UK metal act Bullet For My Valentine have officially announced details about their highly anticipated fifth studio album “Venom“, due for release on August 14th via RCA Records. Announced yesterday via the reveal of the band’s striking new album art, the band whet their fans’ appetite with a stream of their first new song “No Way Out”, available now for instant download via pre-order on the band’s official site http://www.bulletformyvalentine.com/.
Fans of the band will have the opportunity to buy a limited edition collector’s edition of VENOM, which includes a CD, vinyl and cassette versions of VENOM, as well as custom T-shirt, bracelet and necklace. This special edition is available exclusively through Bullet For My Valentine’s web store, and all pre-orders will include a pre-sale code for early access to tickets for their 2016 headlining tour.
VENOM was produced by Carl Bown and Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Machine Head, Trivium) at the Metropolis Studio in London and is being promoted as their heaviest record to date. In discussing the album, front-man Matt Tuck said the following:
“It’s pretty hard to sum up an entire record after spending so much time writing and recording it and all the blood, sweat and tears that have come with this one especially,” says frontman Matt Tuck. “It wasn’t easy revisiting some very dark places to come up with lyrical content for this one, but once I knew where it was heading and I was comfortable with letting certain things out – all hell broke loose. It’s easily the most aggressive record we’ve ever done and lyrically it will no doubt touch a nerve with a lot of people that listen to it. I cannot express enough how proud I am of it, and can’t wait for everyone out there to hear it too. We’ve reinvented who we are and are ready to take on the world once more.”
The band’s new single (which has already garnered an impressive 450,000+ listens), was also described by Matt as one of the heaviest tracks the band has ever written:
“To write this track I had to put myself into a very dark place, a place I hadn’t been to for a while mentally because of how my life is now, compared to what it was before the band exploded,” Tuck adds. “It is one of, if not the heaviest tracks we’ve ever recorded musically and lyrically. I’ve lived with it for a while now but still every time I hear it, it gives me chills. Hold on tight it’s a hell of a ride.”
Bullet For My Valentine will be joined by their newest band member, bassist and backup vocalist, fellow Welsh musician Jamie Mathias who will make his live début with the band this July in South America for a headlining tour with support from Motionless In White before the band joins up with Slipknot and Lamb of God later this year.
VENOM track listing:
1. “V”
2. “No Way Out”
3. ”Army of Noise”
4. “Worthless”
5. “You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)”
6. “Broken”
7. “Venom”
8. “Harder the Heart”
9. “Skin”
10. “Hell or High Water”
11. “Pariah”
Deluxe edition also includes:
12. “Playing God”
13. “Run For Your Life”
14. “In Loving Memory”
15. “Raising Hell”
Buy/Stream “No Way Out”:
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Bullet For My Valentine North/South American Tour Dates:
July 8 – Alegre, Brazil – Opiniao (w/Motionless In White)
July 10 – Curitiba, Brazil – Vanilla Music Hall (w/Motionless In White)
July 11 – Sao Paulo, Brazil – Via Marques (w/Motionless In White)
July 12 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Circo Voador (w/Motionless In White)
July 14 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Groove (w/Motionless In White)
July 16 – Santiago, Chile – Teatro Cariola (w/Motionless In White)
July 18 – Bogota, Colombia – Downtown Majestic (w/Motionless In White)
July 24, 2015 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
July 25, 2015 – Tampa, FL – Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
July 26, 2015 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
July 28, 2015 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
July 29, 2015 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
July 31, 2015 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 1, 2015 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 2, 2015 – Hartford, CT – Xfinity Theatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 4, 2015 – Mansfield, MA – Zfinity Center (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 5, 2015 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Art Center (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 6, 2015 – Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 8, 2015 – Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 9, 2015 – Montreal, QC – Heavy MTL
August 11, 2015 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 12, 2015 – Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach(w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 14, 2015 – Noblesville, IN – Klipsch Music Center (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 15, 2015 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 16, 2015 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 19, 2015 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 21, 2015 – West Valley City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 24, 2015 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 26, 2015 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 28, 2015 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Resort Festival Lot (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 29, 2015 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
August 30, 2015 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
September 2, 2015 – Austin, TX – Austin 360 Amphitheater (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
September 4, 2015 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
September 5, 2015 – Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion (w/Slipknot, Lamb of God)
