Scream Aim Fire
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| Studio album by Bullet for My Valentine | |||||
| Released |  January 28, 2008 January 29, 2008 |
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| Recorded | Sonic Ranch, Texas early-late 2007 |
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| Genre | Metalcore Heavy metal[1] |
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| Length | 56:56 | ||||
| Label | Sony BMG | ||||
| Producer | Colin Richardson, Alec Cartio | ||||
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Scream Aim Fire is the second studio album by Welsh metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine. It was released on January 28, 2008, as stated in Kerrang!.[2] The band have stated that this album will be considerably heavier than their previous album. Scream Aim Fire has less screaming vocals partly because of the problem lead singer Matthew Tuck had with his tonsils.[3] The album's artwork was released on the band's website on December 10, 2007.[4]
Scream Aim Fire went straight to number 5 in the UK album Charts and number 4 in the Australian album charts. Additionally, the album hit number 4 on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of about 53,000. Their album has sold over 184,600 copies in the United States since its late January release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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[edit] Recording
Recording of the album was complete in November 2007 with vocalist/guitarist Matthew Tuck telling Kerrang! magazine he was 'glad' the album was complete and that enjoyed working with guest producer Alec Cartio again.
[edit] Tracklisting
- "Scream Aim Fire" – 4:26
- "Eye Of The Storm" – 4:03
- "Hearts Burst Into Fire" – 4:57
- "Waking The Demon" – 4:08
- "Disappear" – 4:05
- "Deliver Us From Evil" – 5:58
- "Take It Out On Me" (Feat. Benji Webbe of Skindred) – 5:52
- "Say Goodnight" – 4:43
- "End Of Days" – 4:18
- "Last To Know" – 3:15
- "Forever & Always" – 6:49
[edit] Bonus Tracks
- "Ashes Of The Innocent" (US iTunes, Special Edition, and 12") – 4:13
- "No Easy Way Out" (Robert Tepper cover) (Japanese) – 4:32
- "Creeping Death" (Metallica cover) (SD card and US iTunes) – 6:39
- "Say Goodnight (Acoustic Version)" (UK iTunes) – 3:14
[edit] Special Editions
- Bonus DVD
The band has also released a special edition CD/DVD bundle which includes a DVD with the following exclusive content:[5]
- "Scream Aim Fire" music video
- The Making of "Scream Aim Fire"
- Bullet TV:
- Welcome to the studio
- Sonic Ranch Cribs
- Night at the ranch
- Quad Pinching
- Photo Gallery
- USB Edition
Bullet For My Valentine have also released the album on a metal bullet-shaped Flash Drive with the band's symbol engraved into it[6]. The bullet-shaped Flash Drive has the same properties as the Special Edition CD, with the inclusion of a 15 minute track-by-track video commentary, 4 wallpapers, and the booklet/insert that the physical album contains in PDF format.
[edit] Promotion
At midnight on the January 28, Bullet for My Valentine were present in Cardiff to do an album signing to go with the release of the album. At 18:00 the same day, they did a 20 minute performance at HMV in Oxford Circus with 300 present to get their album signed.
[edit] Singles and releases
A 15-minute album commentary was released on the US digital single for "Scream Aim Fire", released on December 18, 2007, with the additional track "Eye of the Storm",[7] which was also released on a free Kerrang! CD and as a free download for signing up to the Sony BMG mailing list[8]. All standard tracks were released for streaming on the band's MySpace profile on January 21, 2008. The day after, the Japanese edition was found circulating on various P2P networks.
The second single to be released off the album, "Hearts Burst Into Fire", was announced by the band during their UK tour. Matt Tuck said that the band recorded the song live for the music video.
"Waking The Demon" will be the third single released off of the album.
[edit] Singles charts
| Year | 'Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
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| UK Singles Chart | UK Rock Chart | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | German Singles Chart | ||||||||
| 2008 | "Scream Aim Fire" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2008 | "Hearts Burst Into Fire" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Released 31st March 08 | |||||
| 2008 | "Waking The Demon" (US only) | Released April[9] | ||||||||||
[edit] Album charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian Album Chart | 4 |
| US Billboard 200 | 4 |
| UK Album Chart | 4 |
| Irish Album Chart | 10 |
| Swedish Album Chart | 5 |
| Japanese Album Chart | 1 |
| German Album Chart | 3 |
| World Album Chart | 4 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/bulletformyvalentine/pages/poison_live_at_brixton.shtml
- ^ blabbermouth.net News Archive
- ^ Bullet For My Valentine In The Thick Of New Album
- ^ bulletformyvalentine1.com news update 10 December 2007, Cited 28 March 2008
- ^ ultimate-guitar.com Scream Aim Fire Special Edition CD/DVD info's
- ^ [1]Memory Stick (BFMV SAF)
- ^ BFMV website news about digital singles[2]
- ^ http://ftp.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/Eye_of_the_storm.zip
- ^ Waking The Demon next single[3]
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