Bullet For My Valentine Invades The U.S.

The U.K. metal band released its fifth studio album, Venom, in August. The LP hit charts around the world from the U.S. to Australia to Germany.

When Pollstar chatted with vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck earlier this year he said he thought the intensity of the record would surprise fans.

“I think the only time it lets up is, probably, during the song ‘Venom’ itself, and ‘Hell Or High Water.’ Those are the songs which … [are] a lot more accessible to a non-metalhead, I guess.  I think the majority of the record from start-to-finish is pummeling. … I think that will take a lot of people by surprise, coming after our last record, which was, probably, our least heavy.  [This] is going to be more pounding.  “No Way Out” and “You Want A Battle (Here’s A War)” – those are good indications of what the album sounds like.”

Surprised or not, the music press liked what Bullet For My Valentine served up.

Guitar World proclaimed, “With full throttle aggression and an onslaught of six-string mayhem, the disc more than lives up to its name,” while Kerrang! praised the album for injecting “a whole new life into the British Metal heroes.”

The “British Invasion Tour” begins Feb. 2 in San Diego, with support from Asking Alexandria. Here’s the plan:

Feb. 2 – San Diego, Calif., House Of Blues  
Feb. 3 – San Francisco, Calif., Warfield Theatre       
Feb. 5 – Los Angeles, Calif., The Wiltern     
Feb. 6 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Joint @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Feb. 9 – Denver, Colo., Ogden Theatre
Feb. 11 – Dallas, Texas, House Of Blues      
Feb. 12 – Houston, Texas, House Of Blues  
Feb. 13 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Diamond Ballroom           
Feb. 16 – Kansas City, Mo., Arvest Bank Theatre At The Midland
Feb. 17 – Saint Paul, Minn., Myth     
Feb. 19 – Chicago, Ill., House Of Blues        
Feb. 20 – Milwaukee, Wis., Eagles Ballroom            
Feb. 23 – New York, N.Y., Best Buy Theater
Feb. 24 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Stage AE  
Feb. 25 – Norfolk, Va., The NorVa   
Feb. 27 – Lake Buena Vista, Fla., House Of Blues   
Feb. 28 – Birmingham, Ala., Iron City          
March 1 – Silver Spring, Md., The Fillmore Silver Spring    
March 2 – Philadelphia, Pa., The Fillmore Philadelphia        
March 3 – Boston, Mass., House Of Blues Boston   
March 5 – Toronto, Ontario, The Phoenix Concert Theatre  
March 7 – Montreal, Quebec, Metropolis

General onsales begin Sept. 25. Visit BulletForMyValentine.com for more information.