Zoltan Bathory
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Zoltán Báthory is a Hungarian-born musician. He is the founder and one of the main songwriters for the Los Angeles-based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.
Career
In 2004, Báthory joined the post-grunge band U.P.O. replacing bassist Ben Shirley. He left the band in 2005 and went on to form the Heavy Metal band Five Finger Death Punch.
Five Finger Death Punch recorded their debut album in 2006 with Steve Bruno and Mike Sarkisyan. It was mixed by Soulfly/Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader. "The Way of the Fist" was released on July 31, 2007. The Way Of The Fist sold over 420,000 copies and spawned 3 top 10 singles. Their follow-up album, War Is the Answer was released on September 22, 2009 through Prospect Park Records. The record sold over 44,000 copies on it first week of release and debuted #7 on the Billboard 200. All 3 singles off of the WITA cycle became top 10 hits, and the record sold over 300,000 in just 8 months. Zoltán was nominated, and won the "Best Shredder" award at the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards The award was the 3rd Golden God trophy the band collected (2009 Best New Artist) - (2010 Breakthrough Artist).