Taylor Swift’s influence is transcending far beyond pop — it’s now making an impact in heavy metal, too.
The members of Five Finger Death Punch, a hard rock and heavy metal band, recently revealed that they found themselves in a situation strikingly similar to Swift’s battle over her master recordings.
According to guitarist Zoltan Bathory, the band discovered that its former label, Prospect Park, had sold their masters without informing them — mirroring what happened when Swift’s catalog was sold to Scooter Braun without her consent.
“She could have gone into a costly lawsuit, or she could have felt sorry for herself," Bathory told Billboard. "[Instead] she just sprung into action and did what she had to do.”
Rather than dwell on the setback, Swift began re-recording her albums to reclaim ownership. Just last month, she reportedly paid nearly $360 million to secure control of her masters.
“That’s the way of life, and we will do what is necessary and legally can be done,” the guitarist added. Inspired by her approach, Five Finger Death Punch is following suit.
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The band is re-recording fan favorites like “Under and Over It” and “Far From Home,” which will appear on two upcoming greatest hits compilations. The first, Best Of, Volume 1, drops July 19.
“She got them to think a little bit about what their rights were,” said the band’s manager Allen Kovac, CEO of 10th Street Entertainment. “They want to be able to determine how these songs are promoted, marketed, licensed, visualized.”
Kovac, who has managed the band for 15 years, has been supporting Five Finger Death Punch through an ongoing legal battle with their former label and its founder, Jeff Kwatinetz — a music exec. known for helping launch Limp Bizkit, Korn and others in the '90s.
Kovac claims Kwatinetz signed the group to “the worst deal I’ve ever seen,” one that allegedly gave the label 50% of their touring, publishing and merchandising revenues, while falsely promising the band shared ownership in a joint venture.
Kwatinetz has denied the allegations, telling Billboard, “Allen’s allegations, as usual, are utterly false. We took a band no one else wanted to sign [and] made them the most-played band at active rock for over a decade.”
The band’s decision to revisit its early catalog coincides with its 20th anniversary, though Bathory insists the timing is “a coincidence.”
“I don’t want to say the obvious — the lemons are being made into lemonade — but basically that’s what happened,” he said.
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