News: Bullet For My Valentine To Release 5th Studio Album ‘Venom’
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(US) UK metal titans Bullet For My Valentine today unveil plans to release their long-awaited, 5th studio album, Venom, on August 14th via RCA Records. Today marked the premiere of the album’s striking cover artwork and a stream of their first new song, “No Way Out,” which is available for instant download now with all pre-orders.
A limited edition Venom package will be available exclusively through Bullet For My Valentine’s web store. This bundle includes CD, vinyl and cassette versions of Venom, as well as custom t-shirt, bracelet and necklace. All purchases will include a pre-sale code for early access to tickets for their 2016 headlining tour. Click here to pre-order now.
Produced by Carl Bown and Colin Richardson (Slipknot, Machine Head, Trivium) at Metropolis Studio in London, Venom is an unrelenting, fierce step forward for Bullet For My Valentine. Their heaviest record to date sinks its teeth into listeners with a powerful delivery by vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck, ferocious riffs by guitarist Michael “Padge” Paget and rapid-fire rhythm courtesy of drummer Michael “Moose” Thomas. On Venom the trio maintains their signature balance of heavy, coupled with surging melody, and pushes themselves to the next level.
“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.”
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Bullet For My Valentine’s progression of sound is evident on Venom, presenting a harder delivery and a more complex song structure, as witnessed on the band’s crushing new track, “No Way Out.”
“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.”
In addition to the news of the upcoming record, Bullet For My Valentine has also announced they’ve recruited fellow Welsh musician Jamie Mathias to join the band as their new bass player and backup vocalist. The new addition comes just in time with the band scheduled to head to South America in July for a headlining tour with support from Motionless In White before joining up with Slipknot and Lamb of God for this summer’s loudest North American tour. For complete tour dates and ticket information click here.
