Matthew “Matt”
Tuck – vocals, guitars
Michael “Padge” Paget – guitars
Michael “Moose” Thomas – drums
Jason “Jay” James - bass
The Welsh metal-core band Bullet For My Valentine has spent most
of the past two years taking over the world with massive U.K.,
European, U.S. and worldwide tours, sharing the stage with Guns
N Roses, Metallica and Iron Maiden, playing the Main Stage at
just about every rock festival on the planet, and seeing their
2006 debut album The Poison - an album London's daily The Sun
called "One of the finest debut albums in rock history" - sell
more than one-million copies worldwide – 350,000 in the U.S.
alone – a very rare achievement for an emerging band.
Back home, Bullet For My Valentine has graced the covers of the
UK’s Kerrang!, Rock Sound, and Metal Hammer. They won Metal
Hammer’s 2006 “Golden God Award” for Best British Band, and the
2006 Kerrang! Award for “Best UK Single” for their track “Tears
Don’t Fall.” Here in America, Revolver magazine heralded the
band “British Import of the Year,” and The Poison generated the
hit singles “Tears Don’t Fall” and “All These Things I Hate
(Revolve Around Me),” with the video for “All These Things I
Hate” going to the #1 spot on MTV2. The band has toured North
America three times, and in early 2007, they sold out their
first headline trek.
On January 29, 2008, Bullet For My Valentine is set to return
with Scream Aim Fire (20-20/Jive/SonyBMG), the band’s highly
anticipated sophomore release. The 11-track assault was produced
by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Funeral For A Friend) and
recorded at Sonic Ranch just outside of El Paso, TX in early
2007, and is, according to front man Matthew “Matt” Tuck,
“really melodic heavy metal…catchy, hooky choruses and full-on
vocals with the music being very in-your-face and heavy…it’s a
lot more up-tempo than The Poison, a lot more aggressive.”
Scream Aim Fire, featuring the distinctive and powerful
six-string dexterity of Michael “Padge” Padget, the unwavering
instrumental groove of bassist Jason “Jay” James and the
relentless thundering rhythms of Michael “Moose” Thomas, the
musical backbone of Bullet is an intimidating force. With a
lifetime of classic metal inspiration behind him,
vocalist/guitarist Tuck is a formidable and powerful voice for
the ever energetic, young metal generation.
“We have stepped it up a gear,” says the front-man. “This album
is chock full of classic Bullet ingredients. Metal riffs,
pounding rhythms, shredding solos and great melodies. We took
everything that we learnt from ‘The Poison,’ and took up
tenfold. Better, fresher, harder, sadder and more real.”
Opening with the aural assault of the title track and first
single -“Scream Aim Fire” – to the hard-hitting riff slammer of
“Waking The Demon,” and the arena-ballad epic “Hearts Burst Into
Fire,” this album will definitely catapult Bullet into a
world-wide spotlight.
“(The track) ‘Scream Aim Fire’ set the benchmark for the rest of
the album,” says Tuck. “It was the moment we realized the
direction of where we wanted the record to go. Lyrically, it’s
not a saying that anyone can relate anything else to. It’s ours
and the meaning is ours alone. Kill or be killed – that’s what
this game is like. You’re either on top of the game, or you are
out, and we are very much still in. Our quality of song writing,
our structures, our timing – the songs are intense and
accessible, whilst still keeping our metal roots.”
Tuck believes that the band’s unique accessibility lies in the
fact that fans – regardless of age, gender or nationality – can
relate to the subjects and issues tackled within their tracks.
“It’s important to us that fans can make a connection with our
songs,” says the front-man. “For example, ‘Waking The Demon’ is
about being bullied at school – which is something that me and
most of the boys went though. The track is about one day, just
turning round, and deciding to not take it anymore. I’d hope
that our fans can relate to that.”
And despite the fact that these four musicians are now
considered prominent players in the UK/European metal world, as
well as serious up-and-comers here in the U.S. – the lads remain
grounded (all still living in their native Welsh homeland) – and
eternally grateful for the position that they now find
themselves in.
“If it wasn’t for the fans, we would never even have been able
to make this second album,” says Tuck. “We are so thankful to
them, and we will always try to deliver the goods. I know we had
to cancel a load of shows last year (Tuck was hospitalized in
the winter of 2006 and forced to undergo surgery on his
tonsils), but it hurt us so much to do so. We really hated to
let anyone down, but it was an unavoidable evil, and now I am
confident that this record – and this band – are stronger than
ever.”
To support the release of Scream Aim Fire, Bullet for My
Valentine will set off on what will be more than two years of
solid, worldwide touring, starting in the UK and Europe in
January, 2008, and then coming to America beginning in late
February.
“We are still so hungry for this,” states Tuck. “We are
motivated and ambitious. We know where we want to be. We have
played with legends and if we get to that level, it would be
amazing. But you know what? If it ended tomorrow, we would still
be happy. We are amazingly proud of what we have achieved and
what we have done. We are having the time of our lives. The
world is our oyster…”
Scream, Aim, Fire – the bullets are launched. You have been
warned!
Catch Bullet
For My Valentine on Tour
Aug 6 2009 6:00P
Virginia Beach Amphitheater Virginia Beach, Virginia
Aug 7 2009 6:00P Susquehanna Bank Center Camden, New
Jersey
Aug 8 2009 6:00P New England Dodge Music Center Hartford
Aug 9 2009 6:00P Nissan Pavilion DC, Washington DC
Aug 11 2009 6:00P Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, Florida
Aug 12 2009 6:00P Cruzan Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, Florida
Aug 14 2009 6:00P Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre San Antonio,
Texas
Aug 15 2009 6:00P Superpages.com Center Dallas, Texas
Aug 16 2009 6:00P Zoo Amphitheater Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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