The inaugural Rebel Rock Festival is set to sting Orlando, Florida this weekend. Limited tickets are available at https://rebelrockfest.com/

The show begins on Thursday, September 23rd with Jose Mangin’s Taco Metal Party, featuring Volbeat and P.O.D. celebrating 20 years of their legendary “Satellite” album.

The 4 day music festival takes place at the Central Florida Fairgrounds, located at 4603 W Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32808.

There have been a few lineup adjustments made along the way, due to the pandemic, but the final lineup is killer and should have something for every rock fan.

The headliners are The Used, Rise Against, Sevendust, Five Finger Death Punch, Legends of Wu-Tang, Papa Roach, Incubus and Machine Gun Kelly.

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Rock USA 2019 took place on July 18-20 on farmland in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This incredible festival always has an amazing crowd, great food and beverage options, and the best rock bands on the planet. Five Finger Death Punch closed out Day 1.

Five Finger Death Punch closed out the main stage on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Nobody pulls out all the stops like 5FDP. The band continues to lead the way in live metal, and is a highlight of any festival experience.

As of now, Rock USA 2020 is hoping to go on as scheduled – July 16-18, 2020. Stay informed and check out the killer lineup at http://www.rockusaoshkosh.com/

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Five Finger Death Punch has released their 8th album, “F8” AKA “Fate”, and – spoiler alert – Ivan Moody is pissed off. Yawn. Been there, done that. The lead single “Inside Out” sounds like a petty twitter beef against former drummer and founding member Jeremy Spencer, as does “To Be Alone”, which is definitely throwing shade on somebody. New drummer Charlie Engen plays frantically throughout the album, possibly to prove a point, but rarely to bring rhythm to the song. 5FDP peaked creatively with “The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1” in 2013. That album took creative risks, explored new sounds, and had collaborations with Rob Halford, Tech N9ne, Max Cavalera, Maria Brink and Jamey Jasta. Since then, they have played it safe and repeated themselves. One positive note about “F8” for many is the absence of a cover song, unless you consider that the band is essentially covering itself. The sounds have been done before, and the lyrical themes have been covered before, with far better results on the classics from the first 4 albums. “Death Punch Therapy” literally pulls lyrics from previous songs. The “I hate everybody” well has run dry, with Moody resorting to just yelling “Fuck!” at the end of “This Is War”. The “Death Punch sound” is tried and true, so it’s not like this album is bad, it just pales in comparison to the earlier efforts. At this point in their career, they would be fine putting out greatest hits and live albums, and touring, where they truly shine best. There are other bands in the genre who continue to evolve and experiment with their sound, with excellent results: Godsmack, All That Remains, Killswitch Engage, Sevendust and Slipknot have all recently released new albums that rank among their best. Hopefully, Five Finger Death Punch will be more bold on their next album, and once again produce greatness.

Photos of Five Finger Death Punch performing at Rock USA in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 18, 2019:

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH  have announced a series of new headlining U.S. shows and festival dates for July 2019. Special guests including In This Moment will support on select show dates. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH  will also perform on a handful of major festival shows throughout the summer – see announced dates below. Tickets will go on sale February 22  at 10:00am local time. For tickets, VIP offerings and more visit:  www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com . The quintet’s current single “When the Seasons Change” climbed to #3 at Rock radio this week. “When The Seasons Change” follows the success of the #1 hit single” Sham Pain” off their latest album AND JUSTICE FOR NONE. The group also recently released a new video –now the #1 Metal video on Apple-U.S.– for the album version of  “Blue On Black”  which you can watch  HERE. 2018 was a massive year for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH whose seventh album, AND JUSTICE FOR NONE, became the #1 streaming Hard Rock/Heavy Metal album of 2018 with fans listening for a total of 5 trillion hours worldwide. The group which Billboard described as “a revitalized band with a renewed focus,” also became the #1 most-played artist on U.S. Rock Radio  in year-end radio reports.  AND JUSTICE FOR NONE  debuted at  #4  overall on the  Top 200 Chart and Billboard hailed the group delivers “… metal that has pushed the band to debut five albums at No. 1 on Billboard ’s Hard Rock Albums chart, as well as land five albums in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200.” Elsewhere, KERRANG! added, ” ’And Justice For None’ is an album that delivers, ticking the boxes of what a modern metal album should be .” FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH wrapped the biggest North American co-headlining rock tour of 2018 with Breaking Benjamin at the end of last year. With their Summer and Fall tours combined, the bands  donated over  $250,000  from ticket sales to charities in 2018. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is currently in the studio working on the follow-up album to AND JUSTICE FOR NONE .

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