MATT TUCK Says BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Will Return To Studio: 'We Can't Wait To Drop New Music'

Summary

• Bullet For My Valentine will enter the studio in August to work on their eighth album.
• The 20th anniversary tour for The Poison wraps up, with no plans for more nostalgia runs.
• Tour fallout with Trivium after Matt Tuck pulled out, citing focus on new material.

While stomping around Donington Park for the Download Festival in the UK, Matt Tuck finally offered something resembling an update on Bullet For My Valentine’s elusive eighth studio album. The band has spent most of 2025 milking the nostalgia circuit, dragging the 20th anniversary of The Poison across stages throughout Europe and North America. Studio time? Not exactly a priority so far.

Speaking with James Wilson-Taylor of Rock Sound, Matt explained the delay with the usual touring excuse. “We just haven’t had a real chance to focus on it because we’ve been constantly playing,” he admitted. “It’s been full-on, but in a good way.”

The clock, however, is ticking. Once this Poison anniversary tour wraps up, it wraps up for good (Get Bullet for My Valentine Tickets Here). No 25th anniversary. No 30th. As Matt bluntly put it, “We’re not gonna milk 25, 30, none of that shit.” A rare moment of honesty in an industry allergic to finality.

While pretending to enjoy endless hotel rooms and soundchecks, Matt has been sneaking in listens to the early demos. “When I hear it, it still gives me the vibes,” he said. August is when they plan to get serious. According to him, “Beginning of August, we’re gonna hit the studio for real and stay until it’s done.”

The Poison, which originally dropped in 2005, wasn’t exactly a sleeper hit. The record launched Bullet For My Valentine from opening for Funeral For A Friend into headlining those same venues by year’s end. It climbed to number 21 on the UK album charts, snagged the number 7 slot on Kerrang!’s year-end list, and eventually went gold.

Earlier this year, Bullet hit the road with Trivium, cashing in on the dual 20th anniversaries of The Poison and Ascendancy. The joint run was marketed as the “The Poisoned Ascendancy” tour, but its global ambitions quietly imploded.

Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto didn’t exactly sugarcoat why. During a livestream, he claimed Matt abruptly bailed, saying he “didn’t wanna do it.” Paolo also threw in a jab, accusing Matt of being Bullet’s sole decision maker and suggesting he has “no respect for us or our crew.” Nothing like public passive-aggression to keep the metal soap opera alive.

In the aftermath, Bullet For My Valentine issued one of those carefully sanitized social media statements. “We’re incredibly grateful to have been given the chance to look back at a pair of life-changing albums for us & Trivium, who we have nothing but respect and admiration for,” they wrote.

That olive branch was followed by a polite shove toward the exit: “The four of us collectively feel that the time is right for us to divert our full attention towards the next chapter of Bullet For My Valentine.” Meaning? Enough nostalgia, it’s time for new product.

They also dangled a predictable carrot for the fans: “We can’t wait to get back in the studio later this summer and finish what we promise you is our best album to date.” Naturally, they’re already mapping out tours for 2026 and 2027, with plans to hit “every corner” of the globe. Because apparently there’s still one guy in Bulgaria who hasn’t heard Tears Don’t Fall live yet.

And let’s not forget the last thing they actually put out. In August 2022, Bullet For My Valentine released the deluxe version of their self-titled album through Spinefarm and Search & Destroy.

The expanded edition came with four fresh tracks and finally gave the rest of the world access to “Stitches”, previously locked behind a Japanese paywall. A vinyl release followed that November, for those who still pretend wax sounds better.

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