BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ANNOUNCE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF ‘THE POISON’ & TOUR DETAILS

12th August 2024 0 By Jon Deaux

In October 2005, British metal mainstays BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE laid solid foundations with their epochal debut album, The Poison. An unparalleled and enduring career has since followed, and in doing so the group changed the landscape and supercharged the trajectory of alternative music. 2005 saw the Welsh metallers graduate from supporting Funeral For A Friend on their UK run in the summer, to ending the year headlining the very same venues just months later. That meteoric rise saw the album hit number 21 in the UK album charts, becoming a late contender in end-of-year polls, placing at number seven on KERRANG!’s “Albums Of The Year” list, and since achieving gold status. An album still boasting enduring impact, Metal Hammer listed the album in the top 25 in their recent “The Greatest Metal Albums of the Century.”

“I honestly can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the release of The Poison, and what an incredible 20 years it’s been,” says BFMV frontman Matt Tuck. “I feel so proud of what we’ve achieved as a band in the last two decades and it all started with that debut album. The Poison is such an important part of our lives musically and personally and we know the massive impact it had on the metal world on a global level.”

To celebrate the album’s two decades, The Poison has been remastered for vinyl and is set to be released on a set of limited and exclusive products. A bespoke and super deluxe boxset hosts the complete collector’s edition of the album. Housed in a tailored lift-off lid boxset, 4LP vinyl discs present the original deluxe album tracklisting, the Hand of Blood EP, all bonus material, and for the first time on vinyl the band’s 2006 Live at Brixton performance. Alongside the music, the boxset contains new artwork, with an extensive and premium coffee table-style book, a four-piece print set, a fold-out poster, an enamel pin badge, a bandana, and a replica AAA laminate pass. A deluxe double CD also hosts the entire extended music collection and comes with an artwork booklet, housed in a premium hardbound book. The core album tracks also come on a transparent red LP and a Zoetrope version which displays the new album artwork animations when played on a turntable.

TRACK LISTINGS:

Boxset
LP1
A
Intro (featuring Apocalyptica)
Her Voice Resides
4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Tears Don’t Fall
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
Hit the Floor
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
B
Hand of Blood
Room 409
The Poison
10 Years Today
Cries in Vain
The End

2 – The Poison Bonus Material
C
Spit You Out
Curses
Seven Days
My Fist Your Mouth Her Scars
D
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Tears Don’t Fall (Acoustic)

3 – Hand of Blood EP
E
4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Hand of Blood
Cries in Vain
F
Curses
No Control
Just Another Star

4 – Live at Brixton
G
Intro
Her Voice Resides
4 Word (To Choke Upon)
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
The Poison
Spit You Out
H
Cries in Vain
Just Another Star
Tears Don’t Fall
No Control
Hand of Blood
The End

Standard LP
A
Intro (featuring Apocalyptica)
Her Voice Resides
4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Tears Don’t Fall
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
Hit the Floor
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
B
Hand of Blood
Room 409
The Poison
10 Years Today
Cries in Vain
The End

2CD
Disc 1 – The Poison + Bonus Tracks
Intro (featuring Apocalyptica)
Her Voice Resides
4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Tears Don’t Fall
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
Hit the Floor
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
Hand of Blood
Room 409
The Poison
10 Years Today
Cries in Vain
The End
Spit You Out
Curses Bonus Material
Seven Days Bonus Material
My Fist Your Mouth Her Scars Bonus Material
Welcome Home Sanitarium Bonus Material
Tears Don’t Fall (Acoustic) Bonus Material
Disc 2 – Live at Brixton
Intro
Her Voice Resides
4 Word (To Choke Upon)
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
The Poison
Spit You Out
Cries in Vain
Just Another Star
Tears Don’t Fall
No Control
Hand of Blood
The End

DIGITAL
1
Intro (featuring Apocalyptica)
Her Voice Resides
4 Words (To Choke Upon)
Tears Don’t Fall
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
Hit the Floor
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
Hand of Blood
Room 409
The Poison
10 Years Today
Cries in Vain
The End
2
Spit You Out
Curses
Seven Days (Album Version)
My Fist Your Mouth Her Scars (Album Version)
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Tears Don’t Fall (Acoustic)
No Control
Just Another Star
3
Intro
Her Voice Resides
4 Word (To Choke Upon)
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
The Poison
Spit You Out
Cries in Vain
Just Another Star
Tears Don’t Fall
No Control
Hand of Blood
The End

Alongside the album’s anniversary campaign, and following much online speculation BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE confirmed a huge, arena tour in conjunction with genre mates and the comparably revered Trivium. The tour begins in the UK, before spreading out into mainland Europe.
January 2025
26.01.25 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff **SOLD OUT
27.01.25 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
28.01.25 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
30.01.25 – Co-op Live, Manchester
31.01.25 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham
February 2025
01.02.25 – The O2, London