Bullet for My Valentine

i find reviews very helpful when buying music, even though we all have our own taste...Anyways, i decided to buy this album, as i have no other BFMV albums, after hearing some of the songs on it and i absolutely love it! I am a "newer metal" music person, and this album fits that category for me, but still has the older metal influence. What an amazing band, and you will definately be please after getting this album! Every song on it is good! That makes a person happy when you buy an album and every song is good, how often does that happen? Well, there is maybe the slow one i don't care too much for, but every metal band has a ballad...Anyways, buy it, if you like this band!!! It is well worth it!!

Bullet For My Valentine-The Poison ****

What is so great about Bullet For My Valentine is how refreshing their sound is. Combining Thrash with screamo, with hardcore, and punk feel, with classic metal to create a sound just this side of Slayer. But Bullet For My Valentine is different than their contemporaries like Atreyu and say Avenged Sevenfold because they are not altering their sound for the radio this just comes natural for them and they make their metal melodic enough to get air play with out compromise.

Where we have heard a resurgence of the guitar solo as of late, Bullet is the only band doing it any justice. Combing both speed with technique, and style and feel with melodic lines to build a structure rather than a bunch of fast notes played in a few short seconds.

Tracks like the angry '4 Words' and the radio friendly 'Tears Don't Fall' create contrast while 'Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow' and 'All These Things I Hate' take on a life of their own. 'Cries In Vain' show that their are still great lyrics in metal.

Bullet For My Valentine is doing it right, and The Poison is their strongest testament to that.

This album is what my old friend Barney would call "SUPER-DEE-DUPER". But seriously, it's really great metal that's hard for other bands to try to mimic. One of my favorite albums to date with my favorites being: All These Things I Hate, Tears Don't Fall, 4 Words, Room 409, and The Poison.
Every metal lover needs to pick this one up for sure.

I bought this after having only heard one song. It wasn't as good as I had hoped but it rocks pretty hard.

I was never a fan of music that had screaming and for the longest time I though BFMV was just another screaming band. I can remember the first time I heard "Tears Don't Fall" and thinking, "Omigosh this is the greatest song ever!" Then I remember hearing "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow" and thought, "No... THIS is the greatest song ever!" Then again with "4 Words (To Choke Upon)." Let's just get right to the point here... BFMV is INCREDIBLE! There are like 3 songs that I will not listen to on "The Poison," but the majority of them are amazing. The music is perfect. The screaming is perfect. The lyrics are perfect. But I think the main reason why BFMV receives positive attention is the crispness and clarity of all of their songs. Every note, every riff, everything is organized perfectly and each song flows beautifully. Even if you're not a huge fan of screaming music, BFMV is different. Their songs have meaning and it's hard to deny that these guys from Wales have serious raw talent and "The Poison" is dripping with said talent. I only started listening to BFMV about six months ago, but it's easy to say that they are my favorite band. "Scream Aim Fire," their second studio album, however, does not keep the bar set high for BFMV. I feel that whenever I listen to "Scream Aim Fire" the crispness that I love so much in "The Poison" just isn't there. It's as though they spent way less time producing their second album than their first. I recommend that EVERYONE (doesn't matter what age you are or your musical tastes) rushes out and buys this album. It's flawless. Five stars.

Standout Tracks:
Her Voice Resides 10/10
4 Words (To Choke Upon) 10/10
Tears Don't Fall 10/10
Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow 10/10
Hit the Floor 9/10
All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me) 7/10
Room 409 9/10
The Poison 7/10
Cries in Vain 10/10
My Fist, Your Mouth, Her Scars (Bonus Track) 10/10

I also highly recommend several songs from BFMV's self-titled LP. Either buy the album or simply download these couple songs. They really are worth it.

Turn to Despair (possibly one of their best songs ever) 10/10
Hand of Blood 10/10
Just Another Star 9/10

This album is lighter compared to their other stuff. If you are buying this album because you loved the singles, "Scream aim fire" and "Waking the demon", and you like it heavier then don't buy this album. It doesn't get much heavier than those two.

I had high expectations for this album and I was surprised to find it a little higher than sub-par.

3.5 all around...good album, just don't be surprised if you're not completely satisfied.

Scream Aim Fire is getting notorious for being Bullet for my Valentine's second album, and there are debates as to whether their first album, The Poison, is better or worse. It is true, that the band has altered their sound slightly, but it certainly DOES NOT make it worse or takes away from BFMV's talent. The Poison was more of a metal-core album, with most of the songs being related to love and breakups, whereas SAF is more reminiscent of classic, 80's metal. Whether you will like this album better than The Poison is based on your own taste.

1. Scream Aim Fire - 10/10. Powerful and attention catching.
2. Eye of the Storm - 7/10. Weakest song on the album, but that too bad.
3. Heart Burst Into Fire - 10/10. Powerful and emotional, and a joy to listen to.
4. Waking The Demon - 10/10. Amazingly powerful and catchy.
5. Disappear - 10/10. Good song.
6. Deliver Us From Evil - 10/10. Probably the band's next single.
7. Take it out on Me - 9/10. Awesome.
8. Say Goodnight - 9/10. A sweet ballad.
9. End of Days - 10/10. Great.
10. Last to Know - 8.5/10.
11. Forever and Always - 10/10. A great power ballad.

Almost every single song on this album is extremely catchy and I never skip any of them. I recommend this album to any hard rock or metal fan.

A strong and surprisingly heavy CD. Excellent in terms of quality. Recording is awesome and the guitar work isnt half bad. These guys are probably the best at this new age metal stuff, and this time they went a little heavier. There are still the little melodies and harmonizing in the choruses, Though vocally it is rougher, which is good from where i stand. Honestly, its not THAT much different from the last disc, just better produced. And there are some very commercial moments like on 'Hearts Burst into Fire' and 'Say Goodnight'..Those i could do without..

These guys are young and at least selling some CD's to the masses. Could have been a lot worse seeing todays music climate. It is encouraging to see they followed up a good release like 'The Poison' with possibly a better effort. Definitely has some heavy moments. Not perfect, but I like it.

This album was a work of pure genius! I gotta tell you, B4MV is really consistant. Check out the song Waking the Demon. It might be on par with Tears Don't Fall! And make sure to get the bonus song, Ashes of the Innocent, cause its great!

"Scream Aim Fire" really isn't as bad as everyone seems to keep saying. There are several standout tracks that make the album's purchase well worth it. "Scream Aim Fire," "Eye of the Storm," "Waking the Demon," "End of Days," and "Last to Know." BFMV really changes their musical style with this album. I will agree that with this particular album, BFMV doesn't set themselves apart from the rest, but the talent is still there. It may not be as intricate and flawless as their debut, but it's still worth a listen. Most of the songs are quite catchy and you may find youself singing along. I do HIGHLY recommend BFMV's debut album, "The Poison." It is, in my opinion, the best album of all time. Certainly if you're reviewing "Scream Aim Fire" you've heard the debut album, but if not... Buy it. Or download it.

Bullet For My Valentine or BFMV are a Metalcore band hailing from the UK and have successfully released two positive LP's and four great Ep's.

"Hand of Blood" is the bands third EP and was released in 2005 along with the bands debut album "The poison". Although it only hold 6 songs it makes for a solid all the way through effort. They proceed into the scream-clean-scream vocal ideals that made Kill Switch Engaged successful.

The songs are not too distinct from one another at first, but with a good listen or two you can easily distinguish the songs. "4 Words To Choke Upon" is where the album begins and the progressive intro beams into a 'Zakk Wylde' like pinch harmonic spectacle. "Hand of Blood" the actual track is a staple in my opinion to the band, follows all the bands cliche's putting them to good use. Every thick churning slow moment rapidly cutting to a fast pace tempo is really what makes for the album.
"Cries In Vain" has a unique clean toning up guitar intro, but nothing really grabs you in the whole song. Not a filler, but nonetheless not their best effort.

The next three songs are the meat of the album. "Curses" has a brilliant clean intro with a nice flow coupled with upbeat rough but clean vocals. After about 1:20 aggressively stirs the heavy approach in a different direction. The song is more progressive than the rest of the songs on the EP, quite memorable really toying between redemption and loneliness. "No Control" much like the title of the song is an unbound ride, scattering heavy vocals up and down pitches. This song is probably the most hardcore for say on the album, but nothing nearly as heavy as fellow commercial metalcore bands like All That Remains, and Trivium. The final track "Just Another Star" is sort of like a inverted version of "4 Words To Choke Upon" (the intro track), but with a few more tricks and organic beats up its sleeve. Harmonized intros, thunderous pausing everything in its way drum moments, hazardous guilt ridden vocals, all this and a mosh pit ready breakdown chorus!

Overall one can't complain about the relatively cheap price for the album as few songs as it may hold they are all good in their own way.I'd rather spend Six dollars on a short but great album than twelve dollars on an album with maybe two three gems. Metalcore fans, emos, all of you 'Hardcore' scenesters shall enjoy this EP.

I LOVE BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE!!! These guys are awesome!!! You have got to just listen to them!!! They will blow you away!!! Mathew is awesome at screaming and I love their music!!! Once you start listening you'll want to beg for more!!!

Everything you've ever heard about these guys is true. Their music is extremely hard, but the melodies are uncrompehensibly beautiful. Bullet For My Valentine rock much harder, much louder, and are far less likely to be on Top Of The Pops than much of their genremates of whom nobody could charm me more than one or two songs. This, I listen to over and over again.
This album is the same as their selftitled debut with another great track as a bonus: 4 Words (To Choke Upon).

I haven't had this feeling about an album since Rage Against the Machine's debut-album release.

Great Demo, the new cd, the Poison is even better. The only thing that I wish was different with the new cd, is that I wish four of the thirteen weren't from this demo, but no one is perfect. Other then that Bullet for my valentine is a great group, none of their songs sounds a like so their cd never gets boring at anytime. I do believe that this is the year for Bullet for my valentine.

I must say that this band is the greatest band to come from wales u.k. I cant wait to get the poison, i fthey keep their act together they might succed past Green day.

If you didn't read my review for their other cd, I bought this one at the same time as Scream, Aim, Fire, based off of the title track single. The rest of that cd was disappointing. Each track dropped a little more to the emo sound. I heard that this one could not compare in aggressiveness to the newer one. Although it is not as heavy as the title track, this one is more consistent and heavier then the end of SAF. Both are listenable but I was expecting heavier.

I just got this album the other day and I was very surprised at the level of talent these guys bring to the table. if you are fans of Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu you will feel right at home listening to Bullet for my Valentine on your Zune. It's nice to see a young band with tons of talent and upside in this genre for a change. I'm really looking forward to picking up their brand new album this week!

All the songs are fun and addicting. There are some great melodies and nice solos. Great vocals. I highly reccomend for all kinds of metal fans. Also there are great videos.

When I first saw this item I was browsing around the internet just killing time. I already own the original release of The Poison, so I was a little hesitant to order this for 4 new tracks and a dvd. I wish I had bought it as soon as i noticed it. The extra tracks are amazing and the dvd is fantastic. BFMV is one of the best new bands I've heard in awhile. The music is melodic and heavy. If you do not own this cd do yourself a favor and buy it. TODAY!!!

Bullet for My Valentine is awesome!!! I love the bonus tracks on here. I have "The Poison" inside of me. These guys kick a$$!

I LOVE THIS BAND!!! They are very awesome! Their music is so aweome! When I feel sad I listen to them to calm me down. Bullet for My Valentine rocks!

Everything you've ever heard about these guys is true. Their music is extremely hard, but the melodies are uncrompehensibly beautiful. Bullet For My Valentine rock much harder, much louder, and are far less likely to be on Top Of The Pops than much of their genremates of whom nobody could charm me more than one or two songs. This, I listen to over and over again. I haven't had this feeling about an album since Rage Against the Machine's debut-album release.

It seems every band to come out of wales, U.K. has their act together. Maybe there is something in the water over there, but bands such as funeral for a friend and lost prophets know how to make good music. And then bullet for my valentine comes along and does the same thing. Hand in blood is merely an ep, a little teaser until the poison came out, but every song just takes you for a ride and doesn't slow down. If you enjoy good rock/metal music, then this album is definitely for you.

They Kick ass!
Bullet For My Valentine are the next big thing to leap out of Wales, they combine heavy as hell Metallica riffs with the melodies of Funeral For A Friend to great effect. If you don't believe me check out this cool E.P. and I can say for sure that you will love it. An then I srongly advise you go check them out live before they start to get really massive.

This album is lighter compared to their other stuff. If you are buying this album because you loved the singles, "Scream aim fire" and "Waking the demon", and you like it heavier then don't buy this album. It doesn't get much heavier than those two.

I had high expectations for this album and I was surprised to find it a little higher than sub-par.

3.5 all around...good album, just don't be surprised if you're not completely satisfied.

Scream Aim Fire is getting notorious for being Bullet for my Valentine's second album, and there are debates as to whether their first album, The Poison, is better or worse. It is true, that the band has altered their sound slightly, but it certainly DOES NOT make it worse or takes away from BFMV's talent. The Poison was more of a metal-core album, with most of the songs being related to love and breakups, whereas SAF is more reminiscent of classic, 80's metal. Whether you will like this album better than The Poison is based on your own taste.

1. Scream Aim Fire - 10/10. Powerful and attention catching.
2. Eye of the Storm - 7/10. Weakest song on the album, but that too bad.
3. Heart Burst Into Fire - 10/10. Powerful and emotional, and a joy to listen to.
4. Waking The Demon - 10/10. Amazingly powerful and catchy.
5. Disappear - 10/10. Good song.
6. Deliver Us From Evil - 10/10. Probably the band's next single.
7. Take it out on Me - 9/10. Awesome.
8. Say Goodnight - 9/10. A sweet ballad.
9. End of Days - 10/10. Great.
10. Last to Know - 8.5/10.
11. Forever and Always - 10/10. A great power ballad.

Almost every single song on this album is extremely catchy and I never skip any of them. I recommend this album to any hard rock or metal fan.

A strong and surprisingly heavy CD. Excellent in terms of quality. Recording is awesome and the guitar work isnt half bad. These guys are probably the best at this new age metal stuff, and this time they went a little heavier. There are still the little melodies and harmonizing in the choruses, Though vocally it is rougher, which is good from where i stand. Honestly, its not THAT much different from the last disc, just better produced. And there are some very commercial moments like on 'Hearts Burst into Fire' and 'Say Goodnight'..Those i could do without..

These guys are young and at least selling some CD's to the masses. Could have been a lot worse seeing todays music climate. It is encouraging to see they followed up a good release like 'The Poison' with possibly a better effort. Definitely has some heavy moments. Not perfect, but I like it.

This album was a work of pure genius! I gotta tell you, B4MV is really consistant. Check out the song Waking the Demon. It might be on par with Tears Don't Fall! And make sure to get the bonus song, Ashes of the Innocent, cause its great!

"Scream Aim Fire" really isn't as bad as everyone seems to keep saying. There are several standout tracks that make the album's purchase well worth it. "Scream Aim Fire," "Eye of the Storm," "Waking the Demon," "End of Days," and "Last to Know." BFMV really changes their musical style with this album. I will agree that with this particular album, BFMV doesn't set themselves apart from the rest, but the talent is still there. It may not be as intricate and flawless as their debut, but it's still worth a listen. Most of the songs are quite catchy and you may find youself singing along. I do HIGHLY recommend BFMV's debut album, "The Poison." It is, in my opinion, the best album of all time. Certainly if you're reviewing "Scream Aim Fire" you've heard the debut album, but if not... Buy it. Or download it.

Great little sample of a great metal guitar band. Awesome covers of Metallica's Sanitarium and Pantera's Domination. Plus some live tracks.