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 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.
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