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Bullet For My Valentine
22/12/2006
THE last year was one in which rock music (that's proper,
hardrock music) took on all manner of strange and exotic
permutations.
Heavy rock was suddenly being called Emo, but isn't Emo just goth?
And what's the difference between new goth music and old goth
music? Even the mainstream press were getting a slice of the
action, the likes of the Daily Mail giddily devoting coverage to
articles like ``How to spot an Emo'' and ``Is your child a
depressed Emo?''
When it comes to serious rock music in 2006, nothing is very
straightforward.
Which is why you have to applaud what Bullet For My Valentine are
attempting. Hailing from Bridgend, South Wales, the rock quartet
have always made clear their intentions to ``write rock songs in
the way they used to be written''.
Citing their influences as Iron Maiden and Metallica, there's no
sense of posturing or smug irony to what Bullet For My Valentine do
(à la The Darkness), just an adoration of old-school metal and a
firm desire to make your ears bleed. Hence why their debut album
The Poison (that title alone bleeds old-school rock) was such a
blast of adrenalised, fresh rock air. Unlike many of their Emo
counterparts,the band substitute any ``woe is me'' angst for killer
hooks, colossal choruses and un-ironic guitar fireworks.
The band's headline slot on next month's Visible Noise tour at the
Apollo should underline the fact that Bullet For My Valentine are
here to stay long after 2006's great big rock/Emo/goth
sensationalism has died down.
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