In fact, somebody just said to me: 'If war is the answer, then what is the question?', and I guess the answer to that is 'life'! Basically, you're fighting against something or other right from the start – fighting for survival with pretty much everything against you, and there are occasions when the only really appropriate response is to punch someone in the mouth! It's a pretty involved subject once you really start to think about it, and this record covers it all – the deeper meaning and of course the more shallow one too!" Release Īlthough War Is the Answer was originally announced to be released on June 8, 2009, but this was put back to October 6, 2009, then brought forward to September 22, 2009. "It's a phrase we've had up our sleeve for some time, and I've been talking about it a lot in interviews. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory, commenting on the style of the album, stated "we've continued the journey we started on the first album, so there's a healthy balance of melody and aggression, and as always we concentrated on writing strong metal songs in the traditional sense." īathory said to Metal Hammer about the album title: The album was produced by Kevin Churko, who had previously produced Ozzy Osbourne's Black Rain, and mixed by Randy Staub, who had previously worked with Metallica, Nickelback, and Stone Sour. War Is the Answer was announced as Five Finger Death Punch's second studio album in May 2009.