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Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine is a four-piece metalcore band from Bridgend, South Wales. Formed in 2003, they originally played Metallica and Nirvana covers, but have since progressed into their own sound.

Rise to fame

Bullet For My Valentine released their first EP, Bullet For My Valentine, on November 15, 2004 through Visible Noise in the UK, and on November 30, 2004 in the US through Trustkill Records. A second EP, Hand of Blood, was released on August 22, 2005 through Trustkill Records in the US

A music video for the song Hand of Blood was released to promote both EPs. The song "Hand of Blood," from their EP of the same name, landed itself onto a Trustkill compilation record entitled Trustkill Takeover. The band also released "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" on March 28, 2005. The Vinyl was limited to 10000 copies. The CD/Vinyl was deleted on day of release, therefore no new copies are available.

Their debut album The Poison was released in the UK on October 3, 2005. The first single from "The Poison," called "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)", was released on September 19 2005. Trustkill Records (the U.S. label for the band) released The Poison in the United States on February 14, 2006.

The song "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" is used in NHL '06 and Madden NFL '06 by EA Sports. The lyric in the bridge that goes; "Pull it out from my back" is changed to "Betrayed from my back".

The song 'Curses' was written about lead vocalist and guitarist Matthew Tuck's girlfriends.

"Hand of Blood" is used in Need for Speed: Most Wanted and Burnout Revenge. In both games, the second verse is completely edited out due to content.

The band recently completed a headline run on the Kerrang! XXV tour at which on the final night in Brixton Academy they filmed footage for their new DVD. This DVD was their first release on Columbia Records.

Bullet For My Valentine have played at the Download Festival in Donington Park three years running, alongside hugely popular bands including Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Trivium and Tool. They first appeared at Download Festival 2004, playing the Barfly stage. In 2005, with increased popularity, Bullet For My Valentine played on the much larger Snickers stage. By 2006, the band had been moved to near the top of the main stage bill, playing on the Sunday night below Guns N' Roses and Funeral for a Friend.

They opened for Guns N' Roses at four shows in New York City, at the Hammerstein Ballroom, on May 12th, 14th, 15th, and 17th. They were also the warmup band for Metallica on June 13, 2006 and opened for Iron Maiden in Boston on October 6, 2006.

Bullet For My Valentine joined Guns N’ Roses' first full UK tour since 1993 as the support act, as well as Sebastian Bach, whilst also doing several instore signings in Birmingham, Nottingham and London.

In early 2006, Bullet For My Valentine headlined the Kerrang! Tour with Aiden, Still Remains and Hawthorne Heights supporting. Later that year they went on tour with Rob Zombie but they were kicked off the tour when, in an online blog, Matt Tuck complained about their treatment on the tour, specifically the lack of dressing rooms and the distribution of profits from T-shirt sales. During the November 2006 tour with As I Lay Dying, Matt Tuck suffered from laryngitis which led to a number of shows being postponed until early January. They resumed their tour on January 3 2007, at the Carling Academy Newcastle where they performed two of their new songs for the first time: "Scream, Aim, & Fire" and "Disappear" as well as a cover of Metallica's Creeping Death. For most of these dates, screaming duties were handed over to guitarist Padge and bass player "Jay" James, while Matt Tuck recovered from his illness. At Manchester Apollo the following night, they only played one new song, "Scream, Aim, & Fire". During this show and the ones that followed, support band As I Lay Dying's vocalist joined Bullet For My Valentine onstage to sing "Room 409." Bootlegs of the Manchester show can be found online; this is the first known recording of the song "Scream, Aim, & Fire" as it was before the band entered the studio to record the follow-up to The Poison. Two songs titles have been confirmed for the new album so far. "Scream, Aim and Fire" is about going to war, and "Waking The Demon" is about "getting revenge on a bully at school by slicing pieces off him", according to Matt Tuck, the band's front man, in an interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com.

The band also headlined the Kerrang! Awards in London soon after playing the Download Festival.

Matthew Tuck (frontman) has told Kerrang! magazine, "We've written eight new songs already, we're going to be recording the new record at the end of the year so we're just trying to get a big head start." The band will record their new album in El Paso, Texas later in the year.

In 2006, Bullet For My Valentine performed on the Vans Warped Tour and toured with Eighteen Visions,Avenged Sevenfold, Escape The Fate, and later heavy metal legends Iron Maiden. Bullet For My Valentine played at Earthday Birthday 14 on April 28, 2007 in Orlando, FL with bands such as Papa Roach, Nonpoint, Puddle of Mudd, and Sevendust.

Bullet For My Valentine released "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)" as a US single in the second week of January. Around that time, they returned to the studio to record their follow up to The Poison. According to Metal Hammer magazine all of the instrumental work on the new album is done, but the vocals will have to wait until BFMV finish their U.S. tour, which will continue all summer. If all goes as planned, they are set to release their second album in October, which was first reported as early as June. The band are said to have taken on a "Slayer, early Metallica old - school thrash sound, coming away from the melodic romance themes".

Bullet for my Valentine also have recorded a cover of Metallica's 'Creeping Death' for a Kerrang CD, 'Higher Voltage: Another Brief History Of Rock', due to be released on June 20th, free with Kerrang magazine.

Recently, Bullet For My Valentine have been chosen to support Metallica for two dates in their upcoming Sick Of The Studio '07 tour in July. July 9 in Vienna, Austria, and July 8 at the recently completed Wembley Stadium in London alongside HIM and Mastodon. There will also be a secret gig at Islington academy in London under the name of Jeff Killed John (the band's name before it was changed to Bullet For My Valentine).

On 22 June 2007, it was announced that due to tonsillectomy surgery having to be brought forward, Matt would be unable to sing and the band was forced to cancel all Bullet For My Valentine dates, including dates supporting Metallica, in which they have been replaced by heavy metal band Machine Head.

Though Matt is sick once his health returns to normal he will join the band at the studio and finish working on the upcoming album due autumn 2007

Unable to speak Matt wrote this to his fans:(from BFMV webpage) "If I'd known my tonsils were going to cause me to miss shows like these I'd have fucking ripped them out myself long ago. I am totally gutted at not being able to play these shows and the only consolation the boys and I can take from it is that we are now fully focused on the album and we'll be back in the studio as soon as the doctors say I can sing again. I truly can't wait for you fuckers to hear it!" Matt Tuck

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Albums



EPs

Vinyl

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK Singles Chart US Modern Rock US Mainstream Rock Finland Singles Chart
2005 "Hand of Blood" - - - - Hand of Blood
"4 Words (To Choke Upon)" 40 - - - The Poison
"Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)" 37 - - -
2006 "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)" 29 30 13 16
"Tears Don't Fall" 37 32 24 17

DVDs



Awards

  • They won the 2005 Kerrang! award for 'Best British Newcomer', and decided to accept an offer from Kerrang! to headline their 25th anniversary tour of the UK.
  • They won the 2005 Welsh Music Award for "Best Newcomer"
  • They won the 2005 Best performer on "The Guest List" (UK TV music program).
  • They won the 2006 Metal Hammer Golden God Award award for 'Best British Band.'
  • They won the 2006 101 Damnations Awards.
  • They won the 2006 Kerrang! award for 'Best UK single' for their track 'Tears Don't Fall', taken from the album The Poison
  • They won the 2007 Metal hammer Golden God Award for 'Best UK Band.'

Trivia

  • Bullet for My Valentine and Aiden are now "drinking buddies" after their first encounters together and were getting drunk together most of the Kerrang! Awards afterparty.
  • During live shows Bullet for My Valentine encourage fans to take part in mosh pits and circle pits, most commonly during the song 'No Control'.
  • Although commonly seen using a Jackson, in the video for "Tears Don't Fall", Paget is using a ESP Eclipse guitar, he is also seen using a Gibson X-Plorer on occasion and a Gibson Flying V.
  • Whilst in their early stages as 'Jeff Killed John' they were managed by Visage frontman Steve Strange.
  • The lead singer, Matt Tuck guest stars on the Apocalyptica song Repressed with Max Cavalera.
  • The band have starred on several of Kerrang! magazine's compilation cover albums, on which they have contributed:
  • Master of Puppets: Remastered - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) by Metallica
  • High Voltage: A Brief History Of Rock - Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
  • Higher Voltage: Another Brief History Of Rock - Creeping Death by Metallica
  • They have recorded a cover of Domination by Pantera, which was given away on a free CD with Metal Hammer magazine.
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