Zoltan Bathory is a Hungarian-born American musician as well as a martial artist who gained recognition as the founder, rhythm guitarist, and one of the lyricists for the Las Vegas-based hugely successful heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. He has won several awards including the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award in 2010 for being the “Best Shredder”.
Born Name
Zoltan Bathory
Nick Name
Zoltan
Sun Sign
Taurus
Born Place
Szentendre, Pest County, Hungary
Residence
Las Vegas, United States
Nationality
Occupation
Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer, Martial Artist, Monster Truck Driver
Manager
He is represented by Allen Kovac.
Genre
Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
Instruments
Guitar, Bass
Labels
- Firm
- EMI
Build
Athletic
Height
5 ft 8 in or 173 cm
Weight
73 kg or 161 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
He has dated –
- Heather Gracie – He has been in a relationship with the Las Vegas DJ Heather Gracie.
Race / Ethnicity
White
He is of Hungarian descent.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
He often tends to dye his hair in different shades.
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Dread braids hairstyle
- Beard
Zoltan Bathory Favorite Things
- Fascinated With – Bandmate ‘s non-stop lyric-writing and showing up in the studio with a huge number of words jotted down on napkins, notepads, and even on old pizza boxes
- Idea Of Unwinding – Sitting in the jacuzzi, Warming up near the fire while having hot apple cider and loads of tacos
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Zoltan Bathory Facts
- When he was a teenager, he had come to America from Hungary with only 1 guitar, a bag of clothes, and a Hungarian-English dictionary using which he learned to speak English by translating The Shawshank Redemption word by word. He watched television with closed captions on and tried to recognize words and get familiar with their pronunciations. He has revealed that he learned the English language mainly through reading books and that he had translated Shawshank many times before he truly understood it.
- Before gaining stardom, he used to play bass for a Los Angeles-based alternative/grunge band named U.P.O. from 2004 to 2005.
- In 2009, the guitar manufacturer B.C. Rich started to sell 3 Zoltan Bathory-model guitars.
- Zoltan has been a founding board member of the nonprofit Home Deployment Project in Las Vegas that strives to help homeless veterans.
- In his private life, he is a martial artist and his areas of expertise are judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He has appeared in martial arts magazines several times. He has also practiced Wing Chun Kung-Fu.
Featured Image by Stephen Jensen F3 Studios / The Firm (Prospect Park Management) / Public Domain
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Facts of Zoltan Bathory
- full nameZoltan Bathory
- weight73 kg
- height5 ft 8 in