Five Finger Death Punch sees the success of bands like Avenged Sevenfold and his own (Bathory himself has clarified in the comments below that he was only referring to Avenged Sevenfold) as a “changing of the guard”. He recently told Metal Hammer:
“…What’s happening is the ‘changing of the guard’. The big bands we all grew up on either completely stopped touring now or they only go out on specialty tours every now and then, so they are definitely far from being as active as they used to be. That brings the next generation to the forefront. It already started but in these upcoming years a transition will take place and the torch will be passed down. It’s the natural cycle.”
