With the title track from their upcoming album, “Scream Aim Fire,” already blazing at Rock Radio, the Welsh metal-core band BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE announces that they will join forces with Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu on the Main Stage for “Taste of Chaos,” 2008. The tour kicks off Friday, February 29 in Denver, CO, and will play more than 40 cities in the U.S. and Canada through to late April. The UK’s Kerrang! magazine recently cited a Bullet show at London’s Brixton Academy as one of the “100 Greatest Gigs Ever,” so U.S. fans should be in for a string of sensational performances.

The “Taste of Chaos” dates will be the first North American tour for Bullet For My Valentine since early 2007 when they sold out their first headline tour this side of “the Pond.” Just prior to “Taste of Chaos,” B4MV will play three weeks-worth of headline dates in the UK and Europe, including a kick-off concert in their native Wales.

Bullet For My Valentine – Matthew “Matt” Tuck/vocals, Michael “Padge” Paget/Guitar, Michael “Moose” Thomas/drums, and Jason “Jay” James/Bass – saw their 2006 debut album, “The Poison” – dubbed “One of the finest debut albums in rock history” by a major UK daily – sail past the million sales mark, selling 350,000 in the U.S. alone.

“Scream Aim Fire” was produced by Colin Richardson (Machinehead, Funeral For A Friend) who also produced “The Poison,” and was recorded at Sonic Ranch near El Paso, TX earlier this year. The eleven new songs are, according to frontman Tuck, “really melodic heavy metal…catchy, hooky choruses and full-on vocals, with the music being very in-your-face and heavy…it’s a lot more uptempo [than ‘The Poison’], a lot more aggressive.” Still a week away from the official U.S. radio “add” date, the album’s title track has been the #1 Most Added track at CMJ’s Loud Rock chart, and #1 Most Added at FMQB’s Metal Detector chart.

With the Canadian dates to be announced in January, the confirmed itinerary for Bullet For My Valentine on the 2008 “Taste of Chaos” tour is as follows:

FEBRUARY
29 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO

MARCH
1 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO
2 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
5 Family Arena, St. Louis, MO
7 Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
8 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
10 The Armory, Rochester, NY
11 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
13 Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, VA
14 Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA
15 Convention Center, Asbury Park, NJ
17 Patriot Center, Washington, DC
18 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
20 Nassau Coliseum, Nassau, NY
21 Tsongas Arena, Boston, MA
22 The Armory, Albany, NY
24 Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
25 USF Sundome, Tampa, FL
26 Bayfront Park, Miami, FL
28 USC Arena, Orlando, FL
29 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS
30 The Woodlands/Verizon, Houston, TX

APRIL
1 Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX
3 Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
4 Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi, TX
5 Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, TX
6 County Coliseum, El Paso, TX
9 Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix, AZ
10 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
12 Event Center, San Jose, CA
13 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
15 WaMu Center, Seattle, WA

Last night RedPillMusic.com’s Anthony & Anthony (A-squared) spent the evening with Black Tide, The Confession, and Operator at the Avenged Sevenfold concert in Detroit,MI. More details still to come, but for now, here are a few pictures from the night….

Stay tuned….

Avenged Sevenfold has announced thri official fan club. The club gives it’s members a whole lot of perks for being a member. Features include early admission to all headlining shows, the new CD/MVI which includes their new album and over 2 hours of exclusive footage, exclusive pre-sale to upcoming shows, and more to come. If you’re a fan of Avenged Sevenfold then joining this fan club definitely is worth it! A year membership to the fan club is $25.99

Fan club includes:

-An official Avenged Sevenfold Laminate (1 per Fan Club Bundle sign up), which can be used as an early admission pass for all headlining general admission A7X shows. No more waiting in line (“Front of the Line” laminates are non-transferable. Limit 1 per person).
-Access to pre-sale tickets before the general public (Limit 4 per person). Never miss a sold out show!
-A welcome letter from the band.
-And as a part of this special offer, you also receive the new self-titled CD/MVI on street date (1 per Fan Club sign up). This CD/MVI includes the new album and over 2 hours of exclusive footage, content and more!

By joining the fan club, you will be entitled to an exclusive pre-sale which allows you to buy tickets for the US tour dates below on September 13th, 12AM while everyone else has to wait until September 15th.

Tour Dates:
October 29, 2007 The Wiltern Los Angeles, California
October 31, 2007 House Of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
November 2, 2007 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 4, 2007 Ogden Theatre Denver, Colorado
November 5, 2007 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska
November 6, 2007 Pageant St. Louis, Missouri
November 8, 2007 Congress Theatre Chicago, Illinois
November 9, 2007 State Theater Detroit, Michigan
November 10, 2007 Lifestyles Pavilion Columbus, Ohio
November 12, 2007 Lupo’s Providence, Rhode Island (pre-sale unavailable)
November 14, 2007 Hammerstein New York, New York
November 15, 2007 Electric Factory Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 17, 2007 House Of Blues Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
November 18, 2007 Tabernacle Atlanta, Georgia
November 20, 2007 Amos’ Southend Charlotte, North Carolina (pre-sale unavailable)
November 21, 2007 Toad’s Place Richmond, Virginia (pre-sale unavailable)
November 23, 2007 House Of Blues Orlando, Florida
November 24, 2007 Jannus Landing Tampa, Florida
November 25, 2007 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Sign up here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/fqubq9 and use this code: SOUNDING
(Limited to 4 tickets and 1 fan club bundle per person)

Dexter Holland, of The Offspring has the following to say about their upcoming album:

Still working on the record over here. Most of the music is recorded and we’re working on vocals now. We counted up the other day, we actually demo’d 23 songs for this CD. Wow! That’s a new record for us. Of those we’ve recorded 13. Will they all be on the album? I don’t know! We’ll see how they turn out. Maybe we’ll cut one, or maybe we’ll write a couple more. Because we’re artists we’re flaky like that.

This will be their 8th studio album and their 1st album featuring new drummer Atom Willard. Bob Rock, whom previously produced Metallica, will be producing the album. They hope to release the album this fall, 2007. The album, and track titles have still yet to be released.

The Offspring is scheduled to appear at the Summer Sonic Festival this August 11th & 12th in Japan. Other bands to appear at the festival include Sum 41, Avenged Sevenfold, Bloc Party, Interpol, and Cyndi Lauper.