If you are into UK metal, you'll know that Bullet For My Valentine have recently released their fourth album Temper, Temper. As a longstanding Bullet fan I gave the first two singles from it a listen and they were dire; I was hoping that they had some good stuff saved for the rest of the album - no such luck. Compared to any of their previous work or even their contemporaries like Funeral For a Friend, their fourth attempt is dire.
So why have I prefaced this post with my short but damning review of Bullet's latest album?
Because only a few months earlier, Bullet frontman Matt Tuck released the debut album of his side-project AxeWound, and it was excellent.
The album, Vultures, sees Matt Tuck alongside vocalist Liam Cormier of hardcore band Cancer Bats, as well as members of Pitchshifter, Rise To Remain and Glamour of the Kill.
The brutality on this album reminds me of Bullet's Hand Of Blood EP as well as their debut album The Poison.
It seems that this sort of music is still well within Matt Tuck, but clearly he needs his main band to release commercially acceptable tripe to be able to fill stadiums come headlining tour time.
This song is simple, but so catchy and heavy at the same time. Some punchy guitar riffs back up Tuck and Cormier's growls and screams during the verses and we got some more melodic vocals during the choruses.
But the highlight of this song has to be the breakdown at the end - it is earth shattering.
I hope for the integrity of Bullet For My Valentine that they begin to make music like this song again.
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