Temper Temper [Deluxe Edition]

by Bullet for My Valentine

Overview

On Temper Temper, the fourth studio album from Bullet for My Valentine, the Welsh thrashers return with a looser, more organic sound that feels more focused on intensity than technicality. Taking a cue from the less rigid writing process Matthew Tuck used while working on his side project AxeWound, the bandmembers wrote more in the moment, getting their ideas out without having time to overthink them. This more instinctual writing process really comes through on the album, providing Temper Temper with the immediacy that classic thrash albums had, a feeling particularly evident on straight-ahead rockers like "Riot" and "Not Invincible," two songs that rumble right along at a satisfying, take-no-prisoners gallop. While the album also has its more plaintive moments, like the emotional "Tears Don't Fall, Pt. 2," even that song erupts into a frenzy of harmonized soloing, showing that even when they're trying their hands at something approaching a ballad, Bullet for My Valentine have classic metal running through their veins. Though Bullet for My Valentine still have just enough post-hardcore and screamo in their sound to keep metal purists from coming completely around to their way of thinking, Temper Temper feels like a gateway album into thrash, showing the influence that chugging riff-masters like Metallica, Megadeth, and Overkill have had on the current metal landscape, and will hopefully get some of their fans to look backwards to see the foundation those bands laid down back in the '80s. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2013
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0887654386229
Rank:	131796

Tracks

1. Breaking Point
2. Truth Hurts
3. Temper Temper
4. P.O.W.
5. Dirty Little Secret
6. Leech
7. Dead to the World
8. Riot
9. Saints & Sinners
10. Tears Don't Fall, Pt. 2
11. Livin' Life (On the Edge of a Knife)
12. Not Invincible
13. Whole Lotta Rosie [Live on BBC Radio 1]
14. Scream Aim Fire [Live on BBC Radio 1]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bullet for My Valentine   Primary Artist
Matthew Tuck   Guitar,Vocals
Padge   Guitar
Jay James   Bass
Michael Thomas   Drums

Technical Credits

Jeff Gilligan   Art Direction,Design
Martyn "Ginge" Ford   Engineer
Anthony Shaw   Engineer
Bobo Ekrangsi   Assistant Engineer
Suthiti Chaisamut   Drum Technician
Tony Trisadi Suttitanakool   Assistant Engineer
Ted Jensen   Mastering
Angus Young   Composer
Bon Scott   Composer
Keith Armstrong   Mixing Assistant
Matthew Tuck   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Malcolm Young   Composer
Simon Askew   Producer
Chris Lord-Alge   Mixing
Don Gilmore   Composer,Producer
Bullet for My Valentine   Composer
Chris Jericho   Composer,Lyricist
Nik Karpen   Mixing Assistant
Andrew Schubert   Mixing Engineer
Rick Sales   Management
Craig Jennings   Management
Brad Townsend   Mixing Engineer
Tristan Lillingston   Management
Kristen Mulderig   Management
David Wolter   A&R