Bullet For My Valentine Posts Photos in Studio with a Seven-String Guitar
Big news for fans of Welsh metalcore giants Bullet for My Valentine as the band is apparently in the studio working on their eighth record, the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled album. The band posted pictures of themselves in the studio on Instagram with the simple caption:
“Here we go again. #bfmv #bulletformyvalentine #Vlll”
While fans were excited to hear that the band was working on yet another album, there was more excitement about a particular instrument in the photos, as the photos show what seems to be vocalist and guitarist Matt Tuck (although it’s hard to recognize him with short hair) holding what is very clearly a seven-string guitar.
While veteran guitarist Steve Vai is credited for the popularization of the seven-string guitar, with the first mass-produced seven-string having been Vai’s signature model the Ibanez UV7, it became the basis for much of the nu-metal sound in the 2000s thanks to Korn guitarists James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch.
That nu-metal sound isn’t something that Bullet for My Valentine has ever been associated with, so the appearance of a seven-string guitar in their studio photos suggests that the new record might see the band taking on a new sound.
Meanwhile, 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of BFMV’s debut album The Poison, and they’re heading out on the road in both Europe and North America next year with Trivium to celebrate 20 years of both The Poison and Trivium’s album Ascendancy. Check out both bands on the following dates:
Trivium & Bullet For My Valentine
1/26 Cardiff, UK Utilita Arena
1/27 Cardiff, UK Utilita Arena
1/28 Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
1/30 Manchester, UK Co-op Live
1/31 Birmingham, UK Utilita Arena
2/1 London, UK The O2
2/2 Düsseldorf, Germany Mitsubishi Electric Hall
2/4 Stuttgart, Germany Scheleyer-Halle
2/5 Zurich, Switzerland The Hall
2/7 Paris, France Le Zenith
2/9 Antwerp, Netherlands Lotto Arena
2/10 Hannover, Germany Swiss Life Hall
2/11 Amsterdam, Netherlands AFAS Live
2/13 Hamburg, Germany Sporthalle
2/14 Berlin, Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle
2/15 Frankfurt, Germany Jahrhunderthalle
2/17 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
2/18 Munich, Germany Zenith
2/19 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
2/21 Gliwice, Poland Arena
2/22 Prague, Czech Republic Forum Karlin
2/23 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Rockhal
2/26 Lisbon, Portugal Campo Pequeno
2/27 Madrid, Spain Vistalegre
Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, August Burns Red & Sylosis
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
Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, August Burns Red & Bleed From Within
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
