engen, who joined the band following the departure of founding drummer
Jeremy Spencer, and final album with guitarist
Jason Hook. F8 is also the band's first album to be released through
Better Noise Music.
Written and recorded from May to October 2019, F8 is considered a "rebirth" of the band, according to guitarist
Zoltan Bathory.[3]
On May 9, 2019, the band released a video announcing a "new record in the making".[10] On December 2, 2019, the band released the single, "Inside Out", announcing that their upcoming eighth studio album would be titled F8 and would be released on February 28, 2020. According to the band's lead vocalist
Ivan Moody, when talking about lead single "Inside Out" he describes it as his own story about his addiction struggles. As for the record itself he called the record his pardon after what he's been through in terms of his addiction and of his friends that he lost during that time of struggles such as the late
Linkin Park vocalist
Chester Bennington.[11]
^"Czech Albums – Top 100".
ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 10.Týden 2020 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
F8 (pronounced "fate") is the eighth studio album by American
heavy metal band
Five Finger Death Punch, released on February 28, 2020. It is the first Five Finger Death Punch album to feature drummer Charlie Engen, who joined the band following the departure of founding drummer
Jeremy Spencer, and final album with guitarist
Jason Hook. F8 is also the band's first album to be released through
Better Noise Music.
Written and recorded from May to October 2019, F8 is considered a "rebirth" of the band, according to guitarist
Zoltan Bathory.[3]
On May 9, 2019, the band released a video announcing a "new record in the making".[10] On December 2, 2019, the band released the single, "Inside Out", announcing that their upcoming eighth studio album would be titled F8 and would be released on February 28, 2020. According to the band's lead vocalist
Ivan Moody, when talking about lead single "Inside Out" he describes it as his own story about his addiction struggles. As for the record itself he called the record his pardon after what he's been through in terms of his addiction and of his friends that he lost during that time of struggles such as the late
Linkin Park vocalist
Chester Bennington.[11]
^"Czech Albums – Top 100".
ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 10.Týden 2020 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved March 10, 2020.