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| The Poison | 
 enlarge | Artist: Bullet For My Valentine
Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 2491
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 74
UPC: 824953007424
EAN: 0824953007424
ASIN: B000E0WJIC
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: cd has never been played and there may or may not be a hole,slash,cut through the upc/jewel case
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| Tracks:
| • | Intro | | • | Her Voice Resides | | • | 4 Words (To Choke Upon) | | • | Tears Dont Fall | | • | Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow | | • | Hit The Floor | | • | All These Things I Hate | | • | Room 409 | | • | The Poison | | • | 10 Years Today | | • | Cries In Vain | | • | Spit You Out | | • | The End |
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Album Description
The Poison' is an album rooted in classic British metal, with brutal riffs and colossal, pounding drums all lovingly and respectfully thrown into the mix along with the band's own blend of powerhouse aggression and youthful anarchy and energy. With `The Poison', Bullet for my Valentine are set to firmly establish themselves as the front runners of UK Metal, and give all the US bands a run for their money. From the stunning opening introduction track, guest staring classical metal titans Apocalyptica, the million miles an hour heavy as hell `Her Voice Resides', the acoustic metal classic in the making `All these things I hate (revolve around me)', through to the top anthem `4 Words (To choke upon)', this is a debut album to savour in all its epic, metal glory. Working once again with uber producer Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Cradle of Filth), the album successfully manages to capture the blinding raw energy and power of a band with the world at its feet, a band about to explode! In the last year, Bullet for my Valentine have toured with Atreyu, It Dies Today, Funeral For A Friend, and just finished their headlining "Kerrang Tour" with special guests Hawthorne Heights.
Album Description
Produced and mixed by the equally legendary Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Skinlab, Testament, Earth Crisis, Napalm Death). The band has already notched up nearly 30,000 sales of their debut mini album as well as a top 40 hit with '4 Words'. The album features 13 tracks of epic riffage surrounded in a defiantly current metallic miasma in addition to this we have a fantastically intimate enhanced section with backstage footage of the band. Visible. 2005.
Album Details
Bullet for My Valentine have Notched Up in Excess of 30,000 in Sales of their Debut Mini-album as Well as a Top 40 Hit with the Single "4 Words", with the Video Being Filmed at the Bands Own "Valentines Day Massacre" Gig in London. The Album Has 13 Tracks of Epic Riffage Surrounded in a Defiantly Current Metallic Miasma. In Addition to this We have a Fantastically Intimate Enhanced Section with Backstage Footage of the Band. Produced and Mixed by the Equally Legendary Andy Sneap (Arch Enemy, Skinlab, Testament, Earth Crisis, Napalm Death).
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Not great, but well above average February 27, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
When referring to this British four piece, the phrase "the next big thing" has been tossed around more than a hot potato. Of course, Bullet For My Valentine wouldn't have so much potential if metalcore weren't the fad right now. But there is a disadvantage to metalcore being so popular: there is a lot of competition. Because there are so many other metalcore bands, nothing on "The Poison" is 100% new or innovative (even the singing-screaming choruses grow old after a while.) Fortunately, BFMV have a few characteristics (like guitar solos) that help them stand out from other bands, like Killswitch Engage.
After the first track (a brief, soft instrumental which is appropriately titled "Intro" and features Apocalyptica's cellos), "Her Voice Resides" blows the gates wide open, with super heavy yelling and fiery, chugging riffs. "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" is backed by a pounding rhythm with fast double bass drumming, and some cleanly sung vocals. "Tears Don't Fall" is partially melodic and restrained (it begins with soft strumming), but it also has a couple of breakneck tempo changes (where the song catapults into machine gun riffing). The last two tracks worth mentioning are "Hit The Floor" and "Room 409." The former track has scorching guitar work and an almost thunderous beat, and the latter has big, chunky riffs. But both of these songs are still somewhat melodic, because they both have a catchy "Woah-oh-oh" sing along.
Metalcore has kind of been run into the ground, so it can be hard, sometimes, to discern which bands are for real and which bands are just imitators. It's definitely nothing we haven't heard before, but "The Poison" is still an above average metalcore record. It's not great, but it's even further from being bad.
I can't recommend it to everybody, because it depends on how much you like metalcore, but if you like metal (smokin' riffs and pounding drums) streaked with melody (clean singing and occasional acoustic guitars), this is for you. And metalcore diehards will definitely want to check this out, and probably own it. Casual fans, however, should probably skip it.
 Finally, a band that does new metal the right way. September 7, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
First off, I'm an 80's metal guy. I love bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Dio, Megadeth. And for years, it's been difficult for me to get into any new metal bands...until now! What an amazing band. Finally, you have a band that has the makings of a great modern day metal band, yet their music still firmly reflects their 80's roots. I love this album. If you love your metal with pounding riffs, killer solos, and a whole lot of attitude, buy this cd. This is the best British rock band to come onto the scene in years.
 I hate to rain on everyones parade here... February 22, 2006
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
I hate to rain on everyones parade here but this band and album is not good. Before you automatically disregard this review maybe you should read what a person with a different opinion has to say. Yeah, they have the technical ability and yeah, its well produced (actually, its probably overproduced) but everything else about this band is such a sham from their cocky, holier-than-thou attitudes (these ex-nu metal kids actually claimed their the next Metallica which is just hilarious and sad all at the same time) to their cliched songwriting and silly image. Its very sad that most people are unable to realize what bands will be hitting the bargain bin sooner than later but B4MV is one of those bands, maybe not immediately, but it will happen.
The songwriting is beyond predictable and cookie cutter, the lyrics are cheesy, and basically you have a record that is for people who don't wish to be challenged or moved by the music they listen to. Everything is so formulaic here that it lacks any passion, heart, or real emotion. I think I heard Killswitch Engage, Atreyu and Trivium write this record over the course of the last few years.
These guys are coming in on the trail end of whats left of the world of metalcore and I've heard about 50 records that came before this written by other bands over the last 5 years and they all did it a 100x better. This is just milking the cash cow and it was absolutely a genius move on Sony's part to stick these guys on Trustkill in the US so they can have some "scene credit." Stop listening to this stuff and go pick up an At The Gates album and see where the majority of this beaten-to-death sound came from(sans the unbelievably annoying and whiny singing). You'll thank me for it later.
Not bad. September 24, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bullet for my Valentine basically take emo/hardcore elements, and serve them up with a healthy dose of thrash and melodic death metal, to create a sound that is definitely a cut above the rest. Sure, frontman Matt Tuck can get a little emo-ish at times, but he's also a good screamer, and the band is always quick with a blazing riff, a scorching solo, an Iron Maiden-ish melody, or a blistering double bass attack. I'd say this album is really more metal than anything, so if you've always wanted a bit more metal in this type of music, then you're likely to find plenty of enjoyment here. These guys are great musicians, who really know how to rock hard. Best song is "The End", a 7-minute epic that alternates between dark, haunting melodies, and powerful climactic riffs. The rest are in the 3-4 minute range, and a bit more straight-forward, but still full of interesting dynamics. It never gets boring for a second.
Overall, this album really took me by surprise. Not quite amazing, but when you consider how awful a lot of these kinds of bands are, these guys are really something special. Recommended to fans of Thrice and Alexisonfire, as well as fans of Shadows Fall and In Flames, or just to anyone who enjoys well-played heavy music with plentiful melody.
 Sounds like a very poppy metal group. March 15, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Bullet For My Valentine is just not good enough, despite all the hype surrounding this group winning awards from Kerrang magazine as the best new British metal group and them becoming more successful in the U.S. but they sound like any other generic and boring metalcore group like Trivium or Killswithch Engage. The good thing is that they are talented and have come up with some good riffs and metal infused with punk and thrash style of music the only problem is that the vocals which sounds awful and just ruins everything, Matthew Tuck the singer and lead guitarists should have singed with a normal voice instead of the typical metalcore screaming then this band would have been great and then I wouldn't have lost any respect for them. Anyway there are about two songs that I liked 4 words to choke upon and Tears don't fall which was average, the rest is just metalcore meets emo garbage especially in the song called Her voice resides which has some very corny and trite lyrics "my heart is bursting through my chest, and now I'm crying". The song called All the things I hate revolve around me has a nice acoustic and melodic intro its to bad that the rest of the song sucks. Anyway its not like this group is emo and they do try hard to come up with something different and interesting but most of the time it doesn't work cause emo is total sh** and should stick to its teenage fanbase (My Chemical Romance is a good example of a fu**ing terrible emo/screamo pop punk whatever band) it should never be mixed with metal, if you want a heavier metal group then forget it but if you want a typical metalcore group which is similar to the ones I mentioned above then you might like this, now I know that I'm going to recieve some hatemail and comments just because I expressed my negative opinion about emo but I don't care and Amazon would probably delete this because I used a few bad words.
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