Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck On 'The Poison', Trivium Tour & New Album | Interview

Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck chats with us backstage on the band's current UK arena tour with Trivium. He talks celebrating the 20th anniversary of debut album 'The Poison', future live plans including Download Festival 2025 and working on the follow up to their 2021 self-titled album.
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[@BFMVPeter]

Would love a Scream Aim and Fire tour personally

[@AdamLanegan195]

Hopefully it happens around 2028 for that album's 20th anniversary.

[@nihilist92]

Great interview! Gotta love Matt, cool as a cucumber 😎

[@jacobiniabridge577]

I am so gutted in missing out in seeing them live, what a great band

[@andrewk3915]

Same(

[@FOXFamily05]

Im glad they are fi ally performing in the US! I know they are loyal to their honest country but you neighbors across the pond love and adore you guys! 😊

[@Ns247-l1c]

Absolutely amazing in Glasgow the other night just an incredible show, the poison came out when I was 10 and grew up in my high school years with those songs so seeing them all live for the first time was just an amazing experience

[@onised9000]

Tuesday was my first ever live gig and even a couple days later im still super buzzed about it. Truly one of the best nights of my life both bullet and trivium were legendary.

[@craigmiddlemiss1932]

I got the poison in 2005 and it was my first metal album. This gig was reliving my young teenage years, I loved it!!

[@Jay-vs4fi]

I love it when Bullet go to Wales Cardiff is a great city and a homecoming for them

[@noodle845]

They were superb in Cardiff night 2. I was blown away! Not listened to them in 20 years 😂 great work 👏

[@leematthews6986]

All bands were awsome Monday night first time seeing these guys live in Cardiff but every band there are awsome ❤

[@mjnation7876]

I am so stoked to see them in early April. Can’t wait to meet them too through doing the VIP package.

[@GRChronicles]

I’m going in Houston in the 17th

[@killjoyqueenz]

Also Bullet you need to add more dates in US

[@iccey_fn1032]

No they don't, there doing a few shows in each country so they can get everywhere so it's fair

[@Njb2510]

You’ve seen the size of the US tour right?! 😂

[@killjoyqueenz]

I'm so excited for you guys to come to US

[@savinakelly]

Bullet! Bullet! Bullet!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@dizzymurkz1069]

Just saw them last night was a great show loved it completely. One of the best band when I was younger.

[@JGGuitarCovers]

Seen the Glasgow show!! Insane!!!

[@shaunsmusicreviews]

best crowd ive seen in years.

[@metalheaddd97]

Come to South Florida!

[@killjoyqueenz]

Can't wait but at the same time i can wait to listen to All These Things I Hate Love that track

[@vpaizen4824]

Just saw you guys in Birmingham, loved every minute of it. ❤

[@JeffMehl]

This 57 year old metal head is excited to see BFMV in Minneapolis in April!

[@METALHEAD_1992]

I'll be at the Paramount Theater in Seattle, Washington Tuesday April 1st Meet & Greet!

[@MikeyV5896]

Come to Arkansas again, would love to catch another show.

[@RoadrunnerGamingYT]

I was there for the second night and have to say Bullet blew my mind, was so sad they weren't headlining but turned out to be better cause after they're set I had no energy left for Trivium 😂

[@alkalineknight6]

The Next three years Scream Aim Fire will be 20 years old the album comes out in 2008

[@Speakinthatruthable]

PLEASE BRING BACK YOUR OLD SOUND!!!! Not saying I don’t want yall to develop and grow, but grow in the style that everybody fell in love with the band for.

[@BurningBeard414]

Hopefully a full tour of playing The Poison will influence the sound of the new record.

[@isabellagajic-fuss5312]

Mattie's adorable

[@onetempleofthekingdomassig3265]

Vip Dallas Texas..from okc

[@dandojo9317]

Saw them in Manchester on the show that was likely just after this interview and it was the most insane gig of my life. Bullet in their absolute prime.

[@smiffdogginit]

Never done a bad song 🫶🏻

[@killjoyqueenz]

For reals 2006 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@dingodave3016]

Play some of the ballads they were fking mint.

[@JerseyxDevill]

As long as its not another Gravity I'm happy for whatever

[@onetempleofthekingdomassig3265]

Album #2 (POISONED)

[@MrGareth616]

Just want to show some love for Orbit Culture - the sound on day one was eh but the band were fucking amazing, the vocalist was spot on! Good choice for support but would not want to be the band going on after them

[@metalstyler95]

As long as they won't do a Gravity 2, everything is fine 😂

[@sato3117]

STFU Gravity is a hidden gem the only album i think is shit is Temper Temper but other than that no

[@zaddymac4768]

Temper Temper 2?

[@FrantisekHurajt]

@@zaddymac4768 pls no

[@ezmezm276]

Those 2 albums aren't even bad grow up

[@sato3117]

@@ezmezm276 Temper Temper was inconsistent but only songs i like there is P.O.W. or Breaking Point.

[@aaronjones4649]

I say always move forward don’t go back to the roots as it will never be as good and everyone will compare and hate the new record

[@bfmvletter]

MOOOSE I MISS YOU!!!! PLEASE BE THE DRUMMER AGAIN!!!! JASON JAMES PLEASE!!

[@EdwardCuss]

I was there on 1st night. And I must admit that Bullets performance was very lacklustre in comparison to Triviums. I was expecting more from them.

[@stephenblack9843]

I felt the same last night in Glasgow actually. Trivium just took it up a notch and heafy was on it from the get go

[@joobie1000]

Trivuim really lift the roof everytime they play, saw em in Birmingham again with heaven shall burn and malevolence ! Crowd participation was on another level and trivium doing what they do best ripping it up

[@Edgy_L]

Trivium practice even when they're on vacation

[@marcoswallas4117]

👀

[@whodaturite]

Bring back your old members to get your "old sound" im sure your drummer and bass player would love to hear from you. lol.

[@scottrich9912]

That's never gonna happen. Moose and Jay are in another band

[@blackangel9613]

No

[@whodaturite]

I just mean I'm sure they would love a simple "Hello hope you are well old friend" considering the bass player said there hasn't been a single effort to reach out to him and that's what hurts the most after spending 10 plus years with someone, sometimes it's not about the money or the band.

[@scottrich9912]

@whodaturite They parted on bad terms. They aren't friends anymore. Shit happens in life and people move on. Matt and padge moved on with BFMV, moose and Jay are now in a new band themselves preparing a 3rd album. Why exactly would they need to get back together ?

[@whodaturite]

@scottrich9912 nah the drummer left cause he had a baby and they never let him back in. You should watch the pod cast where Johnny christ from A7X talks to them both. And to answer you last question, because they would sound better like they used to? 🤣 They did moose dirty end of story. Like you said shit happens.

[@funwithpete6683]

There last album was great juys don’t go back to that butterfly album lol

[@chrisholian5778]

Miss Moose’s drumming in Bullet.

[@ogbee9690]

Bros gotta up his game to even remotely compete with Matt Heafy rn. The preformance in Cardiff was night and day difference

[@fadinginthenight]

idk anything about the performances but man he looks tired

[@khumgangte9246]

Matt Heafy is a beast. Tuck is lazy,no energy.

[@Bergil-s1n]

Idk man, I prefer bfmv live over Trivium. I like both bands, but Heafy's clean has just dropped so much and you can see that he's more focused on screaming right now. If aggression is what matters to you, you might go with Trivium. Bullet seems more balanced and atmospheric to me.

[@ogbee9690]

@@Bergil-s1n when I first got into metalcore I had the same stance that trivium focused too much on the growls but as I’ve gotten older their sound has resonated with me more whereas bfmv has gotten more stale, I also can’t stand tucks lyrics

[@RyanCogar]

Was that the 1st or 2nd night? Because I went to the first night & they were both pretty on point in my opinion. The sound guy(s) maybe could've done a slightly better job with the mixes at times but both bands were absolutely killing it for me. The crowd was pretty dead for Trivium though unfortunately & only got a bit more rowdy once Bullet's set got going. Coming from a huge fan of both bands for 15-20 years.

[@GrooveyFin]

Duck Buck Tuck

[@Sentienthermostat]

Aaah yes, Matt's true birth name.

[@josephfuller6930]

This band and Trivium are trash nu metal

[@BurningBeard414]

I'm not entirely sure you know what nu metal is.

[@josephfuller6930]

@BurningBeard414 let me define it for you. Rap infused riffs that are garbage, no solos and emo screamo vocals which these two crappy bands have. So there you go

[@tkl7049]

​@@josephfuller6930 this is clearly rage bait these bands including a7x and KSE brought back guitar solos and song compositions. They were literally the nail in the coffin for nu metal now they're all nostalgic acts now with the exception of Deftones who constantly evolve each album