Bullet For My Valentine announce new self-titled album
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have announced a new album!
The upcoming album, a self-titled effort, is the seventh album from the Welsh metal band and is the follow-up to 2018’s Gravity. The new album is scheduled to be released in October this year, via Spinefarm Records/Search & Destroy.
Vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck began writing the album in September 2019 before the Coronavirus pandemic brought things screeching to a halt in early 2020. But in June 2020, Tuck and long-time producer, Carl Bown, who co-produced the band’s 2015 album, Venom, and produced and mixed Gravity, picked up the pace again. Together, they hunkered down at Treehouse Studio in Chesterfield, where the remainder of the album was written.
“I think it’s the most ferocious side of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE that I’ve ever known,” says lead guitarist Michael ‘Padge’ Paget about the upcoming album. “It’s time for us to put out a really angry, heavy, aggressive record. I just can’t wait to grimace on stage!”
“I wanted to come out guns blazing, fucking middle fingers flying, and just go for the throat,” agrees Tuck. “I think this is a far more aggressive, intense part of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. It’s always been there. I’ve just never opened the floodgates on it. I want to take people’s heads off in a metaphorical way.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for the first song from the upcoming album; Knives. The new music video was directed by Fiona Garden. Speaking about the new song, Tuck says, “this is the beginning of BULLET 2.0. It signifies where we are right now. The music is fresh, it’s aggressive, it’s more visceral and passionate than it’s ever been.”
Watch the official music video for Knives here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Parasite
- Knives
- My Reverie
- No Happy Ever After
- Can’t Escape The Waves
- Bastards
- Rainbow Veins
- Shatter
- Paralysed
- Death By A Thousand Cuts
And that’s not all from the BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE camp! The band have confirmed a run of headlining UK tour dates for October/November this year. Tickets will be available from Friday, June 25th and will be available for purchased here.
Tour dates are as follows:
Oct 31: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Nov 01: Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Nov 02: Hull Bonus Arena
Nov 04: Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
Nov 05: London Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
Nov 07: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Nov 09: Brighton Centre
Bullet For My Valentine is set for release on October 22nd via Spinefarm Records/Search & Destroy. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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