Fine Song, Real Promise
I spent most of the 2000s not caring about BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. Their self-titled 2021 record changed that. “Parasite” is one of the best songs that era of the band ever wrote, and it made me pay attention to whatever came next. Now there’s a whatever came next.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has announced their eighth album, “Social Apocalypse,” out March 19, 2027 via Spinefarm. It’s the band’s first new song in four years, and the title track arrives with a music video and two guest spots: AGAINST THE CURRENT’s Chrissy Costanza on “In The Absence Of You” and LORNA SHORE’s Will Ramos on “I Don’t Trust Tomorrow.” The band is also launching its biggest headline tour yet, a full run of European arenas kicking off January 21 in Lisbon and closing out at Manchester’s AO Arena on February 27, including a solo headline stop at London’s O2 after selling it out with TRIVIUM last year.
Tour Dates
Jan. 22 — Madrid, Spain
Jan. 23 — Barcelona, Spain
Jan. 25 — Milan, Italy
Jan. 26 — Zurich, Switzerland
Jan. 27 — Dusseldorf, Germany
Jan. 29 — Hamburg, Germany
Jan. 30 — Copenhagen, Denmark
Jan. 31 — Stockholm, Sweden
Feb. 02 — Helsinki, Finland
Feb. 04 — Katowice, Poland
Feb. 06 — Munich, Germany
Feb. 07 — Paris, France
Feb. 09 — Luxembourg
Feb. 11 — Frankfurt, Germany
Feb. 12 — Stuttgart, Germany
Feb. 13 — Vienna, Austria
Feb. 15 — Budapest, Hungary
Feb. 16 — Prague, Czech Republic
Feb. 17 — Berlin, Germany
Feb. 19 — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Feb. 20 — Brussels, Belgium
Feb. 23 — Glasgow, Scotland
Feb. 25 — Birmingham, England
Feb. 26 — London, England — The O2
Feb. 27 — Manchester, England — AO Arena
Tickets and full routing at bulletformyvalentine.com. No U.S. dates announced yet.
Here’s the thing about BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: they were one of dozens of bands that came out of the early-2000s metalcore boom, and most of those bands either broke up, got worse, or turned into a nostalgia act. This one didn’t. The 2021 self-titled record is proof they can still write, and the two features on “Social Apocalypse” (Costanza’s clean melodicism against Ramos’s guttural low end) suggest a band still willing to take a swing instead of coasting on “Tears Don’t Fall” forever.
The title track itself is fine. Not a home run, but a reasonable opening statement for a record with ten months to prove itself. No U.S. dates yet, but the record isn’t even out until next spring. Watch this one.
Source: Blabbermouth