Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Bullet For My Valentine is my favorite metalcore band, and their ability to encapsulate all the best qualities of its sound has been polarizing in the metal community for many years. This WWW, made specially for Valentine’s Day, takes a look at why.

[Videos referenced]
“Spotify’s Heaviest New Songs Playlist…” by Nik Nocturnal: tinyurl.com/6v36s65n
“What’s Wrong With - Motley Crue”: tinyurl.com/28x775ut
“What’s Wrong With - Korn”: tinyurl.com/bd54dj5y
“Valentine’s Day Facebook Statuses - Everybody Shut Up!”: tinyurl.com/bdbhwykn
“Metal Mythos Special: Top 6 NEW Heavy Metal Bands” by The Rageaholic: tinyurl.com/ypjyceye
“My Most Unexpected Music Source”: tinyurl.com/5n8rbruv
“Metalcore Bands That Should’ve Been Bigger” by The Punk Rock MBA: tinyurl.com/2z5xr6sd
“Word Analysis: ‘Ripoffs’”: tinyurl.com/5n8t73fc
TheNeedleDrop’s classic review of “Jane Doe” by Converge: tinyurl.com/4t5xu7jw
“THE WORST BAND EVER! - Design the Skyline” by Bluemagus/Cobalt the Crusader: tinyurl.com/3ejf5xfv
“Just Enjoy Music”: tinyurl.com/2p9zedcw
“Introducing Metal Bands (feat. TheRandomGangsta)”: tinyurl.com/j52ae23a
Nik Nocturnal’s reaction to “Tears Don’t Fall Part 2”: tinyurl.com/9ke6uw89
“What’s Wrong With - Blink-182”: tinyurl.com/ysbma2tp
“What’s Wrong With - Dream Theater”: tinyurl.com/yp7fvby9
“Why I HATE the ‘Rock is Dead’ Argument”: tinyurl.com/24uhnhs8

[Articles]
“The 25 Most Popular Metal Bands in 2024 (According to Spotify)”: tinyurl.com/yun4yak4
“Def Leppard & Motley Crue’s Stadium Tour Earns $173.5 Million”: tinyurl.com/yreayyvy
“As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis arrested in murder-for-hire plot”: tinyurl.com/35v8p26a
“Ryan Neff Quits As I Lay Dying”: tinyurl.com/4hsydy7j
“Ken Susi Quits As I Lay Dying: ‘My personal Morals Have Been Tested To A Breaking Point’”: tinyurl.com/mvckxn52
“Nick Pierce Also Quits As I Lay Dying: ‘I Need to Distance Myself From the Band in an Effort to Retain My Personal Health and Integrity”: tinyurl.com/yc8tsww7
“Phil Sgrosso Quits As I Lay Dying: This Band ’No Longer Offers a Healthy or Safe Environment for Anyone Involved’”: tinyurl.com/8epeca4m
“Bullet For My Valentine Parts Ways With Bassist Jason James”: tinyurl.com/ter28fvc
“B4MV Moose sits out tour as wife awaits baby”: tinyurl.com/2fmzzzkp
“Bullet For My Valentine Make Drummer Change Official As Jason Bowld Takes Over For Michael ‘Moose’ Thomas”: tinyurl.com/p766bc3k
B4MV hate forum post: tinyurl.com/3jdsxyxf

[Select clips sampled]
“Hearts Burst Into Fire”: tinyurl.com/5xvmtj75
“Alone”: tinyurl.com/828ecxvu
“Shallow Breathing/I Abstain” by Converge: tinyurl.com/2frv8jy6
“Slaughter of the Soul” by At the Gates: tinyurl.com/3bpbr3c4
MTV News on Nu Metal: bit.ly/3dFceOm
EUROPE!!: tinyurl.com/2u26jpu9
“Hand of Blood”: tinyurl.com/47dvz78r
“Tears Don’t Fall”: tinyurl.com/4yaadt53
“Scream Aim Fire”: tinyurl.com/2s42bpw4
“Your Betrayal”: tinyurl.com/yxcfcv9h
“Bittersweet Memories”: tinyurl.com/yp5ukc52
“No Way Out” live: tinyurl.com/28enxtkn
“Worthless”: tinyurl.com/yzw97x8u
“You Want a Battle? (Here’s a War)”: tinyurl.com/msnxxp7u
“Tears Don’t Fall Part 2”: tinyurl.com/2769z2xx
“Raising Hell”: tinyurl.com/5enfrxh9
“Over It”: tinyurl.com/3nbc68yu
“Parasite”: tinyurl.com/5h9xdksd

[Timestamps]
0:00 - What is the most popular genre of metal?
5:22 - Melodic aggression
7:24 - Hardcore metal
10:40 - American groove
12:01 - Welsh edginess
13:13 - A poisonous debut
17:27 - A fiery follow-up
19:25 - Social media fever
22:55 - Emotional venom
24:48 - On and off
29:35 - Gravity hurts
31:37 - The art of the rebound
32:48 - “Emo” metal
36:05 - The blazing bullet

#bulletformyvalentine #metalcore #b4mv

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