“…it’s this one chick, man.” Matt Tuck spoke to Hammer about Bullet For My Valentine’s forthcoming album, for which the band are currently writing.

Tuck said that there are about four or five songs that are all but finished: “Usually we write and record 14 tracks that I then have to write vocal lines for, but this time I’m trying to write the vocals as I write the music.”

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As for lyrical themes, he talks about one song in particular: “There’s one song that’s about not being able to have what you want. Being in the band it doesn’t happen much.” He continues candidly. “when it comes to girls you can have the pick of the bunch, but you always want what you can’t have, y’know… but it’s this one chick man… so it’s a song about obsession.”

Bullet For My Valentine recently re-released ‘Scream Aim Fire’ with four bonus tracks that were recorded and ‘canned’ before the band decided to write more songs. In this week’s Metal Hammer podcast, Matt discusses why they were put aside, and how they are in fact some of the best songs they wrote at the time: “It’s a shame they’ll never shine like some other tracks, because they’re just bonus tracks. It doesn’t take a genius to spot the difference between my voice on the ‘Poison’ and ‘Scream…’, something was up. So I re-recorded the songs after my voice got better.” Adding: “I know I could have sung that album much better.”

Sonisphere will be headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park and will take place on August 1st – 2nd at Knebworth. Also on the bill will be Nine Inch Nails, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Lamb Of God, Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax, Airbourne, Thin Lizzy, Killing Joke and The Sword.

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