Bullet For My Valentine - Venom (Record Review)

So, to say this before anything else, I've never been too big on BFMV. But when 'No Way Out' got released and I heard it on a radio show for the first time (The Pulse on Team Rock Radio, if anybody's interested, which you should all check out anyway cause it's amazing. Get the Team Rock Radio app for free for your phone and tune it at 10PM, UK time, for two hours of brilliant music. No, I'm not getting sponsored to do this, it's genuinely an ace show), I was intrigued to listen to more.

Anyway, so, seeing as I was really into that track, it felt right to check out the whole record. Wouldn't be the first time that I'd get into a band later into their discography, e.g. BMTH who I really enjoy by now.

Here we go:

V - Fitting intro to set the mood

No Way Out - Previously released track that got me interested in the first place

Army of Noise - Nice chorus, rather redundant in general though

Worthless - Such a similar start to No Way Out, all in all a lot of similarities with that song

You Want A Battle? (Here's A War) - It all just sounds incredibly the same, same vibe as Worthless again

Broken - You know a new song is starting when Matt just screams for no reason

Venom - Did the song even change …? 

The Harder The Heart (The Harder It Breaks) - A little differential finally, rather refreshing

Skin - I'm not even gonna bother with this anymore

Hell or High Water

Pariah

Playing God

Run For Your Life

In Loving Memory

Raising Hell

I'm not too sure on their latest records, though 'Temper Temper' was a proper dive into the loo, but this one is definitely just a pile of 'same old, same old'. The songs hardly differ from each other, the riffs seem the same, the tempo is always really similar to what has come before. This record is not a roller coaster ride of new music and stunning twists and turns, but a lame slide downwards. It might be cause I've never been a fan of them, but the previously released song had given me hope. Sadly, they didn't quite deliver. 

Overall: 2/10

Favorite track: No Way Out

Cheerio xx