lapdog terror

Bullet For My Valentine bassist Jay James take you on a tour of the studio while the last drum tracks are recorded for the new album. Produced by Don Gilmore, BFMV’s third record is due out in early 2010.

Bullet For My Valentine confirms that they have finished recording their upcoming third album. Produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte) and due out in early 2010, the official BFMV tweet read: “Looks like album 3 is finished guys!!! That’s a wrap!!!! Tidy…”

Bullet For My Valentine frontman Matt Tuck recently sat down with Metal Hammer to discuss the album and here is what he had to say about the production of the latest record:

“Every single thing has been thought about, every word, each song was written lyrically four times, we’ve done three different versions of the melodies, that’s why it’s taken so long. We’ve started in March and we’re still going. We’re looking to be as near perfection as we can get. In three years time we might beat it again, but we’re going for total perfection of what a human achieve.”

Bullet For My Valentine’s frontman Matt Tuck opens up about his on-going battle with producer Don Gilmore. Gilmore, who has previously worked with bands like Linkin Park, Good Charlotte and Hollywood Undead, is producing Bullet For My Valentine’s new album.

Why the choice to work with Don Gilmore?

Matt Tuck: “Before we always worked with Colin Richardson and he let me do what I wanted – which is fine – but I think we got to a stage in our career where if we didn’t try something with a real producer, we’d never know who good it could be. It would never be terrible because it’s just us anyway. So we decided to go with a producer who’s not metal, not rock, not anything really. He’s done Duran Duran, Good Charlotte, Linkin Park and some hiphop things. We wanted someone who had a broader take on music, not just a metal guy. I had a meeting with him in LA and we just talked about stuff. He said he loved the band and described where he thought we went wrong on both albums, how it could have been better.”

What did he say?

Matt: “He just said his favourite of the two albums was ‘The Poison’ for many reasons, one of them being that he said it was very natural sounding; the vocals, the melodies, the lyrics seemed to fall into place. ‘Scream Aim Fire’ felt like more of a stray away, there were a couple of songs on there that shouldn’t be on there. And probably not the ones you’d guess: he said the mellow ones, the ballady ones should never have been on there. He was just telling me what I already knew, but it was nice to be told it by an outside party who’d I’d never met before.”

How was it to have someone tell you what to do?

Matt: “It was nice, and it’s been so awful at the same time. We’ve got into so many fights and so many walk outs of studios, but… for all good reasons. It’s been pretty hardcore.”

What makes it happen?

Matt: “Just decision making and giving up your creative juice. You spend a lot of time doing something that you think is great, and you’ve put time, effort and passion into it, and they say, ‘no, it’s bad, it shouldn’t be like that, it should be like this.’ It’s like, fuck!”

Was that hard to take?

Matt: “It’s taken me a good few months to get past this problem of criticism because I’m never told no. I’ve never been told no since this bands started. It’s always been ‘Yes Matt, whatever you want’. I think it’s about time I got a kick in the nuts, you know. But it’s been good: the result of these discussions and fights is mind-blowing. I can’t wait for people to hear it now! It’s pissing me off, I just want to get it out there!”

Expect Bullet For My Valentine’s 3rd album sometime next year.

source

Bullet For My Valentine gives us an update on their upcoming third album! The statement reads:

“We are almost in the final stages of recording. It has been another long road but it’s been this long for a reason! There have been many obstacles along the way, lots of hard work and long hours in the studio. However, we think that we will produce Bullet For My Valentine’s finest album to date!!!

“We have written lots of material and we have narrowed down these songs to what we think are the best of the bunch! There are eight tracks recorded and finished so far, from some of the best stuff we’ve ever written. They have all the qualities that you would expect from Bullet but with ’something’ else. A twist! We are all blown away so far with how everything is going. Don Gilmore is an incredible producer and has really helped us develop our sound.

“We do apologise for how long the album is taking but we need this to be right, and we certainly don’t want to rush things and spoil it for your guys. We will get the album out as soon as possible. We will hit the road as soon as possible, and we will see all you crazy fuckers as soon as possible!”

Any predictions of what the ‘twist’ to this album might be?