Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium sat down for a roundtable where the bands went over their history together, as well as their upcoming “The Poisoned Ascendancy” 26-date tour kicking off on March 30. The tour will be making a stop on April 22 at EPIC Event Center and tickets are on sale NOW! Get yours here.
While on the tour, they’ll be celebrating the 20th anniversaries of The Poison for BFMV and Ascendancy for Trivium by playing the albums in full. August Burns Red will be joining them on the tour, along with Sylosis and Bleed From Within for select shows.
Per Blabbermouth, BFMV shared their excitement for the tour saying, “We are super excited to announce we are coming back to the USA in 2025 with our friends Trivium, to bring you ‘The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour’. We’re going to be celebrating 20 years of our debut album ‘The Poison’ and Trivium’s ‘Ascendancy’. It’s the metal tour of 2025, so don’t miss out.”
Trivium added: “This is a celebration for the old fans that were there at 9 a.m. at Ozzfest to catch a couple songs from a band in Iron Maiden shirts. It’s for the news fans that have been listening to the deep cuts but never caught them on a recent tour. And lastly, it’s for both BFMV and us to take a moment to reflect on how amazing these 20 years have been, how fast they’ve gone, and how important these albums are for both of our bands. Having August Burns Red, Bleed From Within, and Sylosis joining us only makes this more special. We can’t wait to play ‘Ascendancy’ for you!”
Matt Tuck shared how crazy it is that it’s already been 20 years since the release of The Poison, saying, “I feel so proud of what we’ve achieved as a band in the last two decades and it all started with that debut album. ‘The Poison’ is such an important part of our lives musically and personally and we know the massive impact it had on the metal world on a global level. This tour will be made even more special as our brothers in Trivium are also joining us on the road to celebrate and play in its entirety their stunning album ‘Ascendancy’.”
Matt Heafy touched on the influence that the albums have had on modern metal to this day. “It’s incredible to think of the impact the albums had when they came out in 2005. They were both like bolts of lightning. Both bands grew up independently of each other in different countries and separately from any movement or scene but both shared a common love of melodic heavy metal at the core; and both had similar meteoric rises right out of the gate.”
Heafy also noted that this tour is a chance to celebrate what they couldn’t during the whirlwind of their early years. “It’s a celebration by the bands to the fans of an important era, and most importantly it’s an invitation to fans [to] come and have an epic night with us and sing and rage and celebrate the awesome power of music.”
Tuck wrapped it up with:
“This is going to be the metal tour of 2025. Bullet For My Valentine and Trivum ‘The Poisoned Ascendancy’ world tour 2025. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of both albums and playing them in their entirety. Get excited people, it’s going to be special and we can’t wait to celebrate with you all.”
If you haven’t already gotten your tickets to the April 22 show at EPIC Event Center, this is your sign to do it. Now.
