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Bullet for My Valentine
Musical artist

Bullet for My Valentine is a Welsh metalcore band from Bridgend, Wales, formed in 1998. The band started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana under the band name "Jeff Killed John". Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were unreleased on as a record. Two of these songs were later re-made for their debut album as Bullet for My Valentine. "Eye Spy" was changed to "Hit the Floor" and "Nation to Nation" was changed to "Turn to Despair". There were lyric changes and changes in tempo, guitar, drums, bass, and overall sound as well. Financial difficulties marked a change in music direction and name for the band and so the band went through numerous name changes, until deciding on "Bullet for My Valentine". In 2002 the band was offered a record deal by Roadrunner Records. That offer was turned down, and the band later secured a five-album deal with Sony BMG.

Bullet for My Valentine's debut album The Poison was released on October 3, 2005 in the United Kingdom and on Valentine's Day in America in 2006 to represent their band name "Bullet for My Valentine", the album was dedicated to long time friend Simon Roy Denning, and entered the Billboard 200 at number 128, and the Top Heatseekers chart at number 1, and has sold 375,000 copies in the U.S. as of February 6, 2008. The band made appearances at the Download Festival, Kerrang! XXV, and a United States tour with Rob Zombie, which the band were ultimately kicked off due to vocalist Matthew Tuck's comments on the band's message board. Bullet for My Valentine's second studio album Scream Aim Fire debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 53,000 copies.

WHAT IS LOVE! BABY DONT HURT ME, DONT HURT ME, NO MORE!

Style and influences

Bullet for My Valentine have cited being influenced by bands such as Metallica, Annihilator, Pantera, Machine Head, Iron Maiden, Testament, Slayer, Stuck Mojo, Judas Priest and Megadeth. These bands inspire Bullet for My Valentine's "catchy vocals, aggressive riffs and melodies." Reviewing The Poison, Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net described the band's sound as "predictable" and the album as a "made-for-MTV breakout hit," comparing the harmonies to Swedish metal band In Flames. However, Alisoglu praised songs such as "Tears Don't Fall" for incorporating "twin lead work, thrashy romps, galloping tempos, and a hot solo." Members of the band have stated they would not change their sound or image for a commercial approach. Tuck commented that, "Without sounding harsh, we're more interested in what our music sounds like than what our fucking hair looks like." Kirk Miller of Decibel magazine praised the band for the effort in synchronised song structures.

Awards

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Bullet for My Valentine have received three awards from Kerrang!, 'Best UK single' for their track Tears Don't Fall in 2006, and 'Best British Newcomer' in 2005 and also 'Best British Band' in 2008. As a result the band headlined Kerrang!'s 25 year anniversary tour of the U.K. The band recorded a cover song for the magazine, Metallica's "Creeping Death", which is featured on the magazine's Higher Voltage compilation disk. Another Metallica cover, "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", was featured on Metallica" Remastered.

The band won the Welsh Music Award for "Best Newcomer" in 2004, and according to The Sun, were 'booed' when receiving the 2006 Metal Hammer Golden God Award award for 'Best British Band'. Bullet for My Valentine has received coverage in music magazines including being featured on the covers of Metal Hammer, Guitar World, Total Guitar and Kerrang, and stories in Revolver, Outburn, Penthouse, Rock Sound, NME, Hit Parader, Guitar One, Drummer Magazine and Alternative Press.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK AUS FRA GER IRE JPN NZ SWE
2005 The Poison 21 — — 25 — — — — US: 336,000
UK: 60,000+ 		UK: Silver
2008 Scream Aim Fire 5 4 38 3 10 15 29 5 US: 267,000
UK: 100,000+ 		UK: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart.

American Chart Listing

Year Album Peak chart positions
Top Independent Albums Billboard 200 Top Heatseekers
2005 The Poison
9
128
3
2008 Scream Aim Fire
1
4
–

EPs

DVDs

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK

 UK
Rock 		IRL
 US
Mod.
 		US
Main.
 		EU
2005 "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" 40 35 – – – – The Poison
"Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)" 37 – – – – –
2006 "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)" 29 – 38 30 13 65
"Tears Don't Fall" 37 23 – 32 24 80
2007 "Scream Aim Fire" 34 1 – 26 16 71 Scream Aim Fire
2008 "Hearts Burst into Fire" 66 1 – – 22 –
"Waking the Demon" – – – – 39 –

Members

Current members

Former members

References

  1. allmusic ((( Bullet for My Valentine > Overview )))
  2. BBC - Wales - Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison: Live At Brixton DVD
  3. Drowned in Sound - Bullet for My Valentine: Scream Aim Fire review
  4. Absolute Radio - Bullet for My Valentine pull out of Metallica Wembley show
  5. Sputnik
  6. Roxwel
  7. metalinjection
  8. Cite error: The named reference Keys Notches Fourth Week At No. 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. "Bullet for My Valentine Interview - Ultimate Guitar". Ultimate-Guitar. 2005-10-20. Retrieved 2007-11-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. "Bullet for My Valentine - Confident aiming at being the next classic metal band". metalrage.com. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  11. Alisoglu, Scott. "The Poison". Blabbermouth.net.
  12. "Bullet for My Valentine Interview". popworld.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  13. Miller, Kirk. "Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison". Decibel Magazine. Archived from the original on 2006-04-04. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  14. ^ "Bullet for My Valentine win Kerrang! award". Ultimate-Guitar. 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2007-10-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. "Soulfly, Bullet for My Valentine, Darkest Hour Featured on 'Higher Voltage' CD". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-11-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. "Machine Head, Trivium, Mastodon Pay Tribute to Metallica on 'Remastered' CD". Blabbermouth.net. 2006-03-21. Retrieved 2007-11-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. "Welsh Music Awards 2004 in 2008 i called them the raddest band alive". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
  18. Mendoza, Nadia (2007-06-12). "Bullet booed at Metal Awards". Thesun.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-10-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. "Platinum Awards Content". BPI. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  20. "top40-charts - Tears Don't Fall". top40-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  21. "top40-charts - All These Things I Hate". top40-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  22. "top40-charts - Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow". top40-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  23. Bullet for My Valentine - All These Things I Hate - Music Charts
  24. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bullet for My Valentine - Singles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

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