Zoltan Bathory

Zoltan Báthory
Zoltán Báthory from Five Finger Death Punch
Background information
Genres	Heavy metal, groove metal, hard rock, post-grunge
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, bass
Labels	Firm Music/EMI
Associated acts	Five Finger Death Punch, U.P.O.
Website	http://www.zoltanbathory.com & https://www.youtube.com/zoltan

Zoltán Báthory is a Hungarian-born musician and martial artist. He is the founder, rhythm guitarist, and one of the main songwriters, for the Las Vegas-based multi-million record selling heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he was named Golden God's "Best Shredder" by Metal Hammer Magazine. Zoltan is also a founding board member of the veterans non profit Home Deployment Project in Las Vegas. Home Deployment Project works to save and reintegrate homeless veterans.

Zoltán Báthory joined the post-grunge band U.P.O. in 2004 replacing Ben Shirley (on Bass). He left the band in 2005, switched back to guitar, and went on to form the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.

Five Finger Death Punch recorded their debut album in 2006 with engineers Steve Bruno and Mike Sarkisyan. It was mixed by Soulfly/Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader. Soon after finishing the album, 5FDP was signed by a major management company The Firm and The Way of the Fist was released on 31 July 2007. This self produced record sold over 600,000 copies in the US and spawned 3 top 10 singles. Their follow-up album, War Is the Answer was released on 22 September 2009 through Prospect Park Records. The record debuted No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and all 4 singles (off of the album) made it to the top 10 mainstream rock charts. War is the Answer stayed on Billboards Top 100 for over a record breaking 92 weeks and selling over 1,000,000 copies. Their 3rd record "American Capitalist" was even more successful. American Capitalist debuted #3 on the Billboard 200, had another 3 top 10 singles and it achieved gold status within a year of its release. In 2013 Five Finger Death Punch released a double studio album The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 and The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 within a 3 months from each other. Both albums debuted No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. Volume 1 featured guest vocalists Rob Halford of Judas Priest , Maria Brink of In This Moment, tech n9ne, Jamey Jasta of hatebreed, and Max Cavalera of Sepultura, Soulfly. They have had 15 top 10 hit singles on U.S. Mainstream Rock Radio. Zoltán won the "Best Shredder" award at the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards The award was the 3rd Golden God trophy the band received (2009 Best New Artist) – (2010 Breakthrough Artist).