Bullet For My Valentine - Temper Temper

Published February 25 2013

*=Staff's pick	Breaking Point Truth Hurts Temper Temper P.O.W.* Dirty Little Secret Leech* Dead To The World* Riot Saints & Sinners Tears Don't Fall (Part 2) Livin' Life (On The Edge Of A Knife)

Genre	Heavy Metal	Matt Tuck	Vocals
Tracks	11	Matt Tuck	Guitar
Running time	44 Min.	Michael Paget	Guitar
Label	RCA Records	Jason James	Bass
Release	12 February 2013	Michael Thomas	Drums
Country	Wales	-	Keyboard
Producer	Don Gilmore withMatt Tuck
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Many know-betters will naturally tear this shit apart, although Bullet For My Valentine always been somewhat of a commercial metal band for the ordinary masses and for youngsters, a bit outside the metal community with its obstinacy. With this in mind, there's no need to blast them just for the sake of it, because everyone should already have figured out by now that this is their sound and they're obviously not gonna change to fit in into something they don't care for.

Temper Temper is in my ears a tiny natural step with small changes from last album Fever and I sense a little lack of new ideas. The young men's aggressiveness from The Poison is long gone and bassplayer Jay James' semi-growling and angry vocals languish somewhere in the background. The drums are pretty weak and fatigue occasionally and Matt Tuck's voice has never been powerful and still isn't.

This doesn't necessarily equal a shitty achievement, as I find this album rather good, whereas this release also contains fast riffing guitars and cool melodies. It's catchy and heavy with accurate, flowing and captivating choruses and I can see why this band has a steady fanbase. If you dig the Welshmen's past work and not only their debut, I'm dead sure you'll find this album to your satisfaction as well.