Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck is the latest guest on the Full Metal Jackie weekend radio show. The lead singer and guitarist discussed the band's new album of the same name and found that they had restored the heavy and aggressive style that had been three years apart from Gravity.

Although the intensity of the record may be consistent with the sentiment caused by the pandemic, Tucker confirmed that the direction of my lover's bullet had begun to take shape before the world closed in the early days of the global outbreak. Taking this route is not a conscious decision, but a natural decision, and it provides an opportunity for established teams to demonstrate their technical prowess.

This year also witnessed the long-awaited return of live music. In the United Kingdom, "My Valentine's Bullet" was listed as the headline news of the pilot version of the download festival, and the world is paying attention to how large-scale crowds will be broadcast.

Read the full interview below.

The new album is a new beginning-a statement of new intentions after six albums. What does the band need to strengthen or even reimagine?

Just find the spark that makes you want to dig deeper and prove what you are doing. There is no real agenda in the album, which makes it so fierce and heavy. It's time to let everything out. In terms of music, creativity and intensity, we once again found our magic when creating very heavy music. This is a very interesting experience and an album that we are proud of.

Bullet For My Valentine is heavier and more cruel than Gravity. Although you started writing beforehand, how did this aggression be exacerbated by the pandemic?

I think the pandemic has not aggravated this situation at all. Thankfully, we already had some key songs and record directions before the pandemic.

We know it will be heavier, more intense, and more technical than Gravity. Once we get into that kind of writing mentality, without worrying about what we think things should be, music embarks on its own path. The more we do, the less we resist, it becomes heavier, more technical and more aggressive.

It snowballs like a snowball. For us, the pandemic is about keeping our feet on the ground and focusing on the moment of making this record, rather than worrying about deadlines, upcoming tours, etc. This is just an interesting record, and none of those deadlines is something we really accept.

Primitive emotions always seem to be the fuel of your music. As you mature, how do your feelings affect your songs?

This is difficult to explain, because when you are writing a record, you just live in that pocket. Based on what's happening in your life and the lyrics that affect you musically, they are just snapshots. Every album is a snapshot to us.

In a hard rock/metal band, it is very important to establish an emotional connection in the song, whether it is the music or the vocals and lyrics.

As I matured over the years, I learned to become more confident, free and open to what I wanted to say. This is, this is a difficult one-the lyrics are very personal, and a very tricky part of your process of writing a song. Sometimes you have something to say, sometimes you don't. Sometimes you have to be straightforward and only do a few things, which is not the best thing, but you always want to write something that comes from the heart and is relevant.

During these years of growing up, I have just learned how to channel emotions (whether negative or positive) into songs and try to make them relevant.

Matt, you describe the songs in this new record as very technical. Why is it important to exercise your musical ability to that extent?

The timing is just right. When we wrote a few key tracks, it opened the door for the album to be what it is now. We are out of Gravity, this is not a technical record-this album is all about emotion, story, vocal performance and lyrical content. This time, after we discovered those key tracks that felt very different, it became clear. It is very technical, and aggressive on your face, we just like it.

It now has this contrast and its own identity and moment in the band's catalog. We have not shown this skill set since [2015] Venom, and we are tired of writing in this way, these things are just flooding. This is a natural thing. We just follow the trend, the more we write, the more technical and aggressive the song becomes. It puts a smile on our faces and we can show the heavier and more technical side of the band.

You return to the download pilot phase. How did you feel about eagerness and anxiety before and during the filming?

This is a crazy three weeks.

We were invited to do this slot three weeks before the actual date of the performance. After a year and a half, we have reached that point, which is a bit scary. We have not played for a year and a half, and in three weeks we will be the headline news of the download section of the government support program. The whole world is watching us to see how it goes... We are nervous and there are debates, but overall There is pride and excitement.

There is a kid, and its accumulation is very wild. As a band, this is a very important event for us personally.

In a sense, this is an important event for the British music industry, Europe and the world. We know that the eyes of the world are paying attention to it for many reasons, and we are honored to be a part of it.

We have worked hard for 20 years, released 7 albums, and finally have this moment, we can finally say that we have become the headlines of the download festival. It's really great. The performance itself is a spectacular show. All the bands in the crowd and backstage are full of joy, unity and celebration. After a year and a half of live music didn't exist, this was exactly what everyone needed at the time.

This has been a difficult year and a half for us and those who rely on music and live music as our daily work. But it was a euphoric experience that we were with those fans in that field that weekend. This is definitely a holiday we will never forget, and for the right reasons.

Thanks to Matt Tucker for the interview. Follow Bullet For My Valentine on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Spotify, and get a copy of the band’s new album of the same name here. Find out here where you can listen to Full Metal Jackie’s weekend radio show.