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Ivan Moody (from Five Finger Death Punch) has joined Darren Lynn Bousman’s The Devil’s Carnival… and ARTISTdirect has the first looks at him in it! Take a look at the poster and a behind-the-scenes shot below.

“Moody was born for the stage and screen. His intense passion fuels Five Finger Death Punch’s albums, and he’s got an uncontainable energy that courses through every single venue he devastates alongside the band. Given that charisma and hypnotic presence, he creates an unforgettable persona in his character the “Hobo Clown” that’ll stay with viewers for ages to come. It’s only a matter of time before Moody kicks the shit out of cinema the way he did hard rock and emerges at the top…”

THE DEVIL’S CARNIVAL is a fantasy/horror/musical, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw 2-4) and penned by REPO! The Genetic Opera collaborator Terrance Zdunich, about an amusement park run by the devil himself. The film stars Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, and Sean Patrick Flanery, as well as rock icons Ogre (Skinny Puppy), M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan (Slipknot), Emilie Autumn, and Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch).

Moody plays the charming yet doomful character of HOBO CLOWN. For some spare change, he’ll spin you a story, but you may not like the tale’s outcome.

Go Ivan, go!

[via ARTISTdirect.]

Helloooo Spring metal tour for 2012.

03/22 – San Diego, CA – 4th & B (no Five Finger Death Punch)
03/23 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
03/24 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater
03/26 – Fresno, CA – Rainbow Ballroom
03/27 – Modesto, CA – Modesto Centre Plaza
03/28 – Redding, CA – Redding Convention Center
03/29 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater (no Five Finger Death Punch) (feat. Incite and Lody Kong)
03/30 – Yakima, WA – Yakima Valley Sun Dome
03/31 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theater
04/01 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre (no Five Finger Death Punch)
04/02 – Dawson Creek, BC – EnCana Events Centre
04/04 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall
04/05 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Center
04/07 – Regina, SK – Agribition
04/09 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
04/11 – Rapid City, SD – Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
04/12 – Casper, WY – Casper Events Center

[via thePRP.com.]

I flew into Chicago over the weekend to visit some friends and catch the last show on Five Finger Death Punch’s Share The Welt tour. As I sit here at the airport, editing and resizing photos while I wait on my flight, I thought I might share one of my favorite shots of the night.

This, my friends, is why Zoltan is probably one of my favorite people to shoot on the stage. He’s always lookin’ out for me and works it.

So over the weekend Hutch tipped me off to the AirMusic app that allows you to stream music from your iOS to your Xbox360 (and I do believe it also works for PS3). It’s become my new obsession to blare music while I’m shooting people in the face in Modern Warfare 3.

You can purchase the app from the App Store here. It’s only a few bucks.

And in case some of you are wondering what I’ve been blaring in my ears while gaming lately:

• Hanna score by The Chemical Brothers (specifically “Hanna’s Theme”, “Escape 700″, “The Devil is in the Details”, “The Forest”, “Quayside Synthesis”, “The Sandman”, “Marissa Flashback”, “Bahnhof Rumble”, “The Devil is in the Beats”, “Escape Wavefold”, and “Container Park”)
• The entire TRON: Legacy score by Daft Punk
• Electrolightz (“The Weekend”, “Round and Round”, “Miss Outta Control”, “Difficult (ft. Uffie)”, and “Stuck in a Lie”)
• Five Finger Death Punch (the entire American Capitalist album)
• G Tom Mac’s “Cry Little Sister (Cave Club Mix)”
• Great Northern (“Telling Lies”, “Low is a Height”, and “A Sun a Sound”)
• Hans Zimmer (The entire Crysis 2 and Inception scores)
• Honor Society’s “Over You (Going Out/Electrolightz Remix)”
• Last Night’s Vice (“Dance While You Still Have Time” and “Lock and Key”)
• The entire Madden Brothers “Before” Volume 1 mixtape
• Melotia (“We are the Chosen”, “No Regrets”, “One More Time”, and “Live Again”)
• Rikets (“Designer Drug Hell” and “Sold Me Out”)
• ROMS (“Can’t Stop The Sound” and “Great Machine”)
• Steve Aoki’s “I’m in the House (f. Zuper Blahq)”
• The Social Network score (specifically “Pieces Form the Whole”, “Eventually We Find Our Way”, “On We March”, “The Gentle Hum of Anxiety”, and “Soft Trees Break the Fall”)
• Two Steps From Hell’s “Heart of Courage”
• 30 Seconds to Mars (“Night of the Hunter”, “This is War”, and “Closer to the Edge”)

Five Finger Death Punch has officially released a new video for “Under and Over It” with live tour footage:

I spent Halloween this year with some of my favorite people and one of my favorite bands… who just so happen to have an epic stage setup that I absolutely needed to photograph and see for myself. Here are a few of the shots:

You can find some more on Five Finger Death Punch’s Facebook page here. And as usual, throughout the coming days, I’ll start seeding some out (some you can already find on the band’s FB page, and some you can’t) on my deviantART page and my various social properties.

Enjoy.

Hello friends,

It looks like I will be returning to my home base at the end of the month not only to visit family, but to also celebrate the spooky holiday with pure metal! I will be at 105.7 The Point‘s Pointergeist show at the Family Arena in St. Charles, MO on Halloween.

Come enjoy the show and buy your tickets here.

Five Finger Death Punch’s new album American Capitalist is now available everywhere and I couldn’t be prouder of the reviews that I’ve been seeing. The guys have come a long way and they’ve put out another gem.

You can download the album from iTunes here if you don’t want to go out and find a physical copy.

Congrats, boys!