Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck & Trivium's Matt Heafy On Joint Tour Plans | Interview

Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium are heading out on the road together for a 2025 UK tour where they will play the albums 'The Poison' and 'Ascendancy' in full. Matt Tuck and Matt Heafy chatted with us ahead of the announcement about revisiting those records, their shared fanbase and inspiring a new generation of metal bands.
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[@tlongie6055]

Trivium, Bullet, Killswitch Engage, Avenged Sevenfold and Funeral For A Friend were all my soundtrack to 2005. Looking forward to this tour!

[@EliasHariri3]

💯🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

[@Mindfreak248]

First three yes! never learned to appreciate avenge sevenfold, (the frotman and his voice) and dont know who the fifth band is :)

[@rodrigocosta7374]

Dude, yes! Funeral for a friend never got the recognition they deserve, I guess because they were more core/emo than metal, but I love it. And they only got better as the records went on

[@oopirates96]

Trivium, BFMV, KSE, A7X the holy trinity.

[@raptorrsr5817]

@@oopirates96not a trinity then is it

[@darthshaggy9970]

we need the holy trinity of Matts (heafy, shadows, tuck)

[@K_swiggle0440]

underrated comment

[@Coochiedestroyer23]

🙌🙌🙌

[@cameronj6161]

Oh fuck yes! 🤘🎸

[@billionaeris1183]

Don't forget Matt Bellamy from Muse, alrgiht he's not metal, but it's still hard rock and got some awesome riffs.

[@Coochiedestroyer23]

@@billionaeris1183 no

[@palmtr3352]

Looks like Trivium and BFMV is making a song together! Hell yea

[@deadstar7960]

or a split

[@Breamo_]

Co headline tour

[@thecornerstoneguy]

Ascending Poison would be a nice song title in my own opinion hehe

[@heartagramguy85]

Tuck on a Trivium track? I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDD THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@Trilj-]

Ascendancy’s guitar solos and writing is to die for. Def one of the tastiest, fullest, most radiant album I’ve heard in metalcore

[@spfadden082711]

I agree. I wasn’t really into this type of music anyone who showed me anything heavy it was like dying fetus and stuff like that. When I first heard Ascendancy and the poison it was like metal that made sense. The riffs were so catchy and the vocals were so crisp and clear. Definitely kicked off my journey into that style of music

[@paulamarose4374]

Matt, Matt!! Please bring this to the USA!!! I would pay to see that 😳

[@dgwebguy6815]

To see these 2 sitting on a couch together, talking about a co-headline show.... man... this is something special. We've all loved both bands for years. Can't wait!!!!!! Props to both teams for putting this together and working so hard behind the scenes! Legendary.

[@senadkahrimanovic7660]

I dreamed things like these 15 years ago

[@thejackoat7687]

As someone who got to meet Matt Heafy, I gotta say it’s still absolutely wild how tall he is. 🤯

[@onedeu]

How tall is he? Matt tuck is pretty tall himself and he looks small next to him haha

[@yeahmancool]

@@onedeuAccording to google, Heafy is 6'2 and Tuck is 6'1. However, Heafy's posture is crazy good. He is already taller than average, but he appears waaay taller because of his posture. Tuck is sitting leaning foward a bit, so he appears shorter.

[@chrisa.4983]

We need a A7X, BFMV,Trivium, & Atreyu tour...The $ would be pouring in.

[@Tybren]

Replace Atreyu with KSE

[@novallanalcatteli666]

Replace Atreyu with Killswitch Engage & As I Lay Dying.

[@aroggo16]

I would love to see all of them but yea main headliners: Trivium & Bullet for my Valentine killswitch engage As I Lay Dying Atreyu Be cool to see Shadows Fall or All that Remains too.

[@Luke2x-q4g]

I’m 23, my mother (passed away) used to play trivium when I was a kid, 24/7. And bfmv I discovered when I was 6 or so, on need for speed most wanted, hand of blood. Since then, I can never look away, I love a lot of bands, I love a lot of different styles of music going back to rap in the 70’s to current, bands in the 60’s for example. I can listen to both of these bands 24/7. What would really make the whole thing perfect, and my dream come true would be if rise against got to play also, but these guys are absolute gems.

[@vMalchez]

Bullet for my valentine got me into metalcore, i discovered trivium shortly after and they became my favourite band of all time. Got my tickets, cannot wait for this gig!!! 🤘🤘

[@vikthorbrock]

BFMV and Trivium: 2 of THE GREATEST Melodic metalcore bands of all time! 😝🤘🤘

[@SpyrowwJ]

Cant wait to see and meet you guys! Got the meet and greet for my birthday🎉🎉

[@Boxerharvey1]

Man I’m old as fuck I saw Trivium on the Ascendancy tour in the UK 20 years ago, can’t wait to relive it again.

[@nemesis8626]

Yeah man, I saw them at a exclusive gig in Maida Vale when they were promoting Ascendancy, only 20ish people there had go win tickets from the radio, played a short 6 song set then meet and greet and free beers all night, one of the best experiences seeing a band, back in my teens then, now nearly 40 😂

[@Boxerharvey1]

@@nemesis8626 that’s awesome.

[@s.e.n3264]

Two of my favorite bands of all time! Been listening to them since the beginning, and I'll keep listening! Have their signatures too 😎

[@The_Kxtalyst]

Which heafy sig you have? Emg or fishman? And what sig for bullet? Matt or Michael?

[@s.e.n3264]

@@The_Kxtalyst Emg. I hate fishmans. Bfmv signature is Matt's white Jackson.

[@animesquid-u2l]

I'm so hyped for this tour!!! See you next year in the Netherlands 🤘

[@daydreamhero1374]

Time flies man..both bands are huge influence for a ton of people(me included of course😄), that's for sure..

[@cameronj6161]

I seriously hope that they bring this tour over to North America. As a Canadian, I would kill to see both of these bands in one show. So BFMV and Trivium, PLEASE COME TO EDMONTON CANADA! 🤘🎸🇨🇦

[@everthealtruist]

One of the first times I saw Matt Tuck was in a Guitar World issue and he was wearing a Trivium shirt.

[@vaeell6532]

Please come to the US this would sell so quick

[@fryinryan01]

This is a celebration of so many people being metalheads for 20 years BECAUSE of these albums

[@Antwan999]

Please come usa ! Omg I would def go to this tour !

[@karindubinsky2046]

Excited to see them in Germany 😊❤

[@kikafreeze1479]

Can’t wait. Vancouver misses you both 🤘🤘🤘

[@CharlieWielowski]

I saw BFMV in Nottingham October '21 with Bleed From Within and Tesseract as support acts. Best Halloween ever!!! 🤘

[@rafik.animation]

Yeees excited for the collab❤️

[@Thats_Andrew]

Bullet for my Valentine - The Poison helped me get into Metal / Core stuff back in my early high school days. Helped out a lot to get through high school as well.

[@jaredrogers7659]

Kinda wild to think that Metallica in 1984 was to Trivium and Bullet in 2004 as Trivium and Bullet are to young bands today. 🤯

[@seakv.9531]

This is a dream!!!!! My two favorite bands are gonna play together, incredible!!!!!

[@metalmaniacx79]

It's so wholesome seeing these 2 amazing guys together. I love melodic metalcore and I think these guys take and make metalcore serious.

[@bogdanm8513]

Thanks to bullets! Because of them, I started playing guitar, even though a little late, but it doesn't matter, cuz it feels so good when you have a passion and that kinda drive within you. Also, they brought me to the metal music. And I didn't even noticed, how I started listen all of these bands, such as Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, and of course Trivium P.S. Bring Greetings to the guys, from Uzbekistan👋

[@USHARDY]

Hopefully they’re waiting on the US tour because they’re waiting for an A7X confirmation. Those were my big three of modern (at the time) metal during my high school years

[@mlg6992]

Matt³

[@seanylilears19]

Great questions! Seamless interviewing.

[@kennyroupe7198]

Man this one really hits for me. Bullet for My Valentine was the band that got me into metal in 2008 and this was my first metal album. I was completely obsessed with them and listened to this album as often as possible and was obsessed and couldn’t wait to get a guitar and learn. I don’t know where I would rate the Poison amongst my favorite metal albums these days, but this album was monumental for me and so influential and looking back on it, I can see how much it influenced my taste in music even 16 years later. I still love this album so much and I really hope they take this tour to the states because I would pay anything to see this album performed in full. I’ve known about Trivium since about 2009 but they never really clicked for me until five years ago. I was going through a hard time and Ascendency became my comfort album. I consider it one of my favorite metal albums for sure. Since then Trivium has become a favorite band of mine. Again, another album I would love so much to see live! Please come to the US, guys 🥲 13 year old me is begging you and so is 28 year old me

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

your a kid then

[@Justshutthefupup]

This would kill in the US plz come. all i've ever wanted is to hear Ascendency live

[@BrockOfBodom]

Corey confirmed in the livestream yesterday that they are touring January-December all over the world. He said it’s too big of a celebration to not make it huge

[@Justshutthefupup]

@@BrockOfBodom hell yeah, thanks for taking the time to tell me. I appreciate it!

[@treeafodo1]

Also Paolo confirmed on instrgram that US dates should be announced soon (March or April)

[@devilduc]

I'm 34 and even if I was into metal before TRivium and Bullet cames up, those band appered and it was sooo fresh and good. really got me pick up my guitar and played with friends

[@FriedEggsandJellyfish]

Just missing August Burns Red! Those guys set the standard for brutal breakdowns in metalcore early 2000's!!

[@christinalopez2487]

Yesss!!

[@ParmerJonCheese]

That’s hilarious cause they’re touring with them in the North American tour 💀

[@psypsy751]

If only Waking the Fallen would've come out a year later and we coulda had a triple Matt tour :

[@selfoblivionalex6262]

This tour is going to be so important in many ways especially an inspiration for the next trivium album being ascendancy like.

[@Ari11P]

I'm so hyped for this tour, will be one of my highlights next year!! 🖤🤘

[@DodoMaldo]

Yep, I really started "getting good" at guitar with Ascendancy and a few Bullet tracks. This tour is gonna be sooooo sick !

[@kman8749]

A collab with Trivium and Bullet.... omg that hit so good. I love seeing these bands work together!

[@dsdarkphoenix]

They are both so good as bands and as people so many masterpieces from both bands!!!!

[@marvo121h7]

I'm lucky to have tickets to this..can't wait

[@danielekenmo2886]

Both albums are a milestone in melodic metal. I remember when I saw Bullet For My Valentine on Sweden’s biggest festival at that time. I remember that like it was yesterday. But it was 18 years ago. Wtf happend 😅 It’s amazing that Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine are still relevant and releases great albums.

[@randerins]

It was not Trivium's first album though. Before Ascendancy they released Ember To Inferno, which was a full length album

[@BunnyLuv444]

❤It!! I still have my t shirt from 20 yrs ago and both CDs are you coming to omaha

[@xavit281]

Bullet, Trivium, KSE and A7X. Imo are the big 4 of the 2000's. Wish i can see this tour ! 😮

[@heelgill]

I'd agree when it comes to them as the big 4 metal bands who were popping in that decade.

[@priscilla91]

I really really cant wait❤

[@jaramillonator]

HOLY SHIT, hopefully they come to Canada

[@harryprice9132]

Just wanna say as someone who was only 5 years old when these albums came out and only discovered them when I was a teenager These albums still got me into metal over 10 years after they came out My first metal gig was BMFV performing the poison in full and I've never looked back Can't wait for this tour

[@streamspoart2671]

We need another Matt, Matt Shadow

[@derinteressiertesuchendenadler]

I'm so exitet! I will come to Zurich and see Trivium and BFMV for the second time in my life! Jeeeee!!!! The full Album: "the Ascendacy" so great! And the first time hear: the decived" live, so divine! Juhuuuuu!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@informania22]

i have a poster from bfmv where matt wears a trivium shirt :D

[@alejandrocabrera6646]

bro, what about avenged sevenfold with city of evil? that was launched too in 2005

[@stevendalouche7127]

That would've been a nice icing to the cake. Bullet's 1st, Trivium's 2nd, Sevenfold's 3rd

[@scottcrawford7143]

I wish this was a US tour! Wish it would booked in my city of Little Rock, Arkansas!!!!!

[@augursaudiocult]

Oh absolutely yes 🔥

[@TheMetab0lic]

Beyond excited for this. I saw Bullet supporting Stampin' Ground before they even had an EP (manager emailed me a demo track, I'm that old!), and I was there for London Roadrunner for Trivium opener too. If I can't get tickets I will weep a little bit

[@shawnbell5050]

“And the fans are excited”. Hell yes we are

[@brandonwarren4278]

Come to 🇨🇦 please

[@chrisbibb]

I saw Trivium at Wulfrun in Wolves at their Roadrunner Tour like 20 years ago as a teen, was so good. Got my converse signed by then, wish I kept them!

[@BrianHeafy]

Congratulations Gentlemen 🤘🤘

[@quasimodoshunchback]

thius makes me cry and feel, old as hellllllll

[@vincentviera5233]

Ascendancy came out right before my freshman year of high school. Shogun came out my senior year. Trivium is literally my high-school years. Me and my first friend in florida, bonded over Trivium in 2005. He just took his own life 4 weeks ago. We'd always make sure the other was gonna be at the upcoming Trivium concerts. Wish he had known about this tour. 😢

[@tolili8548]

Acabo de comprar las entradas para Madrid, un sueño de un joven de la isla de gran canaria, que se hace realidad 20 años más tarde, muchas gracias chicos.

[@samueleanselmo1734]

I am a BFMV fan and now, thanks to this tour announcment, I am also a Trivium fan

[@Orlandovictory42]

Dude, I love their bit about the writing process from those two albums. To quote another of my favorite musicians, the best albums are “selfishly made”. No pursuing of a certain sound or style to please the masses. Just an honest interpretation of the band’s musical expression at that point in time and to me, that’s what music is. It’s an audible expression of the internal being. These two albums were heavily influential to me in my teens and I still love them both! So hyped for this announcement and I hope I can make it out to one of these shows!

[@ΘοδωρήςΜ-δ1κ]

PLEASEEEEE PLEAAAAASEEEEEE come to greece!!! WE LOVE BOTH BANDS!!!!! ITS gonna be a sold out for sure lm/,

[@dngrouscrgo]

How has it taken 20 years for this to happen?

[@maikoljorden8869]

PLS COME TO AUSTRALIA AS WELL GUYS!

[@Dr.Rocckzzo]

Damn I hope they bring this tour to the United States... I haven't heard either band's music in a while especially their latest material (with the exception of seeing Trivium open for iron maiden last year) but those two albums are legendary and had them both in my CD collection in 8th grade 😮 I have to see this show!! My dad would even like to see this, I constantly had The Poison and Ascendancy as well as Shadows Are Security by As I Lay Dying playing in his truck for all of 2005 to 2006!?

[@selfoblivionalex6262]

Hope they bring this to the States!

[@TheMusicfan189]

Cannot wait. Got my ticket for Cardiff. Gonna be mental.

[@RICKYMUGGLETON]

This needs to come to Australia!

[@rkaidag74]

First off matt heafy is a fucking legend...second I've never really been a fan of bfmv, but I have to say just out of respect of the fact they are hanging out with trivium I will probably go back and listen to more... but I've noticed since I've been seeing them collaborate that bfmv songs are starting to get better!!! I wish I could go to this concert... but I'm glad to see heafy and trivium collaborate with another band and what it means for future music to come.... thanks guys....I can't wait....

[@ChristensenDawnFarrow-777]

Absolutely Phenomenal Band.😅❤😊🎉

[@forever_decay]

Bands

[@NetherworldBibliotek]

Right, so, the second these tickets go on sale, I'm buying mine.

[@NetherworldBibliotek]

Got my tickets, see you there.

[@K666_ANB]

Hell yeah, I've not seen both since download 2005 and they were on seperate stages

[@Ensid1993]

a bit sad that people keep talking about ascendancy as debute, everyone seems to forget about ember to inferno, and the fact matt wrote it all alone, and record everything alone except drums I guess in age like 17? thats sick

[@dennissohn7209]

Matt Tuck and Matt Heafy together is like peanut butter and jelly.

[@pkrent3461]

Wow, crazy duo

[@sjm0395]

We need a full release of just another star out there on streaming services and that song has to make the setlist such a forgotten unbelievable tune

[@AuldHammer]

I’d hope both bands can build bridges and d bring old band mates back on for a couple songs! It won’t be the same without those old members.

[@lucapresents4790]

A7X is missing, imagine city of evil played in full

[@deadstar7960]

The missing matt😢

[@kunimitsune177]

The best sevenfold album honestly. Would be mega.

[@lil8iTcH]

I just hope Turn To Despair is on the reissue

[@kastr8772]

Uk sold out so I'm going amsterdam! So excited 😢

[@teversPHD]

Atreyu, A7X, BFMV and Trivium would be a dream come true.

[@blowera1]

Make sure Perth, Western Australia is on the list 🤘🇦🇺

[@TK14]

Perth and Adelaide (and Tassie) always miss out!

[@blowera1]

Adelaide has been doing pretty well recently

[@jacksonaugust7310]

I got jays and mooses signature on a tshirt somewhere og poison makers. Fuck hope they come down to NZ. I saw bullet and a7x and atreyu all og members the fucking rev was magic man rip brother 🤘❤️🤘

[@davidbull6440]

These 2 come across as quite humble decent dudes

[@Bewildered362]

We need this in Australia !

[@vengefulamoeba668]

whats wild is i never listened or cared for bullet outside of the few songs they had on Rock Band and Trivium is my favorite. My brother, the complete opposite, never cared for trivium but bullet is his favorite band. since this tour was announced we've both borrowed each others collections of albums

[@synhet84]

We need an anthem song from these dudes together !

[@freddymedina2980]

Please come to south america, you wont regret it

[@stefanodalvecchio5873]

Yeah! Full European tour next year!

[@petriburger5359]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yea yea yes yes yes yes yes fuck yes!!!! Hope i can finally see you guys live in South Africa!! This time i wont miss it!!!!!!!

[@Bobbyslt1]

I've seen Trivium three times, Bullet twice, always wanted to see them together. This tour has to either hit the Norva, or the amphitheater.

[@Savagesoldier92]

Two of my childhood heroes . See you next year in London :) Im just hoping at least i can hear a song from " The Crusade " and one from " The Poison " :D Maybe ? I remember when i had my first quality guitar " Jackon Randy Rhoads " because these bands used this kind of V shaped guitars . Good times

[@leohatfield1797]

I’m gonna try and see these three times because I missed out on seeing bfmv because of snow!!!

[@helco2856]

Let's get a modern day big four! Avenged sevenfold, Trivium, bullet for my Valentine and idk who else. But they should make it happen

[@RyanCogar]

Killswitch would be the obvious one, I would say their sound actually is actually more similar to BFMV & Trivium than A7X overall. I basically considered those 4 the "big four" of the 2000's metalcore's scene/era back in the day though.

[@shreddyvanhalen9810]

Killswitch for sure

[@nemesis8626]

I would say Killswitch too yeah, without a doubt one of the most influencial metalcore bands

[@Ibanezguy2007]

Killswitch….with Howard ❤

[@helco2856]

Fucking Killswitch, there you go. Last band to fit the bill. I was thinking gojira or mastodon