Bullet For My Valentine Albums Ranked

Bullet For My Valentine was a landmark for metalcore. With records like "The Poison" and "Scream Aim Fire", they prooved themselves and their future. Since 2005, band is together. Went through some lineup changes but two founding members still holding up. And we clearly see that Bullet For My Valentine is just about Matt Tuck from now on.

Since I reviewed Gravity, it's time to Bullet For My Valentine studio albums to see where Gravity will take place. Okay, no need to wonder its place that much. I still feel the heartbreak from that album. So, it's obvious.

6-) Gravity (2018)

Told ya. What is this, guys? You promised us something complex and something more progressive. I really wanna believe that band talked about the record after this one. There are nothing about progressive on this one. Same steps over and over again. It's like Padge is on vacation and Matt took over two guitars. I'm not saying that Matt Tuck is a bad guitar player. No, he is definetly a good player. But it feels like Gravity has no lead guitar. And techno parts are not covering the lack of it. Gravity is not BFMV. It's far away from where they started. I hope it won't go this way.

Highlights: "Leap of Faith", "Over It", "Crawling"

5-) Temper Temper (2013)

That was the St. Anger issue of BFMV, before Gravity came up. I never beat this album to the ground. I found some killer songs in it. But not enough, not really. This is the total departure from bands metalcore roots. Fever was the signal, this was the deal. Although, Fever is a good album. This is a mediocore.

Matt Tuck's haircut took away so many things. Bands creativity discreased and songs are started to sounds like each other. Guitar riffs are not that strong, that was the most unpleasant point. Temper Temper is an album that out of control. But, still way more upper level than Gravity.

Highlights:  "Breaking Point", "Temper Temper", "Tears Don't Fall Pt.2"

4-) Venom (2015)

Venom was a fuck-up cleaner. After tons of bad review that Temper Temper get, band decided to turn back to their roots. Lyrically, Venom was weak. First track "No Way Out" is the best song on this album, with worst lyrics... Heavy and clean vocal transitions were back on track and heavy riffs and heavier guitar tones took their places too. Missing spot is the originality. All tracks on this album feels the same. Heavy riff opener, clean/heavy vocal verse, probably clean and melodic chorus, breakdown and chorus again. It was what people want, but not the exact thing. Anyway, Venom was a little step forward from Temper Temper. Heavy record that you can totally bang your heads to. 

Highlights: "No Way Out", "Broken", "Skin"

3-) Scream Aim Fire (2008)

From now on, we'll talk about some good records. Scream Aim Fire is a straight heavy metal record with strong metalcore influences.  Young band members was still discovering their energy and capabilites. With this album, we see improved vocal lines from Matt Tuck. Some parts you can hear James Hetfield effect on his voice. They were still improving and there was lots to discover. There are still high school boy influences on their songs. My first BFMV song was "Waking the Demon". When I first watched the official video, I found classic high school theme way too boring. But the riff was good, vocals were simple and nice. So, what the hell! Started to dig into them. 

With Scream Aim Fire, BFMV introduced themselves to the mainstream. Easily consumable songs and simplicity was working.

Highlights: "Scream Aim Fire", "Hearts Burst Into Fire", "Waking the Demon"

2-) Fever (2010)

Scream Aim Fire was a huge release for the band. BFMV was the band that youth wanted all along: Easily understandable and little bit rebellious. That's why simple and sometimes pointless lyrics was working. After their second album, band decided to change their style a little bit. With Fever, we see more heavy metal and even hard rock elements. Maybe we can consider this one as a melodic metalcore. If you look up different rankings, you may see Fever down below. Especially lower than Scream Aim Fire. Fever has a special place in my heart. Melodically it was way more effective than Scream Aim Fire. 

Highlights: "Your Betrayal", "Fever", "The Last Fight", "Alone"

1-) The Poison (2005)

For me, The Poison is one of the finest metalcore records and of course best among all BFMV records. Yes, I love the band but I have to admit that they are a little mediocre. However, The Poison doesn't feel like mediocre at all. From beginning to end, it full of catchy melodies and heavy guitar riffs. That's what I missed about BFMV. Latest albums doesn't have any complex and catchy riffs. Opening riff of "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow" is a total beast! Had to admit, I think BFMV used all of their resources and we got the best stuff with The Poison. 

With this record, BFMV had an unforgettable concert in Brixton Academy. With just one album, they played a sold out show at Brixton. Unfortunately, that was BFMV's finest moment and the road was all the way down after that. 

Highlights: "4 Words (To Choke Upon)", "Tears Don't Fall", "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow", "The Poison"