Bullet For My Valentine
Biography
Since their inception in 2003, the Welsh quartet Bullet for My Valentine have been taking cues from '80s metal bands and the punk-infused metal of the new millennium to make melodic, dark rock with, well, metal tendencies. Coming from Bridgend, South Wales -- breeding ground for the likeminded Funeral for a Friend and LostProphets -- the group consists of childhood friends Matthew Tuck (vocals/guitar), Michael Padget (guitar/vocals), Jason James (bass/vocals), and Michael Thomas (drums). Everyone in the group, except James, had been performing together for a few years in Jeff Killed John, when the day before entering the recording studio, their bassist abruptly walked out.
Regrouping under the new name Bullet for My Valentine with James on board, the guys reworked their sound and were signed at their second gig by London's Visible Noise. They released a self-titled EP in the U.K. in November 2004, and their debut full-length, The Poison, appeared that next fall. May 2005 saw the band sign to the U.S.-based Trustkill, re-releasing their EP, titled Hand of Blood, in August. That same year they won Kerrang!'s Best British Newcomer Award and headlined the magazine's XXV tour. With February 2006 came the U.S. release of The Poison, followed by a nationwide tour in support of Rob Zombie before Bullet for My Valentine headed back to the U.K. in June for their third stint at the Download Festival. The band released its second album, Scream Aim Fire, in 2008. ~ Corey Apar, All Music Guide
Selected Discography
Don't EVER compare this band to Slayer again!
If you do, I'll make you lick fan girls balls. And they are really big and hairy! |
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theres no emotion behind there songs. exept for hearts burst into fire
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one of the few bands thats taking older things like maiden and slayer and trying to put them into newer mentalities. . . great band all in all... and just because theres emotions behind a song doesnt mean its emo... listen to ac/dc maiden and metallica faggots
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i wish they'd put a bullet to some good use ... their instruments
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even still, he didn't have to scream "f**k you" at me. he jumped to a radical conclusion.
*sigh* miscommunica t i o n is a beautiful thing... :( |
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i think mancha just over reacted a bunch. really no reason to go off like that. maybe hiding some true feelings there, some guilt or somethin. just an observation. Go Bullet for my Valentine.
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how about I clear up my comment?
the way we label people is complete bull. calling someone an emo because he/she wears black or is "depressed" is crap because you have no clue who they really are as a person. same with music. just because a band puts lots of emotion in their work, does that make them wimps and whiners? no. so thanks for assuming that i think everyone should look a certain way because I never said that here. |
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Melanie Fangirl Light f**k ya! who the f**k says one must look this way or any way to fit a form. what is emo? do u lisn 2 music? ur intended s**t is emotion.
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I hate the whole mentality of what makes what emo. it's a load of bull.
BFMV... still hasn't grown too well on me... |
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willow, u sorry sick piece of s**t. GO THE F**K AWAY!! ur just pissed cuz u finally realized that godsmack sucks.they dont got the talent that bullet for my valentine and lamb of god have, so they have to hum theyre little p**sy songs, and u know its true, so u just come on here and dog on everybody else.just give it up.and voodoo sucks. its really sad that thats the song that u would choose to repeat on here cuz even I, the kid that doesnt even listen to them, know.u just go along with wats sup
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if your not gona coment about the music dont say anything and by the way just cuz u listen to metal dosnt make som1 some emo freek
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f**k!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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it's a shame their stuff only plays when I am not in the mood for them. Only "Waking the Demon" keeps me happy.
"Tears Don't Fall" makes me want to throw something across the room. but all in all, the band is ok. |
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Bullet just kicks A$$ they are still on the rise. Keep it up boys!!!
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MIKE HAWK. i have one thing to say to you. F**K YOU. youre the kind of a**hole who only posts here cuz you dont like the genre. if u happen to not like the genre, F**K OFF. no cares what you think. and i dont care where you're from, so dont post here again, b**ch. o, AND BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE KICKS ASSSSSSSS!!!
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One of the few metalcore bands that don't completely suck a**.
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I am liking this band, but def. have to be in the mood for them...total l y reminiscent of the 80's rock I grew up with....but a little harder. I like the ballads better than the rest, but hey...I'm an old punker chick with a soft heart :)
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good. they don't suck, but I don't agree that they rule the world. maybe the proud fan's world though. :)
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WHO GIVES A F**K IF THERE EMO OR FLIPPEN CRISTIAN OR WHATEVER THEY MAKE GOOD MUSIC THATS ALL THAT MATTERS THIS ISNT HIGHSCHOOL F**KERS
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yes they're mainstream but i liked em before The Poison came out in the US, so eat that haha
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See, I told you, these guys are a boy band in black T-shirts.
I bet Julia is between the ages of 10 and 13. |
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im liking the lead singers socks in that picture. smexy
oh and they are pretty good. |
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moomoo... since when were we 80's punk rockers?
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