The cover and its video have polarized audiences, largely depending on their attachment to the 1997 original.
The official music video for Five Finger Death Punch’s cover of "Gone Away" (originally by The Offspring) is a somber, cinematic reinterpretation that shifts the focus of the song toward the emotional toll of military service and loss. Themes and Visual Narrative Five Finger Death Punch - Gone Away (Official Video)
Directed by Nick Peterson, the video transforms the mid-tempo punk original into a brooding metal ballad with a heavy emphasis on PTSD and survivor's guilt. The cover and its video have polarized audiences,