Detroit Free Press — The chugging riffs laid down by quintet Five Finger Death Punch aren't exactly what you'd hear on a soundtrack to the kung-fu movies the band pays homage to with its name, but that doesn't stop the guys in FFDP from pummeling audiences... more info

Detroit Free Press — Emerson Hart of Tonic: 8 p.m. Dec. 15. The Ark, $22.50. The Scintas: 8 p.m. Dec. 15-17. Andiamo Celebrity Showroom, $25-$69. Five Finger Death Punch: with All That Remains, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 16. Compuware Arena, $25, $30. more info

Altsounds — *FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH* have already made headlines with one of the year's biggest rock album debuts*. American Capitalist* entered at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 in early October and has already sold over 165,000 copies in just a few weeks. Fan... more info

Metalsucks — It was a week of polar opposites: on one hand, butt rock ruled as Disturbed nabbed the #1 spot on the Current Hard Music charts with Five Finger Death Punch and Evanescence firmly entrenched in second and third place. On the other hand Animals as Lea... more info

Metalsucks — No surprise, but Evanescence and Five Finger Death Punch nabbed the #1 and #2 spots on the Current Hard Music charts for the third week in a row. The rest of of the Top 10 isn’t much better; aside from Foo Fighters (#4) and Mastodon (#8), the lot i... more info

411 Mania — Giving credit where it's due... more info

Detroit Free Press — Frank Turner: with Andrew Jackson Jihad and Into It Over It, 7 p.m. Oct. 27. Magic Stick, $12, $15. Marsha Ambrosius: with Miquel, 7 p.m. Oct. 28. The Fillmore Detroit, $24.75. Big Sean: 8 p.m. Oct. 28. Perani Arena & Events Center, $32. more info

Topix — Five Finger Death Punch , the five-piece metal act from Los Angeles, delivers another sonic assault in its new album, "American Capitalist." The follow-up to the band's highly successful albums "The Way of the Fist" and "War is the Answer," "American... more info

Mjsbigblog — The Hits prediction for Lauren Alaina’s “Wildfower” bow is in: Mercury Nashville/19/Interscope American Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina should do between 60-65k for her debut album, Wildflower, an impressive total for the show’s second-place fi... more info

Metal Injection — One thing can definitely be said about this song: Five Finger Death Punch perform it. Their new album, American Capitalist, comes out October 11th. more info