Bullet for My Valentine
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Bullet for My Valentine wasn’t content to rest on its already impressive laurels. While its second album, 2008’s “Scream Aim Fire,” debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than a million copies worldwide, went gold in the UK and Canada, the Welsh metal band mates had a fire in their collective belly to push themselves beyond what they’d ever accomplished.
Declaring themselves “hungry” to create again, the band set about to create “a hard rock, dark album with metal flashes,” says lead singer/guitarist Matthew Tuck. “We really wanted it to excel beyond anything we’ve done musically before.”
If the ferocious results on the group’s third Jive album, “Fever,” out April 27, are any indication, the band has far exceeded its own rigorous expectations. Bullet for My Valentine, which also includes drummer Michael “Moose” Thomas, guitarist Padge and bassist Jason “Jay” James, has simultaneously made its most melodic yet raucous, relentless collection yet.
Indeed, “Fever’s” muscular riffs threaten to overpower the listener with their sheer unending intensity. Tuck’s lacerating vocals, once compromised by debilitating; possibly career-ending throat problems are stronger than ever.
