Bullet For My Valentine.

You guys really are being deprived. :( I feel bad for you. I know I'd be very upset if an American band was touring everywhere but America for that long.

I know some American bands that never leave the states! XD I'm like, I want to see this baaaaanddd... and then they never tour the UK. You lucky Americans :P

At least we have something to look forward to...? Even if the wait is going to be fucking agonising. My floor is always open if they play a show in Cardiff/Newport and we can lurk about for as long as you want afterwards :D

I guess I'm still waiting for my first time seeing them. I wanted to see them when they toured with FFAF so bad. But my cousin didn't want to go and I was too young to go alone. I don't count last time because I actually don't remember one thing about their set. So yeah, still waiting. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

We are pretty lucky I suppose. Bands tour the US all the time, and I'm really not sure why, other than we're a big country size wise.

You don't remember anything about their set? Why not?

To cut a long story short, the main support - Lacuna Coil - got booed and bottled by the majority of the crowd because Mancunian Bullet fans aren't exactly the best or most patient fans in the world (they've booed and bottled support bands for Bullet in the past, including Skindred and Gallows too).

Lacuna Coil were one of my favourite bands and I was so pissed and upset. I literally couldn't think straight and my mind just wasn't with it when Bullet came on. :/

Oh wow. I really can't say that I blame you then. That's just plain rude. I hate people like that.

Okay, forget the present Bullet for a moment as they are depressing me.... let's take a trip down memory lane XD

Linkkk
Jay's screams <3

He really does have such a good set of pipes on him! Bloody brill. I think I prefer Jeff Killed John, but wow!

And I'm afraid I'm backtracking to depressing present Bullet, but I have some good news...

Your Betrayal!

I really like the lyrics of this one.

EDIT: If Bullet do a secret undercover alias show (provided it's in the UK ), then it will definitely be at Hobos in Bridgend! On the facebook there's numerous events where members have been photographed! All of these ones bar the Matt one were taken on the same night though. XD







And and and Moose with Padge and Darran!


And Moose with Ryan :D


Ok I'll stop with the epic spamfest now, I just got excited

Great pictures :] BEER IN THE EYE!
Matt.

They were going to do a secret show in Islington once, but it got cancelled. I had ticketsss. :C (I've probably mentioned this a million times before XD)

Awful quality XD But I'm loving the song~ Can definitely hear Matt showing off his clean vox. Reminds me of Repressed a little when he whispers.

I could have just done a "best of" but I just thought screw it. XD

I saw the advert for that. It was very inconspicuous, what with the half-page ad for Jeff Killed John in the Bullet font!

Padge drinking from his eye makes me lol.

I was thinking that! At first I thought it was an instrumental because the vocals didn't kick in for ages. And yeah definitely there is a little bit of Repressed-esqueness to it.

Most people thought it was a tribute band and didn't get it. The forums were hilarious that month, people kept asking if it was Bullet or not, and eventually the ticket sites started saying JKJ AKA BFMV. Twas amusing.

Yeah, I have a theory. Think it might be the opening track? Long intro and that. Reminds me a little of Her Voice Resides as well, which might be why I'm leaning that way.

Oh really? I thought it was a secret gig as soon as I saw the ad!

Why did it get cancelled? I was a big fan of Bullet back then but I wasn't really clued into their goings-on. Was it to do with Matt's throat?

It could be. It'd be a pretty good opener, in my opinion.

Yeah, it was meant to be a warm up show for when they were to support.. Metallica, I think, and Matt had to have his throat op so couldn't.

Ahh, I see! Makes sense. Well at least Matt's all better now. :)

I've listened to Your Betrayal a lot today. Such a good song, it's now stuck in my head.

:D It is a good song, I'm really happy with the new songs so far. Hopefully the albums amazing.

It's not quite as different as I thought it would be.... I mean, it's matured and progressed, but I thought with all this 'leaving behind metal' talk, it would be more different, I guess. I think it's still very metal, has the classic bullet sounding solos... I'm not sure. Less screaming, but other than that.

Yeah, me too. They all sound really solid and good so far, so I'm hoping it'll be a good incline that the new album is going to be pretty damn good!

I do completely get what you mean though.

Apparently this is the track listing...

1. Hit And Run
2. Corridors
3. These Days Are Black
4. Your Betrayal
5. Numbers
6. I Am Not Alone
7. The Fever
8. Reason To Hide
9. Begging For Mercy
10. Reverse This Curse
11. The Last Fight

Though there's three other songs that have been named in interviews that aren't mentioned. Not sure if the tracklisting is wrong or if this was before the song titles got confirmed (Alone = I Am Not Alone, Dignity and Bittersweet Memories). Judging from the first one, I think they quite easily could have been changed, really.

Only issue I have is Reverse This Curse. Instantly reminds me of the ETF song of the same title. :C

Also, they seem to be letting quite a lot out of the bag. They apparently allowed The Last Fight (which might be 'who do you think you are' but isn't confirmed) to be played on a Swedish radio station. Considering they've only got 11 tracks on the album and already publicized 3 or 4 of them, it's a bit.. I don't know. I'd like a little more secrecy XD So it's more special when I hear it for the first time, you know?

Also... The Last Fight is the first single. It's released in the UK on 19th April.

Tracklisting sounds pretty good. Aye I think it's a possibility that they've renamed the tracks, but maybe one or two didn't make the "final cut"?

I was thinking that, too! And "I Am Not Alone" reminds me of "I'm Not Afraid" by Lacuna Coil. XD

That's true. I would like some of the songs to be a surprise when I hear them for the first time.

Hehe.

Here's the first single - LINK

It's good, I like it. I think it's going to be a solid album. I still don't see their great transition from metal to hardrock, but hey, whatever helps them sleep at night. XD

Not gonna lie - I'm not as fussed on that one as the other songs I've heard. I do really like it still, I just prefer the other two (if that makes sense?). Idk. Still really good though and it has made me really excited for the album. Like you said, it's going to be a really solid album. Will definitely be one of my albums of 2010.