Bullet for My Valentine - Poison
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Artist: Bullet for My ValentineEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2006-02-14
Music Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Her Voice Resides
- 4 Words (To Choke Upon)
- Tears DonĀ?t Fall
- Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow
- Hit The Floor
- All These Things I Hate
- Room 409
- The Poison
- 10 Years Today
- Cries In Vain
- Spit You Out
- The End
Music reviews of Poison
Music Review: A review, and a rebuttal
Rating: 3 Stars
I'm tired of metalheads. I'm tired of name-dropping people who think that because they listen to something that somehow defies trends (Although black metal is the most formulaic form of music out there, anyone who says no has no idea) when in fact there are very very few bands that can and do defy trends. I hate to name drop, but some of the best in heavy music for the past few years have been Candiria, Maudlin of the Well, Converge, Mr Bungle (sort of heavy, not really), and Between the Buried and Me. I listen to all of these guys, but I also enjoy more mainstream acts as well. I also enjoy how people rip on metalcores "visual appearance" when most underground metal has the most strikingly ridiculous costumes, complete with norse armor and weaponry, lame vampiric get ups, fake blood, and an overabundance in clothing that is straight out of slasher flicks from the 1970's.
You can listen to the innovators, the Mastodons and the Gigantic Brains of the world, but listening to other things is not forbidden, nor is it bad. Especially not when "pop" music has such a technical edge to it, I find it refreshing that the trendiest music on the radio requires its artists to have some chops. You'd figure the underground metalheads would at least be a little satisfied it isn't nu metal anymore (and it's not, stop calling it that), but they're never satisfied. If what they like becomes popular, they complain, and then find something new to latch on to, whine that people are stupid for not getting it, and then when people do get it they disown it immediately.
Anyway, on to the album. Bullet for my Valentine is another in a glut of albums I've been listening to from the metalcore sect (including Assie rockers Parkway Drive and the new Unearth) and this is by far the better of the 3. The playing is tight, the riffs are nice and cleanly done, the songwriting however is a bit formulaic. Basically, if you've heard Hand of Blood or Tears Don't Fall, don't expect many surprises from this release. Again, the album might not set the world on fire, but it's not bad by any means.
To all those reading this review, if you're a rabid fan of Unearth or Killswitch, be sure this is on your list. It's quite good. It isn't, however, the seminal metalcore album. That already came out last year, it's called Constitution of Treason by God Forbid, and is easily one of the best straight metal albums I've heard in a long long time.
Description of Poison
The Poison? is an album rooted in classic British metal, with brutal riffs and colossal, pounding drums all lovingly and respectfully thrown into the mix along with the band?s own blend of powerhouse aggression and youthful anarchy and energy. With ?The Poison?, Bullet for my Valentine are set to firmly establish themselves as the front runners of UK Metal, and give all the US bands a run for their money.From the stunning opening introduction track, guest staring classical metal titans Apocalyptica, the million miles an hour heavy as hell ?Her Voice Resides?, the acoustic metal classic in the making ?All these things I hate (revolve around me)?, through to the top anthem ?4 Words (To choke upon)?, this is a debut album to savour in all its epic, metal glory. Working once again with uber producer Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Cradle of Filth), the album successfully manages to capture the blinding raw energy and power of a band with the world at its feet, a band about to explode!
In the last year, Bullet for my Valentine have toured with Atreyu, It Dies Today, Funeral For A Friend, and just finished their headlining "Kerrang Tour" with special guests Hawthorne Heights.
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