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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 01/29/2008
Bullet for My Valentine hits the ground running and maintains a blistering pace throughout most of
Scream Aim Fire, not even slowing down for
"Hearts Burst Into Fire," the first of two love songs featured on the album. It's definitely harder and more aggressive than the band's debut album,
The Poison, which had a sound evenly divided between emo and metal. For
Scream Aim Fire,
Bullet for My Valentine leans more toward the latter and sounds increasingly self-assured and solid for it. That's not to say that the group has switched genres or completely changed their approach --
Scream Aim Fire isn't an album from a band in transition, but a band in the process of evolving. Having found a formula that works,
Bullet for My Valentine expands it and incorporates different influences. (The guitar solos in
"Waking the Demon" are comparable to those on
Avenged Sevenfold's
City of Evil, while
Matt Tuck's vocals on
"Deliver Us from Evil" bear enough resemblance to
Gerard Way that they induce a double take.) But thanks to
Scream Aim Fire's pacing, it can be difficult to appreciate the band's growth. The songs breeze by at the beginning, slow down for two or three tracks in the middle, then pick up abruptly toward the end. A more even distribution between fast and slow songs would have done the album a world of good. Fortunately,
Bullet for My Valentine ends the album effort with
"Forever and Always," an arena-ready power ballad whose unwavering midtempo beat is steadying after the frenetic songs that precede it. Its concert-closer feel isn't coincidence -- not only does the song bring
Scream Aim Fire to a satisfying conclusion; it also begs for an encore.
~Katherine Fulton, All Music Guide
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Jimmy Lafaman
from Hopewell, NJ
Better than rest --Puts mainstream to shame
Too many new artists these days settle for the cookie-cutter style that ensures album sales, but how can they sleep at night doing the same thing over and over? These K-Rock bands take 3 years to make a simple record whereas Bullet blows them all out of the water while writing an album while touring. This CD "Scream Aim Fire" is aggressive, but melodic, iconic but shows the evolution of a band on the rise...besides the exception of Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine are on their way to stealing the thrown to become the kings of rock, metal, any genre by incorporatng Metallica, Maiden, Sabbath, Pantera in their prime to set the bar higher than it's ever been before to be #1...I can't wait to see how they follow up with this iconic record. They are only in their early 20's. Metal has a new standard and they are responsible for it
pat
from Youngstown, Ohio
This album is a masterpiece, and totally not emo!
I am forced to defend my favorite band again and again. NO, they are Not___ EMO! Every musician shows emotion!, they most definetly a metal/thrash band. I dont think the person who writes the overviews knows anything about real metal such as this band, KSE, or even Metallica who toured with them! But overall they have reinvented the tension for a balls to the walls expirience.
AJ
from Kutztown, Pa
This album's lyrics and guitar solo's are comparable to no other
This group once again never stops amazing me. The lyrics of every song just burry themselves within you, BFMV is by far the BEST hands down band out on the market today.... They should make a game for guitar hero!
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