Bullet For My Valentine- No Way Out (Review)

I was just scrolling through my YouTube subscriptions to see that welsh 4-piece Bullet For My Valentine have just released the lyric video to a song from their upcoming album ‘Venom’ . Bullet for my Valentine were one of the first bands that got me into liking and listening to metal; this was in the days of ‘The Poison’ and then ‘Scream Aim Fire’. I felt like they went down hill after that only having a few songs i liked on the following album but I guess thats because I don’t like it when my favorite childhood bands grow up. This track ‘No Way Out’ sounds very mature and to me it sounds a lot better than the last two albums. It starts with screaming vocals shouting the title of the song as a fast, heavy and pretty epic guitar riff comes in setting the pace of the track. You instantly know this is gonna be a very heavy Bullet For My Valentine song. The verse is is full of screaming depressing lyrics (or classic BFMV lyrics if you’re a fan), heavy metal riffs and quite a simple drum beat which is the only disappointing point so far. The guitar riff disappers during the pre-chorus revealing cleaner plucked guitar as they soften the sound of the song before the sing-a-long anthemic chorus rips in. Matt Tucks (Lead Singer) voice sounds incredible all throughout the song but his clean vocals in the chorus could be slightly louder. After the second chorus the song strips down to just hi-hat hits, arpeggiated clean guitar chords and distorted feedback. This is before the vocals come in and a high pitched guitar riff comes in leading into the quite slow first half of the guitar solo which quickly picks up speed as both guitars come in sweep picking together. The song ends with Matt screaming “Oh my God is this really the end?” as the final drum is hit. If you’re a fan of 2005-2008 BMFV i’m sure you will like this song! Also if you’ve never heard of them you should check this song out and their first two albums.