FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody was compelled to sit down out the band’s live performance Sunday evening (August 27) at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California because the assist act for METALLICA after coming down with a “horrible flu.” He was changed on the gig by Phil Labonte (ALL THAT REMAINS),Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) and AJ Channer (FIRE FROM THE GODS).

A short while earlier than taking the stage at SoFi, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH launched the next assertion through social media: “To our mates in L.A.! Ivan fell unwell with a horrible flu and will not have the ability to carry out tonight. We’re grateful that our good mates Phil Labonte (ALL THAT REMAINS),Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ex-LIGHT THE TORCH and SION) and AJ Channer (FIRE FROM THE GODS) are stepping up and can take over his vocal duties for what’s going to absolutely be a particular present.

“Be part of us in wishing our brother Ivan properly, he’ll be again very quickly.”

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH performed its first present because the assist act for METALLICA on the “M72” tour on August 6 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Extra assist on the gig got here from ICE NINE KILLS.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH was initially presupposed to assist METALLICA on a number of European reveals this previous spring — together with April 29 on the Johan Cruijf Enviornment in Amsterdam, Netherlands; on Might 17 at Stade De France in Paris, France; and on Might 28 at Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, Germany — however ended up canceling the dates so as to permit Moody to completely get well from his current hernia surgical procedure. They had been changed by NIGHTWISH singer Ground Jansen in Amsterdam and EPICA in Paris and Hamburg.

When FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH performed a number of reveals in Europe because the assist act for METALLICA in July 2022, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH shared a video report on the pairing wherein Moody mentioned of the expertise: “Everybody units objectives, as it’s best to. However it’s important to perceive, for us, that is the apex, that is the climax, that is the highest of the fucking hill. And it is wonderful to me that we have been on tour for nearly 15 years and by no means crossed paths with this band. And I’ve gotta inform you, they paved the highway for any of us, and anybody that argues that truth is out of their fucking thoughts. The one and solely METALLICA.”

Again in 2016, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael instructed Loudwire that METALLICA‘s traditional third album, “Grasp Of Puppets”, represented a turning level in his music tastes. He recalled: “I went to a spot referred to as Disc Jockey Information again in Lexington [Kentucky] and I had in my hand ‘Grasp Of Puppets’ and RUN-DMC ‘Elevating Hell’ and I needed to make that call. Which one? I’ve heard about this band METALLICA by way of Circus journal and whatnot, however I have not heard the music, however I do know RUN-DMC.”

He continued: “I ended up selecting up METALLICA and ‘Grasp Of Puppets’, and proper from the primary notes of ‘Battery’, listening to that lovely guitar piece into crushing and all the things that Cliff Burton did on that mainly formed me melodic-wise on bass proper from the very starting. In order that album might be one of the crucial influential by way of making me need to play bass. I will by no means have the ability to get to the identical degree talent-wise that Cliff Burton was, but it surely was a problem.”

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is continuous to tour in assist of its ninth album, “AfterLife” which was launched in August 2022 through Higher Noise.