Bullet For My Valentine Want To Be More Metal
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck told Revolver magazine that he is writing meaner, less syrupy melodies for the group's upcoming CD, which the band recently started recording at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Colin Richardson (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, NAPALM DEATH). He is also avoiding lyrics about relationships.
"We want to be more metal all across the board," Tuck told Revolver. "On their second album, a lot of bands try to please their record company by doing something more commercial. We didn't want to fall into that trap."
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has written 14 songs for the as-yet-untitled CD, which they hope to have out by the fall. Songtitles set to appear on the album include "Scream, Aim and Fire", which is about going to war, and "Waking the Demon", a cut that's definitely not suitable for KROQ or MTV. "It's about getting revenge on a bully at school by slicing pieces off him," Tuck told Revolver. "There's some really sick shit in there, so I'm happy."
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, April 30. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out www.rocklineradio.com.
Source: Blabbermouth
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121 Comments on "BFMV Want To Be More Metal"
3. writes:
^^^haha omg
dude that is sooooo true...bfmv tries way to hard to be anything first of all please no bro sh** seriously...and second of all music videos are too "dark" for the music that you do...and as far as the trivium attampt they f***ing sing live because the lead singer's voice and throat hurts but whatever the new cd from trivium blows comapered to ascendancy but all i can say about bands stick to your roots and dont go commercial because of a label!!!
cheers always...
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8. writes:
If they wanna be more Metal here's what they can do.
1)They can start being less EMO
2)They can rename the band (see #1)
3)More solos
4)Faster solos
5)Faster more brutal drumming technique (Blast Beats are your friend, get a double bass pedal)
666)Lyrical content must be more evil, and dark, and no, not dark like, "I'm sitting in my room with lights out crying about ex-girlfriend" (see #1 again)
7)Emo=sellout, so remember to avoid one in order to avoid both. (See #1 yet again)
8)Make sure that when you name a song 'Waking the Demon' make sure a demon is actually involved, and it better not be metaphorical for something gheymo (#1 AGAIN!)
9)Growling (Death Metal), Pitched-Shrieking (Black Metal) is definitely more metal.
10)Change your current style (DEFINITELY BACK TO #1)
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14. writes:
you guys dont know sh** about trivium if you dont know why they changed there style...why do you think its gay becayse they dont scream enough, what your only"men" and "metal" if you scream.... well your not [please get a better sense of sh*t and not be so gay.....slipknot has 9 member that suck at life who cant even show their faces but wearing masks are metal i guess, DIO who never has sceamed or growled is more talented by himself than the whole band of slipknot......SO GO FU*K YOURSELVES!!!!!!!!!
16. writes:
"sexbloodandmad" u talk a load of bullsh** lmao.
first of all. theres no such thing as "WANT" to be more metal, ur either f***ing thrash or u aint.
like forbidden, heathen, nuclear assault these bad asses are thrash from start 2 end.
basically Bullet, stick 2 what ur good at. which is making emos happy.
as for "sexbloodandmad" ur jst a fool, if ur so metal, u shud know metal aint no f***ING RULES to obey, u jst pick the f***ing thing up, thrash and headbang. so scrap ur useless rules. thrashers for life
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Why is metal evil? What does this stereotype accomplish? To me, it just gives panzies a good reason to critique metal, and you can't argue back with them because it becomes hypocritical! Metal should be about perservering, not abolishment or discrimination (unless of course you're speaking out against these things). Granted metal should be brutal, and relationship b****ing isn't necessarily always brutal. Example: Tears Don't Fall. But they're aiming away from this and it's only their second album. Everyone deserves two chances!
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41. writes:
xXxBODOM OF MY HEARTxXx writes:
^^^haha omg
dude that is sooooo true...bfmv tries way to hard to be anything first of all please no bro sh** seriously...and second of all music videos are too "dark" for the music that you do...and as far as the trivium attampt they f***ing sing live because the lead singer's voice and throat hurts but whatever the new cd from trivium blows comapered to ascendancy but all i can say about bands stick to your roots and dont go commercial because of a label!!!
cheers always...
Not to be an a$$hole, but that that fell about 50 yards short of making any sense whatsoever.
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to 'old skool thrash': When I (not slayerdisciple) said to use Blast Beats to be metal, I meant an emo a$$ band like BFMV should get as far away from Emo as possible and get as deep into Metal as possible by going extreme metal, because emo bands like them, need to make EXTREME CHANGES to their style, and BLAST BEATS would definitely slingshot them as far from emo as possible, so yes, in this band's case, if they want to be metal, they better go all out with it just to avoid their former selves. Now thats just me explaining my point in that, because I forgot there were gonna be denim-clad dinosaurs like you thinking I'm just some stupid fvck who knows nothing about old school and thinks that Metal jerked itself off into existence with 90s Death Metal double bass pedals. So to let you know, yes I know and appreciate old school thank you very fvcking much (BLACK fvcking SABBATH mate! JUDAS fvcking PRIEST, VENOM, and LED fvcking ZEPPLIN you rank tart fart!!!).
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"slayerdesciple, ur a f***ing IDIOT lol. ur know nothing about what f***ing metal really is pal, if "blast beats" means metal, ur a f***ING IDIOT!!!
im guessing bands like Venom, judas priest use immense blast beats then, lmao idiot prick!!"
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first off let me get a big old f*** YOU, show me where i said that blast beats are wat define metal show me that, go back and read post 8 (SB&Ms post) i agreed with that list except #5 because blast beats dont make u more metal asswipe, im huge follower of doom metal i know blast beats dont make u metal all they do is add a more brutal sound to ur music
way to read my post correctly DOUCHE BAG
55. writes:
BFMV are awesome, try dont "try to hard", they are not "sellouts" all u freak f***s can go rot in hell this new album is going to be f***in amazing, ive heard scream aim fire, thats f***in amazing
so stfu if u aint got anything nice or sensible to say
BFMV rule
59. writes:
Jesus same sh1t different page, a load o f*ckin wanna be's.. I have to agree wit 16 and 14 except that Trivium are crap since Ascencdency, They tried to be a better machine head and metallica then the real deal when they already had somting special, and the fact that Matt heafy is openly full of him self dosn't help. as for bullet, their not Gay Emo's, some of their lyricals are but their the closest to 80's Metal then any of today's new band's...any one who say's otherwise really hasn't a clue when it come to music, their to wrapped up in "being Cool"....Metallica heard & Liked their New album Hence the reason My they Touring wit em and I think I'll trust them b4 any of u waster's,I mean alot of u b**** about "emo Freaks", yet u go tell to F*CK OFF and DIE, which is exactly wat a really Emo wud do...if u don't like the music then that's cool but don't say that Metallica fan's hate em My dad's been a hardcore Metallica Fan Since I first saw them almost 25 years ago, and I've been a fan since I was born(I was raised wit it) and I lve Bullet and My dad thinks their pretty cool, I quote "They brought a little bit of hope to Metal since Aiden and Trivium f***ed it up"......Give Bullet a break, I'll Give Trivium a break when they admitt they are not the new metallica and go back to their old none Gay pompus style...They ain't no Fire. any just to let you all know Childern of Bodom, LAMB of GOD and Death Angle are the Best F*CKING BAND'S...after Metallica of course.....HELL YEAH.....if u like real Metal check out speed Theory....even u so called Real Metal Fan's will like em
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ahhh... - John (from Ireland):
by the by, nice country you've got yourself there. I'm an Australian, and I've always admired the Emerald Isle ever since I traveled there with my father around five/six years of age. The pubs especially are my favourite places: pubs here really don't compare.
However, niceties over, you really need to work on your grasp of English grammar: it is one thing to know the language correctly, but another entirely to know how to put the words correctly into sentences which actually make grammatical sense - for example, I could find an internet translator, and speak any word you want in French, but if you asked me to put a sentence together, the best I could do is string words together, hoping they make some slight sort of grammatical sence in French. This is how you sound in English. In fact, this is how most people posting on the internet sound in English. Perhaps a few (if not all) of you would benefit from displacing your game consoles for a while, and picking up instead a good, classic novel. Nobody said you have to get into Shakespeare - the Bard is a man who takes years of acquaintance to properly understand - yet it surely wouldn't hurt one to increase the expanse of ones' vocabulary via a good novel or two. I highly recommend Orwell's "1984". While it doesn't contain too many words that need understanding to retain the central theme and plot of the story, one does need to discuss with one's proper thinking mind the possibilities and opportunities for learning that the story creates. It is in this, rather than the simple adding to of the vocabulary, that one learns from such a book, and indeed I regard this as a higher level of learning, though it takes a lower level of learning to accrue such knowledhe anyhow.
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69. writes:
Who wants a new sound when you're the band that perfected metal back in the day??? Are you trying to call BFMV nu metal or a new kind of metal? And having whiney nasaley (sp?) vocals makes me long down on them, it makes them a lot less metal. If there is going to be singing in metal it needs to be good or else the whole song is ruined. Check out Sinai Beach's album "Immersed", the choruses ruin that whole album.
71. writes:
I also heard that they will be less commercial (impossible to not do because they completely sold out on The Poison) and "borderline-Slayer". This is Bullet For My Valentine talking here for f*** sake! How stupid do they think the metal community is? We all know an emo-screamo fake metal band when we hear one, and BFMV fit that description very well. Get off your high horse, Matt Tuck.
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75. writes:
o hell mathaf***n no StabbingTheDrama wat kind of sh** is dat mellalica or watevr dose mathaf***rs are i dont give a fck about dem wrinkle a$$ mathaf***ers i f***n support B4MV so stop ur f***n complaining!!!!........nd i aint no f***ing emo k ot dat staght......I LOVE B4MV
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85. writes:
I always see some of you guys b****ing about bands who have a fan base with the mainstream. If Slayer became huge within "the scene", by whatever reason, I get the strange feeling there would be a "New Slayer/Old Slayer" trend arise even if they didn't change their sound. Now I'm not a trve kvlt black metaller, "demin wearing" classic metaller, or a complete thrasher. I like diversity. Bullet, given the metalcore riffing that occurs, the metalcore breakdowns, the 80's metal lyrics, and the. . .no, not emo or screamo, clean choruses, still hold a lot of classic Maiden metal. If they're trying to get in deeper with their roots, why b**** about it? I think most of you are just annoyed BFMV might be the reason some scene kid starts listening to a band like Maiden or Slayer. You spend an awful lot of time to say a band is "fags, p***ies, etc." when anyone who truly understands metal knows that's not what its about. Metal doesn't have to assault to prove it's better, it naturally is. Before you were metal and people knew what you were about. Now you say you're metal people don't get the message accross anymore. Metal was never about hate, but change.
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86. writes:
"Metal was never about hate, but change."
I disagree. And I definately disagree with the fact BFMV get b****ed about here because they're popular. It's because we think their music sucks. Can that be any clearer?
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88. writes:
FocusShift
that has to be one of the least accurate descriptions of BMFV i have ever heard. these guys sound NOTHING like maiden. their lyrics are shallow and they switch between screamo and clean vocals. if their lyrics resemble anything in the 80s, they resemble all of those whiney hair bands crying about how their girlfriend in middle school broke up with them. im annoyed not with BMFV, but with all the twats who think their metal and so blatenly defend them as being metal. if they are "digging deeper into their metal roots" i hope they hired a construction team, because they've got a long way to go.
89. writes:
Hey psythe, MY grammer Is Perfect, I choose to speak That Way CAUSE I AINT F*UCKIN ENGLISH!!! and by the way maybe u should learn to spell before correcting other people's grammer, For anyone else Bullet for my Valentine are Defined in Metal Hammer, Kerrange and Wikkepidea as Being a METALCORE band, and In my opinion this is prob the most accurate
Also I have to agree with FocusShift about the whole trend thing, Bullet are just a natural progression in the metal scene, and deff the most true to their roots of most band today
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93. writes:
You use poor English grammar because you're not English? Does that mean that when you speak in Irish, your grammar is unexceptionally perfect? Are you a doctorate in Irish grammar, then? We're all liable to a simple spelling error every once in a while, but when the occurence becomes exceedingly frequent, one has to wonder whether the errors are actually unintentional, or whether the author is trying their utmost best and still failing horribly... Grammar, by the way (and I add this only because I am unsure whether quite a few people realise this) has absolutely nothing to do with spelling...
lol,cynic - best I ever saw was something like "learn how to speelle". I sat and stared in dumbstruck admiration. that's gotta be the stupidest person ever.
antihippy, I can agree with that. i would say there is a coss-polination with some genre of metal, though - probably thrash or something, i dunno. i could give some serious thought to the point, but right now, i couldn't be arsed.
94. writes:
umm first id just like to point out that this section is not to talk about your stupid grammer problems this is about bullet being more metal and if u have a problem with ur grammar GO TO f***IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL!! and also if bullet makes it in metal hammer and winning metal hammer awards twice and Karrang twice then the are metal and i missed something BEST UK BAND . people who write these magazines are alot of record companies and sorts of things like that . they f***in know what metal sounds so if got a problem go talk to them about it
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100. writes:
anewwaytofall, I like you - you remind me of when I was young and stupid.
I myself am no grammar buff, never went to any 'grammar school' or anything, but at least I can put my thoughts into coherent sentences, instead of a big one-sentence paragraph or rambling idiocy. If the general population could at least TRY not to make themselves sound like great fools, people such as I would be less concerned.
It's pretty easy to discern why slayerdisciple brought up fall out boy. Metal Hammer and Kerrang! Mags have less claim to metal status than the bands they publish articles on. The people that write for MH and K! may well work for record labels (honestly, I wouldn't know either way), but I can garuantee you they don't work for the underground, or even the less 'trendy' ones. They'd be working for Trustkill, Roadrunner (if they're actually more metal than I would bet on), etc. I stand firmly by my comments in post 1.
hahahah, rk, your comments always make me laugh.
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108. writes:
you know what? bullet doesnt have to go more metal, there f***in good enough. And your sayin they suck. they supported all your fagget a$$ bands like megadeth and iron maiden . they all f***in suck. Bullet hasnt gotten support yet and there f***in better than all your f***ed up bands and when they become more metal your gonna say . holy sh** there f***kin pretty good. there metal enough and if they go more metal they'll even better . try goin to some of there shows smart a$$ ive seen 4 times there f***in great . there performances r f***in great .
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Define screamo and emo vocals, do you even know what those genres really are? I don't see bullet whispering, crying, or shouting like real EMO bands do. Your perception on "emo" is only what is in the mainstream and what everyone else calls emo. Just because you're a metalhead doesn't mean you can't learn the history of punk. Hell, old school thrashers sure did.
And I never said they sounded like Maiden, I said they hold the Maiden spirit. Sure, they're not metal (I know they're -core through and through). But there are some out there who can like Metal, Punk, and the bridging genres in between.
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120. writes:
^ exactly Cynic. I saw on Amazon that someone even said that Chimaira was emo because they had some singing on their new disc. lol
"I hate to be saying it but, THIS IS NOT CHIMAIRA!!. What the heck happend? I mean Mark " The A*&^hole " Hunter used to actually have hard vokills. Now he has SOME rough stuff but where did the singing come into play. Chimaira just got bumped down to EMO in my book. YOU CAN'T CALL YOURSELF HARCORE METAL OF ANY TYPE AND SING, SORRY DOES'NT WORK. THIS PRESENT DARKNESS, IMPOSSIBILITY OF REASON AND THE SELF TITLED ARE GREAT ALBUMS AND THAT IS WHAT WE KNOW CHIMAIRA AS, NOT THIS SISSY LA LA JUNK. SORRY THIS ALBUM SUCKS COMPAIRED TO THE PREVIOUS ONES. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY IF YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING REAL HARD. I AM ONLY GIVING THIS A 3STARS BECAUSE THE ONLY GREAT PART OF THE ALBUM IS ANDOLS HERRICK AND HIS WONDERFUL TALENT FOR SHREDDING THE HELL OUT OF HIS KIT, THAT HE SHOULD TAKE TO A HARDER BAND. ONE MAN'S OPINION... TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH." - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000MNOXJE/sr=8-2/qid=1177808412/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/103-5290725-8768651?ie=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=5174&qid=1177808412&sr=8-2
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FocusShift i like punk rock and hardcore (real punk and hardcore from the 70s and 80s) and i dont know sh** bout wat emo is except that it is short for emotional and came from 90s hardcore and grunge and that it is so f***in sh**ty i have a hard time even calling it music
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1. psythe writes:
How could they possibly have done anything MORE commercial? They already well and truly tamed that beast. They could do just about ANYTHING and they would be more metal than their last album!
I'm glad they're not singing about relationships anymore, but until Waking The Demon actually features an actual demon, I can't see myself being particularly impressed with this band.