Trivium + Bullet For My Valentine Announce Co-Headlining 2025 North America Tour

Performing Their 20th Anniversary Iconic Albums In Their Entirety — Ascendancy by Trivium + The Poison by BFMV

Featuring Special Guests August Burns Red Across All Dates, Sylosis and Bleed From Within on Select Dates

Tickets Available Starting Tuesday September 17 with Artist Presales

General Onsale Begins Friday, September 20 at 10AM Local Time on LiveNation.com 

Today, heavy metal pioneers Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium announced their 2025 co-headlining "The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour," featuring special guests August Burns Red across all dates, Sylosis, and Bleed From Within on select dates — see routing below.

The tour is in celebration of both bands prolific albums — Bullet for My Valentine's The Poison and Trivium's Ascendancy, which turn 20 years old in 2025. Each will be performed in their entirety on this tour. 

"We are super excited to announce we are coming back to the USA in 2025 with our friends Trivium, to bring you the 'Poisoned Ascendancy Tour,'" says Bullet For My Valentine. "We're going to be celebrating 20 years of our debut album The Poison and Trivium's Ascendancy. It's the metal tour of 2025, so don't miss out."

Limited VIP packages are available from both artists including a meet + greet. For more info on VIP packages please visit here.

THE POISONED ASCENDANCY 2025 TOUR DATES: 
3/30 — Vancouver, BC — PNE Forum#&
4/1 — Seattle, WA — Paramount Theatre#& 
4/3 — San Francisco, CA — The Masonic#& 
4/4 - Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento — Hard Rock Live#&
4/5 — Reno, NV — Grand Sierra Resort*#&
4/8 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium#& 
4/10 — Las Vegas, NV — Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort#&
4/11 — Inglewood, CA — YouTube Theatre# 
4/12 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre#& 
4/15 — Dallas, TX - Gilley’s — South Side Ballroom#&
4/16 — San Antonio, TX — Boeing Center at Tech Port#&
4/17 — Houston, TX —  Bayou Music Center#&
4/19 — St. Louis, MO — The Factory#^ 
4/20 — Omaha, NE — Steelhouse Omaha#^ 
4/22 — Ashwaubenon, WI — EPIC Event Center*#^
4/23 — Grand Rapids, MI — GLC Live at 20 Monroe#^ 
4/25 — Prior Lake, MN — Mystic Lake Casino Hotel- Showroom*#
4/26 — Chicago, IL — Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom#^ 
4/27 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit#^ 
4/29 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE*#^
4/30 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore Philadelphia#^ 
5/2 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway#^ 
5/3 — Laval, QC — Place Bell#^
5/4 — Toronto, ON — Great Canadian Resort Theatre#^
5/6 — Washington, D.C. — The Anthem#^ 
5/7 — New York, NY — The Rooftop at Pier 17#^ 
5/9 — Bethlehem, PA — Wind Creek Bethlehem — Wind Creek Event Center#^
5/11 — Nashville, TN — The Pinnacle*#^
5/13 — Corbin, KY — Corbin Arena*#^
5/14 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre#^ 
5/17 — Charlotte, NC — Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre#^ 
5/18 — Raleigh, NC — Red Hat Amphitheater#^ 

*Not A Live Nation Date
# August Burns Red
& Sylosis
^ Bleed From Within

ABOUT TRIVIUM:
Trivium's critically acclaimed tenth album In The Court Of The Dragon arrived in 2021. The band and album were praised by and featured in mainstream outlets like The New York Times, NPR, Forbes, Billboard, TechCrunch, and Kotaku, as well as Guitar World, Revolver, Alternative Press, and more. They released the now-canonical album Ascendancy in 2005. It was recognized as KERRANG!'s "Album of the Year," achieved a gold certification in the UK, and eclipsed sales of 500,000 worldwide. Metal Hammer placed it in the Top 15 of "The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the 21st Century." It ignited a string of six consecutive Top 25 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 and five straight Top 3 debuts on the Top Hard Rock Albums Chart, culminating on 2017's benchmark The Sin And The Sentence. That album elevated the group's total stream tally past a quarter-of-a-billion. Additionally, "Betrayer" received a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of "Best Metal Performance." Unanimous acclaim followed from Decibel, Loudwire, Ultimate Guitar, MetalSucks, and Metal Hammer, who dubbed them, "quite simply one of the best bands in modern metal." 2020 brought What The Dead Men Say. The album was produced by Trivium and Josh Wilbur and debuted at #35 on the Billboard Top 200; at #2 on the Top Current Albums Chart, and at  #3 on both the Hard Rock Albums Chart and Top Rock Albums Chart. They have performed alongside Metallica, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and many others and graced the main stages of Download, Bloodstock, KNOTFEST, and beyond.

ABOUT BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE:
Bullet For My Valentine has been a mainstay, not just in the metal community, but within British music as a whole since their inception. From experiencing early success with Fever and Scream Aim Fire to continuing to encapsulate audiences with Gravity & 2021's self-titled album, the band has consistently gone from strength to strength, amassing over 3.5 million album sales to  date whilst playing sold-out shows across the globe. It’s the band’s first album, however; 2005's The Poison, that propelled them to unimaginable heights. That year saw the Welsh metallers graduate from supporting Funeral For A Friend on their UK run in the summer, to  ending the year headlining the very same venues just months later. Dropping in October 2005,  The Poison hit number 21 in the UK album charts, becoming a late contender in end of year  polls, placing at number seven on KERRANG!'s "Albums Of The Year" list, and since achieving  gold status. Therefore in 2025, Bullet will be celebrating 20 years of The Poison by partnering with fellow heavy metal contemporaries Trivium and bringing The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour to life, where both acts will perform their iconic debut albums, playing them in full for the last time to audiences worldwide.

Bullet For My Valentine Announce U.S. Headline Tour

After hitting the Spring 2023 festival circuit and a spate of headline dates in the U.S., UK juggernauts Bullet For My Valentine will return to North America for a proper and long-awaited headline tour this fall.

The tour kicks off on October 8 in Montreal and runs through November 10 in Orlando. Of Mice & Men and Vended will serve as support. Tickets
go on sale on Friday, July 28 at 10am local time. Get tickets
here

It's the band's first full North American headline run since before the COVID-19 pandemic and is a welcome return to venues!

"After five long years, we're finally heading back to the USA and Canada for a proper headline tour," states frontman Matt Tuck. "We cannot wait to play and see you all again — it's been far too long."

BMFV's self-titled album — their seventh — is out now via Spinefarm

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ON TOUR:
WITH OF MICE & MEN + VENDED:

10/8 — Montreal, QC — Mtelus
10/10 — Worcester, MA — The Palladium 
10/12 — New York, NY — Terminal 5
10/13 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore Silver Spring
10/15 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall
10/17 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
10/18 — Cleveland, OH — The Agora
10/19 — Cincinnati, OH — The Andrew J. Brady Music Center
10/21 — Kansas City, MO — Uptown Theater
10/22 — Chicago, IL — Riviera Theatre
10/24 — Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore Minneapolis
10/26 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballrom
10/28 — Flagstaff, AZ — Pepsi Amphitheater
10/29 — San Diego, CA — SOMA Mainstage
10/31 — Los Angles, CA — The Wiltern
11/1 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren
11/2 — Albuquerque, NM — Revel Entertainment Center
11/4 — San Antonio, TX — Boeing Center At Tech Port
11/5 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues Dallas
11/7 — Houston, TX — House of Blues Houston
11/8 — New Orleans, LA — The Fillmore New Orleans
11/10 — Orlando, FL — Hard Rock Live Orlando

Bullet For My Valentine Announce U.S. Dates + Festival Appearances

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ANNOUNCE U.S TOUR DATES

BAND TO APPEAR AT KEY SPRING FESTIVALS, INCLUDING SONIC TEMPLE + WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE

SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT NOW

Bullet For My Valentine
 will return to U.S. stages for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a welcome return to American venues! 

The band will also make appearances at key spring festivals, including Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville. From Ashes to New will appear on select dates.

"We're excited to announce that we will finally be making our way back over the the USA this May for some festival and headline show performances," the band exclaims. "It has been far too long but we're stoked to be coming back. See you in the pit!"

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ON TOUR:
WITH FROM ASHES TO NEW:

5/18 — Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome to Rockville*
5/19 — Charlotte, NC — The Fillmore Charlotte**
5/21 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz
5/22 — Baltimore, MD — Rams Head Live
5/24 — Milwaukee, WI — Eagles Ballroom**
5/25 — Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple Festival*
5/28 — Detroit, MI — The Fillmore Detroit
*Festival Date
**No From Ashes to New

BMFV's self-titled album — their seventh — is out now.

Bullet For My Valentine Release "No More Tears to Cry"

DELUXE EDITION OF SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT AUGUST 5

Bullet For My Valentine will release the deluxe version of their current, self-titled album on August 5 via Spinefarm/Search and Destroy. Pre-order the deluxe here. The band's self-titled album — their seventh — finds them at their most visceral.

Today, they have released the new single "No More Tears to Cry." Listen here

 

"We're super happy to announce our new single 'No More Tears to Cry' is out," the band says. "The song is a dark but colorful story about dealing with mental health struggles. Musically, the track is very different from the other tracks on the album and has a lot of surprises on there, including slide guitar..."

The extended release features four brand new tracks, plus "Stitches," a song previously only available as a Japanese exclusive. Watch the video here.

The vinyl arrives on November 11, featuring five additional tracks.

Bullet For My Valentine Release "Stitches" Video — WATCH

Bullet For My Valentine will release a deluxe version of their current, self-titled album on August 5 via Spinefarm/Search and Destroy. This extended release features four brand new tracks, plus "Stitches," a song previously only available as a Japanese exclusive. Watch the video below.

The vinyl arrives on November 11, featuring five additional tracks.

The band's self-titled album — their seventh — finds them at their most visceral. Pre-order the deluxe here.

Bullet For My Valentine Ready Deluxe Edition of New Album + Share "Omen" // Stone Broken Drop

Bullet For My Valentine will release a deluxe version of their current, self-titled album on July 8, 2022 via Spinefarm/Search and Destroy. This extended release features four brand new tracks, plus "Stitches", a song previously only available as a Japanese exclusive. Get it here and pre-save it here.

The video first single, "Omen", has been released today. Check it out below.

Bullet For My Valentine Release "Rainbow Veins" Video

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE RELEASE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE "RAINBOW VEINS"

SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE OUT NOVEMBER 5

PRE-ORDER HERE

Bullet For My Valentine have released the official video for current single "Rainbow Veins."

Arguably their most stunning yet, this new music video completes a collection of visceral and instinctive clips honed by creative director, Fiona Garden. Garden and singer/guitarist Matt Tuck have worked closely and intensely across all accompanying imagery around Bullet For My Valentine's upcoming seventh studio album, marking a distinct visual era for the band.

Watch the official video for "Rainbow Veins"

"Rainbow Veins" is taken from their forthcoming self-titled album Bullet For My Valentine, which is due out November 5 via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy.

"'Rainbow Veins' is out now and we couldn't be happier for you guys to finally hear it," the band says." It is one of our favorite tracks from the upcoming album and we're sure it’ll be one of yours too. Turn it up!"

Tuck began writing the album in September 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic brought things screeching to a halt in early 2020. But in June 2020, Tuck and long-time producer, Carl Brown, who co-produced the band's 2015 album, Venom, and produced and mixed Gravity, picked up the pace again. Together, they hunkered down at Treehouse Studio in Chesterfield, where the remainder of the album was written.

Pre-orders are now live here, with an instant download of singles, "Knives," "Parasite," and "Shatter." Special bundle options are available, including a unique clipping from the backdrop used on the bands "Venom" world tour from 2015-2017, t-shirts, hoodies, gold and silver cassettes, and limited vinyl.

Bullet For My Valentine recently made history by headlining the Download Festival Pilot event at Donington Park just last month. Kerrang! summed their performance up perfectly, saying, "Sharp, slick, and with every shredding solo sounding immense, they nail a full-stop onto the weekend with confidence and power."

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ARE:

Matt Tuck — Vocals + Rhythm Guitar

Michael "Padge" Paget — Lead Guitar

Jamie Mathias — Bass

Jason Bowld — Drums

ABOUT BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

Since their formation in 1998, Bullet For My Valentine have become one of the biggest bands in metal, surpassing 1 BILLION streams in the US alone, selling over 3 million albums worldwide and scoring three gold albums, as well as defining British metalcore with their now classic debut, The Poison. BFMV have been crowned Best British Band at the Kerrang! Awards three years in a row — where they've also been awarded for Best Single, Best Live Band and Best British Newcomer. It's not just the press and fans that have afforded them such faith — even the heroes that inspired them in the first place, bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica, have personally selected BFMV to hit the road and share the stage with them.

Bullet For My Valentine Release" Shatter" Video

SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE OUT OCTOBER 22 2021 VIA SPINEFARM/SEARCH & DESTROY

PRE-ORDER HERE

Bullet For My Valentine have released "Shatter," the third single from their forthcoming self-titled album Bullet For My Valentine, and it's another absolute rager.

Watch the video for "Shatter" below

"We're very excited for you all to hear our new track 'Shatter,'" the band says. "It's one of our personal favorites and we're pretty sure it'll be one of yours. It's an absolute sledgehammer of a track with riffs for days. Let the head banging commence!"

The visualiser for "Shatter" is a visceral and instinctive moment in the new Bullet visual era. For this project, frontman Matt Tuck collaborated with creative director Fiona Garden and her husband, artist Ben Ashton.

Using tactile optical elements, smashing endless panes of glass, and getting covered in oily black paint, Tuck worked hands-on with Garden and Ashton to create a physical mood that was both "cavernous and claustrophobic."

Fiona Garden adds, "These hypnotic abstract visuals were then fed into the fearsome and instinctive creative machine behind 'Knives' and 'Parasite': editor Sara Faulkner and VFX artist Gabriel Thomas Ayache. The clip features, as always, the design edge of Carl Addy (ulcerboy.)"

Bullet For My Valentine will be released October 22 via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy.

"I think it's the most ferocious side of Bullet For My Valentine that I've ever known," says lead guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget. "It's time for us to put out a really angry, heavy, aggressive record. I just can't wait to grimace on stage!"

Tuck began writing the album in September 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic brought things screeching to a halt in early 2020. But in June 2020, Tuck and longtime producer, Carl Bown, who co-produced the band's 2015 album, Venom, and produced and mixed Gravity, picked up the pace again. Together, they hunkered down at Treehouse Studio in Chesterfield, where the remainder of the album was written.

Pre-orders for Bullet For My Valentine's seventh studio album are now live, which include an instant download of singles "Knives," "Parasite," and "Shatter," are available here.

Special bundle options are available, including a unique clipping from the backdrop used on the bands Venom world tour from 2015-2017, t-shirts, hoodies, gold and silver cassettes, and limited vinyl.

Bullet For My Valentine recently made history by headlining the Download Festival Pilot event at Donington Park just last month. Kerrang! summed their performance up perfectly, saying, "Sharp, slick, and with every shredding solo sounding immense, they nail a full-stop onto the weekend with confidence and power."

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ARE:

Matt Tuck — Vocals + Rhythm Guitar

Michael "Padge" Paget — Lead Guitar

Jamie Mathias — Bass

Jason Bowld — Drums

ABOUT BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

Since their formation in 1998, Bullet For My Valentine have become one of the biggest bands in metal, surpassing 1 BILLION streams in the US alone, selling over 3 million albums worldwide and scoring three gold albums, as well as defining British metalcore with their now classic debut, The Poison. BFMV have been crowned Best British Band at the Kerrang! Awards three years in a row — where they've also been awarded for Best Single, Best Live Band and Best British Newcomer. It's not just the press and fans that have afforded them such faith — even the heroes that inspired them in the first place, bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica, have personally selected BFMV to hit the road and share the stage with them.

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Bullet for My Valentine Release "Parasite" Video + It's Another Banger — WATCH + LISTEN

SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE OUT OCTOBER 22 VIA SPINEFARM/ SEARCH & DESTROY

PRE-ORDER HERE

Bullet For My Valentine have released "Parasite," the second single from their recently announced self-titled album Bullet For My Valentine.

Watch the video for "Parasite"

"For 'Parasite,' we just wanted to let the song rip," says director Fiona Garden. "The intensity and fury of the track tears along, pure performance and vitality. Along the way, in a world defined by blinding light and the phenomenal graphic work of artist Carl Addy, we see this new infinite incarnation of the avatar aM cuts being ritualistically infected and drawn further into limitless oblivion. No locusts were harmed in the making of this video."

The Guardian called the first single, "Knives," a "sonic onslaught," adding that it displayed "gymnastic guitar riffs, snarling vocals, and more drum hits in four minutes than across most albums." Rock Sound concurred, calling it "a vicious and violent slab of ferocious modern metal," while Metal Hammer commented, "BFMV are back in the form of their lives." Revolver deemed it a "razor-edged ripper" while Loudwire stated that the band has "more than delivered in regards to brutality and technicality."

But where "Knives" arrived like a punch in the face, "Parasite" is here to disembowel.

The band comments, "'Parasite' is an absolute RAGER from start to finish!!! Easily one of the gnarliest tracks we've ever written — we couldn't be more stoked to finally get it out there."

Bullet For My Valentine will be released on October 22 via Spinefarm /Search & Destroy.

"I think it's the most ferocious side of Bullet For My Valentine that I've ever known," says lead guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget. "It's time for us to put out a really angry, heavy, aggressive record. I just can't wait to grimace on stage!"

Frontman and guitarist Matt Tuck began writing the album in September 2019 before the Coronavirus pandemic brought things screeching to a halt in early 2020. But in June 2020, Tuck and long-time producer, Carl Bown, who co-produced the band's 2015 album, Venom, and produced and mixed Gravity, picked up the pace again. Together, they hunkered down at Treehouse Studio in Chesterfield, where the remainder of the album was written.

Bullet For My Valentine follows the success of their last album, 2018's Gravity, which saw the metal juggernauts' catalogue surpass 1 BILLION (yes, with a B!) streams in the U.S. That accomplishment solidifies Bullet's hard-earned status as one of the most elite bands in the hard rock scene.

Pre-orders for Bullet For My Valentine's seventh studio album are now live, with an instant download of both "Knives" and "Parasite," and special bundle options, including a unique clipping from the backdrop used on the bands ‘Venom' world tour from 2015 – 2017, t-shirts, hoodies, gold & silver cassettes, and limited vinyl. Get it here.

In addition to all the existing hits, fans will get the chance to hear new music live for the first time this Sunday when the band make history by headlining the Download Festival Pilot at Donington Park on June 18-20.

BFMV have launched an official fan club, dubbed "Army of Noise," via Patreon. Sign up here.

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ARE:

Matt Tuck — Vocals + Rhythm Guitar

Michael "Padge" Paget — Lead Guitar

Jamie Mathias — Bass

Jason Bowld — Drums

ABOUT BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE

Since their formation in 1998, Bullet For My Valentine have become one of the biggest bands in metal, surpassing 1 BILLION streams in the US alone, selling over 3 million albums worldwide and scoring three gold albums, as well as defining British metalcore with their now classic debut, The Poison. BFMV have been crowned Best British Band at the Kerrang! Awards three years in a row — where they've also been awarded for Best Single, Best Live Band and Best British Newcomer. It's not just the press and fans that have afforded them such faith — even the heroes that inspired them in the first place, bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica, have personally selected BFMV to hit the road and share the stage with them.