BulletForMyValentine

The gorgeous Roxana Shirazi is a contradiction in terms. She was born in Iran, but bred backstage. In her new book, aptly titled 'The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage,' the authoress makes quintessential groupie stories, like when Marilyn Manson and his crew used to toss lunch meat at the asses of groupies, seem like the actions of a buttoned-up, prudish librarian...

"Are you ready to make some memories?" Drowning Pool frontman Ryan McCombs screamed at the ever-growing crowd of kids in the pit at Rock on the Range. The Columbus, Ohio festival went down May 22 and 23 at the Crew Stadium -- an appropriately perfect venue for just the right mix of metal, mud and horrible tattoos...

If you've discovered metal over the past decade of so, it's possible that Minnesota thundergods Disembodied might have fallen through the cracks. The hardcore metal band, which formed in 1995 created a pair of brain-rattling records, 1999's 'The Diablerie' and 2000's 'Heretic' before fragmenting into the melodic death metal/metalcore band Martyr AD...

At the Soundawn, 'Shifting' (Lifeforce): This Italian troupe plays with textures and alterna-core on 'Shifting,' making them as ripe for the Warped Tour as they would be for Ozzfest, to place them in an American context. Bullet for My Valentine, 'Fever' (Jive): The Welsh blokes have skyrocketed in recent years, thanks to adept riff displays that fall somewhere along the spectrum between Avenged S

Welsh metal sensation Bullet for My Valentine have posted their new video for 'Your Betrayal' on their label's website. The clip features the band performing behind a wall of flames and in front of a wall of windows depicting images of trendy, hot chicks...

The new Bullet for My Valentine track 'Your Betrayal' is a pretty good microcosm for the rest of the album. The track, which was recently posted on the band's MySpace, exhibits the band downplaying their thrash roots and heading in a more commercial metal direction...

When Bullet For My Valentine started out over a decade ago, they were known as Jeff Killed John. The years passed, and the band took on their current moniker. Eventually they started gaining label attention, and a few came knocking, including Roadrunner and Jive...

Sometimes, bringing up childhood when talking to musicians is like walking a tightrope. Some have famously said they never want to speak of their youth in interviews. Others embrace the memories, yet tell horror stories of lives past. Then there are those souls who had a seemingly normal upbringing and are afraid to share childhood memories for fear of destroying the ever-important 'metal cred...

"Everything we've done has just been a very, very natural progression in building our fans over the last 10 years," reflects singer Matt Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine to Noisecreep. "It's just kind of a little bit of people across the board from acoustic rock fans to extreme metal fans kind of like what we do because there's an element of a lot of stuff going on...

Welsh metallers Bullet for My Valentine are gearing up for a new album and summer tour. 'Fever' is set for release April 27 in America, and the band will immediately head to the States for a series of headline shows. "Musically, we kind of had a basic discussion on where we wanted to take it," Bullet for My Valentine vocalist Matt Tuck explains to Noisecreep of the songwriting process