While tracks on previous albums can be neatly split into angry Moody and sensitive Moody, on this album Five Finger Death Punch boldly blur that line with songs like “Wash it All Away” and “Ain’t my Last Dance,” where Ivan Moody manages to display an amazing range by being both angry and sensitive. Sure, he’s been doing this for a while now, but that doesn’t mean that Got Your Six doesn’t break any new ground. Most people with that problem just tweet about ethics in games journalism. At least he took that persecution complex and made something creative (debatable) with it. If so, I’d like to think that’s worth some praise. Perhaps he simply makes up boogeymen to be mad at, because he can’t accept how fortunate he’s been in life. Just that he’s mad at them, he’s going to beat them up and take their lunch money and, presumably, they’ve slighted him in some way to deserve it.Ĭall me a cynic, but after six albums of this I’ve got the sneaking suspicion that Ivan Moody has a bit of a persecution complex.
Moody never elaborates or gives any specific information about who he’s talking about. But that just makes me think, who the hell is he so mad at? Most of the tracks on this album have some sort of insult or vague threat pointed at “you.” Who “you” could be is uncertain. We get a look at Moody’s sensitive side on tracks like, “Question Everything” where he tells us he doesn’t mind admitting he’s to blame for some things. As a side note, congratulations to Zac Brown Band for no longer having the worst piece of music named after Jekyll and Hyde this year. Instead we get a hilarious song where Moody tells us that “All I’m trying to do is live my motherfucking life,” in spoken-word verses before going into a ridiculous “oh-wee-oh” chorus that doesn’t pack anywhere near the punch it’s clearly supposed to. Because of this dichotomy, one might think that a song entitled “Jekyll and Hyde” may take an interesting look at these two sides of Moody’s personality. When Moody isn’t trying to look tough, he’s on his only other setting a super sensitive man who totally knows it’s ok to cry. The equivalent of a 12 year old kid kicking your leg and warning you he has a blackbelt. Ivan Moody and company are the definition of the word “tryhard.” They are so desperate to convince you that they’re tough, but their vague threats always seem like posturing, rather than intimidating. The album opens with its title track and the opening line, “I’m a fucking soldier/just like I told ya,” pretty much sets the tone for the whole album. I also said that I would not be listening to their new album, Got Your Six, to find out. In the same review I put forth the idea that bro-metallers Five Finger Death Punch may also be a parody band. I know, I’m an idiot who should’ve realised sooner. A few days ago I finally figured out that Disturbed are a parody band.
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