Waking the Demon
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| “Waking The Demon” | |||||
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| Single by Bullet for My Valentine from the album Scream Aim Fire |
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| Released | iTunes UK: June 16th | ||||
| Format | Exclusive Digital download | ||||
| Genre | Metalcore | ||||
| Length | 4:08 | ||||
| Label | Sony BMG Recordings (EP); Visible Noise (UK) | ||||
| Producer | Tony Petrossian | ||||
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"Waking The Demon" is the third single from Bullet for My Valentine's second album Scream Aim Fire. The video for "Waking the Demon" was written and directed by Max Nichols (son of Academy Award-winning director Mike Nichols).
News of the bands choice of third single was released on www.metalunderground.com on 25th March, stating reasons for the song, and their tour dates in USA.
The meaning of the song, is about getting revenge on bullies from school. Matt Tuck, lead singer and guitarist, said "'Waking the Demon' is about finding someone's inner demon. Most of us in the band got pushed around in school so the song is about getting tormented, day in and day out for years, and then one day - 'snap!' - fight back!" There are two versions of the song. One can be found on Myspace and the other can be seen on YouTube or similar sites. The unedited version is the version on YouTube, where towards the end of the guitar solo, there is blood on the werewolf's hands and mouth. In the Myspace version, no such scene takes place. Some releases of the video edit the screaming vocals in the pre-verses into singing with only Jason screaming backing vocals in the pre-verses.
The song will appear on radio airways in the U.S. starting April 21.
On April 9, 2008, Bullet for My Valentine released a special trailer for their upcoming video, "Waking The Demon." The video was released April 16, 2008 via MySpace video.
The video is about a metal music fan teenager that gets bullied in high school by a group of prep students, the leader of the group is dating the girl thatis working with the teenager to help kill the bullies. Throughout the video, the teenager is crossing off dates in his calendar in his locker. He circles the last date, the 28th, which is labeled, "Full Moon". That night, he is watching the prep's leader, waiting by the forest for his girlfriend, who lured the preppy to the forest by asking to meet him there so that the teenager could kill him. The teenager throws a ball filled with something at the prep's car to get him to chase him deeper into the forest. As the guitar solo starts, the teenager falls down on his knees and the moon comes out of the clouds, turning him into a werewolf. The prep approaches the werewolf, and is presumably killed by the werewolf, since blood is shown on his mouth and hands, and the next day at school, while the teenager is getting bullied by the new prep leader, there is a paper on the lockers saying that the first prep is missing. As the new prep walks off with the girl, she looks at the teenager with glowing red eyes, who looks back at her which shows their alliegence as they are both werewolves, and then crosses off the first date on his calendar smiling...
[edit] Track Listing
- Waking The Demon - 4:08
- Say Goodnight [Acoustic] - 3:14
[edit] Promo CD track listing
- Waking The Demon (Rock Radio Mix) - 4:08
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