Hot on the heels of the just announced Trespass America tour, the hard rockers Five Finger Death Punch, no stranger to a good cause, aim to promote the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline through their just-unleashed new video for group's latest single "Coming Down," their thirteenth single overall and the fourth single from the heavy metal band's latest third album "American Capitalist," which landed at No.3 on the Billboard charts upon its released last fall."Coming Down," is a moody mid-tempo number with plenty of moshability, but there's also some provocative lyrics situated among the battering ram riffery and lead singer Ivan Moody's vitriolic bark. When Moody sings, "I pull you under / Just to save myself," it's a chilling testament to looking out for No.1, which is something we all must done sometime in our lives. The song is a crunchy and angry anthem that speaks to the psyches of all segments of the population that likes a nasty riff and snarled vocal patterns, and easy-to-relate-to lyrical proclamations and declarations.
Sonically, the song pulls back when it needs to, only to clamp down on the jugular as the pulse and the pace quicken. From stem to stern, the song begs to be sung along to, mixing alternately screamed and sung vocals. This could easily be one of those songs used during a blow them up sequence in a big budget summer blockbuster. It has that kind of energy. With "Coming Down," Five Finger Death Punch mesh melody with heavy artillery and the result is bonecrushing and memorable at once.
The visually arresting video that addresses teen suicide was directed by Nick Peterson, and it features a message consistent with the band's recent suicide prevention initiative. The eye-opening video starts with a shocking montage of troubled teens on the edge of suicide. It chronicles their stories throughout the video from bullying to self-image issues to the damage it causes from drug abuse, cutting, and suicide. The video is admittedly hard to watch at times, but that's by design. It serves as an important reminder that suicide impacts everyone and shows how each one of us can help save a life by just a little awareness.
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