Scream Aim Fire [Digipak] by Bullet For My Valentine (CD, Jan-2008, Red Ink USA)

This second offering from BFMV had me wanting for more. Everything was there, the heavy predictable guitars, the cheesy been said before but in a different way lyrics, and the chaoticly fast drum beats. What was missing was VARIETY. Only a few songs stand out. The rest get lost in the blur. One song melds into another one making one constantly check the player to see if your on to the next song or not. The intro to "Hearts burst into fire" sounds like the beginning to 3 of the other songs they've already written. To me this album shows how far and creative BFMV can be. Sadly, it's not very far. There best album was there last one. Listen to the new songs on myspace or purevolume, but save your money and just get there way better last album.

Really really good, but not as good as The Poison. The title track delivers as an intro and throws you straight into the deep end with double kicks and toms into that incredible chorus riff, the opener is totally flawless. The same can be said for Eye Of The Storm, which keeps the furious sound coming, Matt & Padges guitars remain D standard tuned, starting with a killer riff that screams "oh yes". After two verses and chorus, come less of a solo and more of a riff, not to be too downbeat about it, for it still has that hardcore Bullet edge we all know and adore.
So brings us to Hearts Burst Into Fire, starting us off with a short tap solo, but offers no more intense melodic guitars and much less edge. The softer side of Bullet starts to show through and, following from The Poison, you can hear the real difference in their song writing now, perhaps the only two soft songs pre SAF are The End and Metailcas Welcome Home, Sanitarium, but both offer dynamic variation, as opposed to this which stays calm throughout, even through the chorus which is trying to give it something more powerful but fails to.
Falling out from the previous song through guitar feekback, the aptly named Waking The Demon smashes through this soft prick wall like swatting flies with a wreckingball. The first time you listen to this you'll find yourself totally unprepared and jump out of your skin, the suprise that Bullet have actually INTENSIFIED their sound, if for this one song only. No, there vocals are NOT soft like in the single version, this is pure scream, just the way Matt was supposed to be, taking this album to a new front, matching and bettering just about everything they've done before.
Of coursem with such a strong fourth track, you can't be expected to keep the pace up, as is for most albums, the second half is much weaker than the thrid. Disapear is an attempted continuation of the adrenaline from the previous track, and is successful, but on it's own, this song is nothing special, with Deliver Us From Evil following from that, again, a calmer pitch, and I can't really say much about this song that's fair, because I totally hate it.
Take It out On Me brings this album into the second half, and is the best from it, featureing vocals from felow welsh bands Skindreds own Benji Webb, (a band you're highly recomended to listen to, the breeding of metal and reggae creating a fanatical melee of unique adrenaline and bounce) and this track is fanatical, pretty solid riff, though nothing special again, and a mid section that goes on for a while, but doesn't drag on too long at all. It's a very good song. Which less can be said about for Say goodnight, a soft song, and in my opinion, I'm not intersted.
End of Days sees Bullet Venturing into Drop C once again, and is a pretty decent song but once again, it won't win any new fans over, Last To Know has such an immense chorus it could send you into spazms of metal energy, the explosion of waking the Demon has the same effect as the chorus hitting in on this one
Finally Forever And Always, totally unspecial, an outro that could be cut down by about 2 mins (I'm exagerating) but has pretty nice uplifting vocals
F*** that.

All in all, this is a less than impressive album from an impressive band, I'm giving this 4/5 for the one reason that if this was a lesser band, it would be something special. But The Poison has taught us to expect more from BFMV. Hopefully the next album will be better.

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Amazing album. The song Say Goodnight has to be the highlight of it. I just recently got into these guys a few weeks ago, But knew about them before. I just never took the time to listen to them until then, I am quite glad I took that step and stopped being lazy.. Get this if you're a fan of any Metalcore.

Good hard driving alternative rock. Very good new artist up there with the rest of the new alternative rock

I saw the video for this song on artist direct. These guys know how to shred! A definite buy for any metal head.

If you liked the first Bullet for my Valentine cd, you will love this one. Scream Aim Fire is a great song. The cd as a whole is a little more hard rock, and a little less cutsie from their last cd, and if that is your tastes, this is a good investment.

I love this cd.
It is a great band with a kick ass sound,
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THE CD STARTS OUT WITH THEIR SCREAM AIM FIRE HIT, WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THE CD IN THE FIRST PLACE. WHAT A SONG, EVERYTHING YOU'D WANT, GOOD VOCALS, A LIL BIT OF SCREAMO, GREAT GUITAR RIFFS AND SOME SHREDDING AT THE END. THE CD CONTINUES WITH MORE OF THE SAME. I DON'T HAVE THE ALBUM SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME CUZ IT'S SITTING IN MY CAR READY TO GET PLAYED AGAIN, BUT THEIR IS ONE SONG THAT REMINDS ME ALOT OF LIKE ONE OF THE OLD METALLICA SONGS, (MAYBE FADE TO BLACK) IT STARTS NICE AND SLOW AND KEEPS BUILDING UP. ON THE DOWN SIDE, THEIR ARE ALSO I'D SAY MAYBE A COUPLE OF SONGS THAT COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A LITTLE BIT OF "BUBBLE GUMISH", BUT MAYBE THAT'S JUST ME CUZ I'M OLD AS DIRT TOO. ALL IN ALL, I DEFINATELY WOULD BUY THIS ALBUM AGAIN AND WILL BE LISTENING TO IT FOR A WHILE NOW. KEEP ROCKIN BFMV!!! I'LL BUY YOUR NEXT CD TOO.