Zoltan Bathory is a Hungarian-born American musician and martial artist. He is the founder, rhythm guitarist, and one of the main songwriters for the Las Vegas-based multi-million record selling heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he was named Golden God\'s "Best Shredder" by Metal Hammer magazine. Zoltan is also a founding board member of the veterans nonprofit Home Deployment Project in Las Vegas (Home Deployment Project works to save and reintegrate homeless veterans) and sits on the Board of Advisors at VETPAW (Veterans Empowered to Protect African Wildlife) an anti-Poaching organization operating on the African continent, composed of US combat veterans.\n', '

Zoltan Bathory joined the post-grunge band U.P.O. in 2004 replacing Ben Shirley (on Bass). He left the band in 2005, switched back to guitar, and went on to form the heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch.\n', '

7 times Platinum Five Finger Death Punch recorded their debut album in 2006 with engineers Steve Bruno and Mike Sarkisyan. It was mixed by Soulfly/Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader. Soon after finishing the album, the band was signed by a major management company The Firm and The Way of the Fist was released on 31 July 2007. This self-produced record sold over 1,000,000 copies in the US and spawned three top 10 singles. Their follow-up album, War Is the Answer was released on 22 September 2009 through Prospect Park Records. The record debuted number 7 on the Billboard 200 and all four singles (off of the album) made it to the top 10 mainstream rock charts. War is the Answer stayed on Billboard's Top 100 for over a record-breaking 92 weeks and sold over 1,000,000 copies. Their third record American Capitalist was even more successful. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, had another three top 10 singles and it achieved gold status within a year of its release. It has since been certified Platinum. In 2013, the band released a double studio album The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 and The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2 within three months from each other. Both albums debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. Volume 1 featured guest vocalists Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Maria Brink of In This Moment, Tech N9ne, Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, and Max Cavalera of Sepultura and Soulfly. Volume 1. and Volume 2. both became certified Platinum. The band\'s sixth record Got Your Six was the band\'s biggest first-week commercial success. The record was number one on Billboard 200\'s physical sales chart and number 2 on the overall charts. In this decade (since 2010) only six metal albums have achieved RIAA Certified Platinum Status. Metallica\'s Hardwired... to Self-Destruct and 5 of Five Finger Death Punch\'s albums (War Is The Answer, American Capitalist, Wrong Side Of Heaven Vol 1. and Vol 2. and Got Your Six) The band have had twenty one top 10 hit singles on U.S. Mainstream Rock Radio. Zoltan won the "Best Shredder" award at the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards The award was the 3rd Golden God trophy the band received (2009 Best New Artist) – (2010 Breakthrough Artist).\n', '

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