Bullet for My Valentine

Chapman Baehler

Bullet for My Valentine shreds on the bi-polar vibe.

Details

Bullet for My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bless The Fall, Mucc, D'espairs Ray, The Underneath, and Idiot Pilot are scheduled to perform at the Taste of Chaos tour on Wednesday, April 9.

Jobing.com Arena in Glendale

Related Content

• Avenged Sevenfold @ Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
  October 6, 2011
• Cactus Chainsaw's Dirty Vox on Blood, Sweat and Beers
  September 1, 2011
• Rockstar Mayhem Festival at Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, 7/15/11
  July 16, 2011
• Metallica Curates Orion Music and More Festival: Who Picked Which Bands?
  February 9, 2012
• Las Vegas 48 Hours Festival: The Best and Worst of the Debauchery, Bands and Backstage
  October 17, 2011

More About

• Bullet for My Valentine
• Colin Richardson
• Machine Head
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Metal and Hardcore

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

Metal-core band Bullet for My Valentine takes the best of British heavy metal (tap-frenzy twin guitar harmonies, rapid-fire rhythms) and combines it with the worst of American emo (harmonic choruses that border on whininess). But we'll forgive them because: 1) they're British; 2) they don't wear girls' jeans; and 3) their new album, Scream Aim Fire, has enough metal muscle to redeem itself in the face of self-indulgent screaming. Produced by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Funeral for a Friend), the album is chock-full of hoarse, pissed-off vocals on the verses and big, emotive, melodic choruses. Though it sounds too dramatic at points, there's plenty of primal rage to like here, from the burly, shouted choruses on the title track (which harks back to old-school speed metal) to the progressive timing changes and tribal drum breakdown on "Take It Out on Me." Bullet for My Valentine is one of the highlights of this year's Taste of Chaos tour, which — when you consider that bands like Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold are also on the bill — is a pretty impressive thing.