Zoltan Bathory

Zoltan Bathory
Bathory performing with Five Finger Death Punch in 2020
Bathory performing with Five Finger Death Punch in 2020
Background information
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Szentendre, Hungary[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • martial artist
InstrumentGuitar
Member ofFive Finger Death Punch
Formerly ofU.P.O.
Websitezoltanbathory.com

Zoltan Bathory (Hungarian: Báthory Zoltán) (born in 1978[2]) is a Hungarian musician and martial artist. He is the founder and rhythm guitarist of Las Vegas-based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. In 2010, he won the Metal Hammer Golden God award for "Best Shredder".

He is an actively competing martial artist,[3] a black belt[4] in both jiu-jitsu and judo, and 2021's Jiu-Jitsu American Nationals Silver Medalist.[5] in Black Belt Masters Super Heavy Division. Bathory is also a founding board member of the veterans nonprofit Home Deployment Project in Las Vegas 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.

  1. ^ "FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - A halálos magyar csapás". hammerworld.hu (in Hungarian). September 15, 2009. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Zoltan Bathory: 'When I Say That Nothing Is Impossible, I Truly Believe It'". Kerrang!. March 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "FFDP's Bathory pulls no punches". ESPN. October 6, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ Clements, Averi (March 15, 2021). "Five Finger Death Punch Guitarist Zoltan Bathory Earns BJJ Black Belt". jiujitsutimes.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  5. ^ Clements, Averi (June 30, 2021). "Five Finger Death Punch's Zoltan Bathory Earns Double Silver At American Nationals". Jiu-Jitsu Times. Retrieved March 9, 2022.