Five Finger Death Punch vocalist Ivan Moody shocked the hard rock/metal world when he made a surprise announcement at an Oct. 14 show in Denver that he was almost ready to call it a career. Moody said he was doing one more album with the band and then retiring.
“I wanted to tell you this,” Moody said while on stage. “And nobody else in the world knows, Denver, so this is where it’s going to start. And what you do with it is up to you. The last 15 years of my life I have toured the world, I have seen every country, every city on this planet at least twice. That’s a fact. And through that time as many of you parents know … I have missed a lot of time with my kiddos. So I made them a deal today, and I’m going to stick to it. After this year, I am going to make one more Five Finger Death Punch album and then I am retiring from heavy metal.”
It appears, however, that Moody has since had a change of heart. In a new video, he apologized for his comments and assured fans he isn’t going anywhere.
“I really sat back the last few days and took it all in. And I first off want to apologize. I do. I apologize,” the singer said in a video that was uploaded to YouTube by a fan. “I apologize because music’s all I’ve got, and I don’t think, for one, my kids would respect me in the long run if I quit doing what got me here. I don’t think my friends would talk to me. Obviously they didn’t text me, not the ones I was hoping for.”
“My bandmates deserve better. Zoltan [Bathory] deserves my heart and has earned my respect time and time again. He may as well be my blood. You deserve the best, there is no question about that,” he continued.
“I can’t quit. I can’t. I’m not. To be quite honest with you, I think I’d die. Maybe not physically die, my but soul would fucking definitely fade, and I didn’t come here for that,” he said. “There is a f*cking fire inside of me that will never go out. Music and heavy metal are all I’ve ever had, all I’ve ever known. I was designed by it. When all the rest of the world kept betting against me — underdog, day after day after day — I found solace and sanctuary in bands like Metallica and Pantera, Alice in Chains, Danzig. The list goes on and on.”
“I ain’t going anywhere. I’m not… Maybe I was a little bit impulsive… I hope you all will forgive me.”
Moody went on to say that when he said he was retiring from heavy metal he meant the entire music industry, and that the intensity of the moment he was in with his kids being present is what influenced his initial comments.
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