The band will embark on a massive tour of Europe and the UK in January to support the record
Bullet For My Valentine are back. The metal titans have announced their forthcoming album Social Apocalypse with the release of the record’s title track. The album is slated to arrive on 19 March, 2027.
Check out the official video for the title track “Social Apocalypse” below now, directed by Chris Wade of Dogbrain Videos.
A very special limited white-label first pressing of Social Apocalypse is available for pre-order exclusive via Ceremony of Roses for 72 hrs only. On September 28, a full-range of offerings go on pre-sale, including standard and deluxe vinyl variants and a signed version of the CD. Check the links below.
The album is also available to pre-save digitally now.
Thematically, Social Apocalypse combines the bare-faced lyrical introspection of people weathered and worn by the modern world with wide-eyed observations on a planet that feels as if it is coming off the rails at every turn. “Everything in life is changing at such a rapid pace, and it is hard to find a great deal of positivity when you look at events in the world,” Tuck says. “People are being pitted against each other. The world is full of conflict instead of unity. As a father, I look at what the world is like for younger people, and how completely different it is now.”
Working once more with producer Carl Bown — a veteran of four Bullet albums, alongside work with Sleep Token, While She Sleeps, Malevolence and more — each new album track was diligently scrutinized, constructed, and polished to its immaculate final form. “Carl doesn’t let you settle,” Tuck notes. “He is always ready to speak up, push and challenge you to be the best version of you.”
There are two collaborations on Social Apocalypse – a rarity for Bullet that brings thrilling new dynamics to the record — with Against The Current vocalist Chrissy Costanza stepping in to duet on “In The Absence Of You,” and a hair-raising vocal turn from Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos on “I Don’t Trust Tomorrow.”
Matt Tuck describes the creation of every Bullet For My Valentine album as a “journey.” Each, the frontman attests, is about capturing the essence of a moment in time; a freeze-frame snapshot of its creators and the world around them. Nothing forced, nothing scripted, nothing disingenuous. Such purity of creation is a methodology that has led to Bullet For My Valentine establishing themselves as one of Britain’s all-time most celebrated rock and metal exports. A truly global phenomenon, their multi-million album sales, multi-billion streaming numbers, a glut of awards, and regular appearances on the biggest stages across the globe remarkably only go some way to telling the story of their influence and impact.
The culmination of those experiences and achievements is writ large across Social Apocalypse, their eighth full-length album, which comprises a lifetime’s learnings and inspirations and definitively captures every facet of the Bullet For My Valentine sound in masterfully-honed results. Reminiscent of the band’s storied past without ever being repetitive of it, it’s with a steely-eyed determination to break new ground that the beloved hallmarks of Bullet For MyValentine past and present are now refocused and re-energized for the future.
To celebrate the album’s impending release, Bullet For My Valentine are meb2027 UK & European tour. Artist pre-sale starts Monday 9am BST for those on our mailing list. Sign up now for access. Full onsale Wednesday at 9am BST
To celebrate the album’s impending release, Bullet For My Valentine have today announced their biggest tour yet; taking in arenas all over the UK and Europe. Having sold out The O2 arena in London last year as part of their co-headline run with Trivium, they are now returning as the sole headline act. Pendulum will perform as very special guest across all shows, with Dark Devine appearing as openers.
Artist pre-sale starts Monday, 28 September 9am BST for those on the band’s mailing list. Sign up now for access. General 0n-sale Wednesday, 30 September at 9am BST.
Check out the full tour itinerary below, plus a link to grab tickets.
Bullet For My Valentine – Social Apocalypse [Spinefarm, 2027]
1. Social Apocalypse
2. In the Absence of You (Feat. Chrissy Costanza)
3. I Don’t Trust Tomorrow (Feat. Will Ramos)
4. Here Without You
5. Acid Rain
6. Fragile
7. CVLT
8. Masquerade
9. Read Between the Lines
10. Enough Is Never Enough
Pre-order U.S. HERE, Europe/UK HERE
1/21 — Lisbon, Portugal — Sagres Campo Pequeno
1/22 — Madrid, Spain — Palacio Vistalegre
1/23 — Barcelona, Spain — Sant Jordi Club
1/25 — Milan, Italy — Forum
1/26 — Zurich, Switzerland — Hallenstadion
1/27 — Dusseldorf, Germany — Mitsubishi Electric Halle
1/29 — Hamburg, Germany — Sporthalle
1/30 — Copenhagen, Denmark — K.B. Hallen
1/31 — Stockholm, Sweden — Annexet
2/2 — Helsinki, Finland — Ice Hall
2/4 — Katowice, Poland — MCK
2/6 — Munich, Germany — Zenith
2/7 — Paris, France — Zenith
2/9 — Luxembourg — Rockhal
2/11 — Frankfurt, Germany — Festhalle
2/12 — Stuttgart, Germany — Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
2/13 — Vienna, Austria — Stadthalle
2/15 — Budapest, Hungary — Budapest Arena
2/16 — Prague, Czech Republic — O2 Universum
2/17 — Berlin, Germany — Velodrome
2/19 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — AFAS Live
2/20 — Brussels, Belgium — Forest National
2/23 — Glasgow, Scotland — OVO Hydro
2/25 — Birmingham, England — bp pulse LIVE
2/26 — London, England — The O2
2/27 — Manchester, England — AO Arena
Tickets will be available HERE