Bullet For My Valentine: 'Bullet Wakes The Demon'

Getting bullied in school - it's every young student's worst nightmare, and the basis of "Waking the Demon," the next promo video and U.S. single from Bullet For My Valentine's sizzling sophomore album, "Scream Aim Fire" (Jive/Zomba). "Waking the Demon" is probably the hardest song on Bullet's album and has its roots in the band members' own experiences of getting beat up at school because they had long hair or because they were in a band.

According to Bullet For My Valentine's vocalist/lyricist Matt Tuck, "'Waking the Demon' is about finding someone's inner demon. Most of us in the band got pushed around in school so the song is about getting tormented, day in and day out for years, and then one day - 'snap!' - like that!"

The video for "Walking the Demon" was written and directed by Max Nichols (son of Academy Award-winning director Mike) and will breathe a visual life into Bullet's lyrics:

"There's just no limits to the boundaries you push
I've warned you but still you just f**k with my mind
There's no escape from this rage
That I feel
Nothing is real
Breathe for me, don't wake me from this slumber
Stay with me possession taking over."

-- waking The Demon

Bullet For My Valentine is currently co-headlining the North American Taste of Chaos tour which kicked off on February 29.

Taste of Chaos Tour Dates:

03/25 - USF Sundome, Tampa, FL
03/26 - Bayfront Park, Miami, FL
03/28 - New UCF Arena, Orlando, FL
03/29 - Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS
03/30 - The Woodlands/Verizon, Houston, TX
04/01 - Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX
04/03 - Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
04/04 - Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi, TX
04/05 - Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, TX
04/06 - County Coliseum, El Paso, TX
04/09 - Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix, AZ
04/10 - Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
04/12 - Event Center, San Jose, CA
04/13 - ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
04/15 - WaMu Center, Seattle, WA
04/17 - PNE, Vancouver, BC Canada
04/19 - Stampede Corral, Calgary, AB
04/21 - Brandt Center, Regina, SK
04/22 - Northlands AgriCom, Edmonton, AB

Comments

[Newbs28]

Sounds good...this song is a really good one and I was hoping for it to be released as a single

[guitarplayer-k6]

APRIL 21!!! WOO!

[Shabalaba]

Yeah the entire album isnt great but this song is really good

[GreenSaosiner]

I didn't know that they were on Jive.. I thought it was reserved for crappy pop bands...

[raidernixon]

bullet rocks

[Ichimaru]

I know they aren't strictly an emo band but that just sounds really emo.

[rolemodel47]

i saw them play this song live...

[andyscoot]

tuck told us (at manchester) that hearts burst into fire would be the next single

[marko'd]

andyscoot wrote:

tuck told us (at manchester) that hearts burst into fire would be the next single

and it was, it's already been made into a video

[marko'd]

andyscoot wrote:

tuck told us (at manchester) that hearts burst into fire would be the next single

and it was, it's already been made into a video

[the agony scene]

GreenSaosiner wrote:

I didn't know that they were on Jive.. I thought it was reserved for crappy pop bands...

yes

[kulotski]

why won't they go on a tour in asia sometime also. i'd surely buy tickets

[littlebigjames]

Awesome
i love Bullet
and this song
and i still havent seen the vid for hearts bust into fire

is it any good?

[ChemyVamp]

littlebigjames wrote:

Awesome
i love Bullet
and this song
and i still havent seen the vid for hearts bust into fire

is it any good?

well it's pretty much like Four Words (To Choke Upon)

[kakaixero]

those dates are wrong...

[AerialOverdrive]

saw them in Uniondale: pretty kick ass show
they played this song...um, yeah

sweet song

[Syn_66]

nice so whens this video coming out should be amazing!

[Noverion]

funny really, one of my least fabourite songs on the album, although i think as an album it is bloody fantastic, really great soloes on it, good melodies, cathy chorus's, just, great album

[Wachunga]

Hell yeah, April 5 - im there. Anyone know how much tickets cost???

[ace5ja]

I went to the show in Dayton, OH at the beginning of March. It was INCREDIBLE! Of course, I like all 3 bands that were headlining, so that probably made a huge difference. I think our tickets were $30 (general admission)

[cynkobei]

The tour dates are wrong, lol, they played little rock, AR on 3/30

[Sanitarium91]

Got beat up for being in a band... what kind of music did he play to get beaten up? Emo?

[Dallen_007]

I understand the meaning behind those lyrics and applaud the effort, but man those lyrics they quoted are downright terrible!

[HurricaneSG]

The video for "Walking the Demon" .. thats how its written in the article the 2nd time.

[Guitar-God-Elf]

Noverion wrote:

funny really, one of my least fabourite songs on the album, although i think as an album it is bloody fantastic, really great soloes on it, good melodies, cathy chorus's, just, great album

100% agree

[diditfortehlulz]

Sorry, but Pearl Jam already made this song. It's called "Jeremy"

[Vanhanen]

I Fucking Love Bullet!

[metalb0y]

The song is great as well as the album. The album is bullets best effort to date. So glad they going in a more thrash/heavy metal sound. Trivium are, machine head and now bullet. These bands will be legends in the years to come!

[garage rocker81]

AerialOverdrive wrote:

saw them in Uniondale: pretty kick ass show
they played this song...um, yeah

sweet song

by uniondale you mean the nassau colisseum im assuming... damn i wish i could have bought tickets for that show

[x0rsist]

liking the positive responses here. Looks like the redundants from the metal forum are keeping quiet.

Love this song, tops off a good solid album!

[Shread_6009]

dolorem :
This sounds so whiny that I'm surprised Fall Out Boy didn't do it first. These guys need to go cry in their cornflakes and get over the fact that they got picked on.

dude, i got bullied for 8 years of my life, that shit isn't right. your probably the kind of guy that does things like that to kids just because theyre not total tools of the system. and theyre not exactly whining about it, lots of violent crime happens wheen kids are pushed to far.

geez now you've pissed me off.

[fluffylump2]

let's play a game: how many lyrical cliches can we fit into one verse!?!?

[nms553]

it's okay, they are emo...they have to be depressed 24/7.
i do like their music though, i just ignore the lyrics

[rebofthetemple]

The song is great as well as the album. The album is bullets best effort to date. So glad they going in a more thrash/heavy metal sound. Trivium are, machine head and now bullet. These bands will be legends in the years to come!

last i checked neither Trivium or Bullet are thrash/heavy metal.

[lilscooter11]

It's a great song, but not the heavyiest, has the author not heard the soft bridge in the middle?

[lilscooter11]

GREENWARRI0R wrote:

I don't really see why anyone would pick on someone cause they were in a band or cause their hair was long. That's dumb. Maybe it was because they were super emo and played lame ass music when they were in that band, as they do now.

Well you don't understand British culture, we have chavs and townies, oh and don't forget pikeys! Yes it's weird!

[NightEmbers]

wow thats weird just as i read this article this song came on... on shuffle mode, that was cool.

dont really listen to these guys but Im gonna catch them next week on TOC

[D-Fraz35]

last i checked neither Trivium or Bullet are thrash/heavy metal.

last time i checked they sound pretty goddamn thrashy too me. i love this album, they have gotten more musically talented and they show it.

[Gu1T@r_H3r0]

Ugh, I hate this band. Their music is actually half decent, but the lyrics are atrocious at best and I hate the way they're purveyed as the 'Saviours of British Metal'.

Still, I do quite like this song.

[jetfuel495]

this is a good song, im glad they made it a single.

the poison ftw!

[Anti Vicarious]

fluffylump2 wrote:

let's play a game: how many lyrical cliches can we fit into one verse!?!?

I think Bullet takes home 1st prize on that one. haha

[episg400]

Sanitarium91 :
Got beat up for being in a band... what kind of music did he play to get beaten up? Emo?

they used to play metallica and nirvana covers you idiot !

[Rational_Gaze]

rebofthetemple wrote:

The song is great as well as the album. The album is bullets best effort to date. So glad they going in a more thrash/heavy metal sound. Trivium are, machine head and now bullet. These bands will be legends in the years to come!

last i checked neither Trivium or Bullet are thrash/heavy metal.

Thrash they may be. Original however, they are far from.

[Ibzman]

Ichimaru wrote:

I know they aren't strictly an emo band but that just sounds really emo.

+235345.

[diditfortehlulz]

D-Fraz35 wrote:

last i checked neither Trivium or Bullet are thrash/heavy metal.


last time i checked they sound pretty goddamn thrashy too me. i love this album, they have gotten more musically talented and they show it.

He's right. Both of those bands are metalcore. If you think they sound like thrash, you haven't heard thrash.

[xxMarilynfanxx]

Bullet never ceases to amaze me....they are up there in my favorite bands. I fxcking love them

checked

[GREENWARRI0R]

LOL! This is not Thrash, nor is Trivium

[kyleblackflag]

xxMarilynfanxx wrote:

I fxcking love them

can you ****ign hardcore kids spell anything without a ****ing x?
do you think it looks cool or make me scareed too **** with you?

[kyleblackflag]

GREENWARRI0R wrote:

LOL! This is not Thrash, nor is Trivium

ill second that

[regrets&romance]

Dallen_007 :
I understand the meaning behind those lyrics and applaud the effort, but man those lyrics they quoted are downright terrible!

haha yeah they are, what happened to thought out poetry and lyricism being one, but yeah being bullied is not cool, you can really screw up a kid.

oh and i met bullet, and they were complete fuc*ing *******s, and for that reason alone, i have not listened to their new album.

[Regression]

I read this like a week ago?

[mrf1shie]

Seeing them at leeds fest, will be quality

[deadlyMETAL]

There are some better songs on Scream Aim Fire than Waking The Demon to be singles. I never thought this one would be their second single lol. Either Eye of the Storm or Hearts Burst Into Fire.... Those felt like second-single candidates.

[Jawkster]

The bit when they go
"Breathe for me, don't wake me from this slumber
Stay with me possession taking over"
is bloody amazing, love that melodic stuff they do.
Great album too to be honest.

[Nick_porter333]

Someone point me in the direction of the dictionary definition of 'thrash', and, if it exists you can legitimately say they aren't...otherwise, please shut up on the argument of 'this is/isn't thrash' cause it's personal opinion and it got old years ago!

[Nick_porter333]

(And Hearts Burst Into Fire IS their second single...

This is their third...)

Personally, i think End of Days would have been a really good single

[last-1s-out]

They filmed the video in the Newport gig.

I was there, woop

but it'll proberly be a colaberation of their tour again.

[MeTal0_oHeAd]

Bullet is the Sh*t. I admit the songs may have that emo feel. But who g*ves a **** music is f*cken music . The riffs. Are kickAsS and the harmoniez are SWEeeeeEET.

I would say Bullet is the latest f*cken succesfull band . Compared to all the other crap that has comeout. REAL METAl is dying. Bullet is bringen it baq

[bfmv_rulez_nz]

regrets&romance :oh and i met bullet, and they were complete fuc*ing *****s, and for that reason alone, i have not listened to their new album.

I met them backstage in aussie and they were pretty cool too us. maybe its cause they kno they have more musical tallent then u!

[bfmv_rulez_nz]

MeTal0_oHeAd :
Bullet is the Sh*t. I admit the songs may have that emo feel. But who g*ves a **** music is f*cken music . The riffs. Are kickAsS and the harmoniez are SWEeeeeEET.

I would say Bullet is the latest f*cken succesfull band . Compared to all the other crap that has comeout. REAL METAl is dying. Bullet is bringen it baq

F*uckin ae. Metal is being replaced by this sh*tty hip-hop sh*t nd its f*ckin sickining. they need to bring owt more quality white people music

[dannyboy1992]

i never udnerstodd why lyrics have to be deep and meaingful and cant just be said straight out
why do people want complex metaphors and similies so they can "z0mGz i L0v35 t3h bannd"

[motorbreath_445]

for christ sake, are they EVER gonna come to toronto? and i think the next single should have been disappear or deliver us from evil, both are bitchin songs and would make excellent singles

[craZelz]

video for walking the demon
lol

[zantimas]

bfmv_rulez_nz wrote:

MeTal0_oHeAd :
Bullet is the Sh*t. I admit the songs may have that emo feel. But who g*ves a **** music is f*cken music . The riffs. Are kickAsS and the harmoniez are SWEeeeeEET.

I would say Bullet is the latest f*cken succesfull band . Compared to all the other crap that has comeout. REAL METAl is dying. Bullet is bringen it baq


F*uckin ae. Metal is being replaced by this sh*tty hip-hop sh*t nd its f*ckin sickining. they need to bring owt more quality white people music

LOL...

[thatkidcharlie]

xxMarilynfanxx wrote:

I fxcking love them

can you ****ign hardcore kids spell anything without a ****ing x?
do you think it looks cool or make me scareed too **** with you?
POSTED: 04/01/2008 - 12:20 am / quote |

no, we do it to piss people like you off.