Zoltan Bathory (born in 1978[1]) is a Hungarian-born American 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 was named Golden God's "Best Shredder" by Metal Hammer magazine. 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zoltan Bathory was born on May 16, 1978 in Szentendre, Hungary. He is a writer, known for Five Finger Death Punch: House of the Rising Sun (2014), Supernatural (2005) and Criminal Minds (2005).