Hand of Blood [Enhanced]

Bullet for My Valentine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Red Int / Red Ink
• ASIN: B000A7Q1P6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,786 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Bullet For My Valentine one of the most intense acts to come out of Wales since mega-groups Funeral For a Friend and Lost P...see site for more info.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drop everything you are doing and buy this album now!, October 17, 2005

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L. Gruenes "Erik Gruenes" (Dallas Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hand of Blood (Audio CD)

For the past three years I lived in England and dicscovered Bullet. This Mini album is truly amazing and shows true potential for this young group, although two songs on this made it to thier full length album, the others are hidden jems (especially Hand of Blood) and are well worth the purchase. From teh amazing guitar riffs, to the overpowering drum fills and double bass pedal, and even to the singing, this mini-album will blow you away! I would gladly pay tripple the price they're asking for. Buy now, or never find out what your missing.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great U.K. Import, September 12, 2005

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J. Rodriguez "Panamanian Brujo" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hand of Blood (Audio CD)

This debut e.p. is just a taste of the great things to come from this band. I try not to get overly excited about bands anymore since so many these days suck you in with a great first album then quickly become a steaming pile of crap, but these guys seem more promising than most.

The songs are very technical and melodic which is what drew me into this in the first place. Its heavy and easily moshable. Good screaming mixed with excellent clean singing vocals. There are even a few honest to goodness guitar solos! Thats something that is sorely missing in music these days.

Cries In Vain and Just Another Star are easily the best 2 tracks on this cd, but the others are great too. Definetly worth checking out. Nice anime style cover art too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressive Debut From Bullet, December 21, 2005

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Flash United "The Beats Inside" (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hand of Blood (Audio CD)

To start off with, I need to address the ridiculous comparisons between Bullet For My Valentine and Funeral For A Friend. Yes, they are both UK post-grunge bands, but within the genre there styles are very different. Bullet are very fast paced whilst Funeral For A Friend generally keep to a slower tempo. Funeral For A Friend have been around a good sight longer than Bullet, so Bullet have drawn influences from them, but have then built on that and made into their own. Bullet For My Valentine are a very unique band, and this shines through on their debut EP "Hand Of Blood". They're starting to become very popular in the emo/hardcore circuit in the UK, their brash, thumping music seeming to surpass that of bands such as Alexisonfire - a band that would be a sensible comparison.

To put it bluntly, there's not a bad song on this six track EP. Fans of bands such as Silverstein and UnderOath should find Bullet For My Valentine's music to be very enjoyable, as it's got the hard guitar riffs, excellent screaming/singing, hard drumming and bring it all together very well. The lyrics are all very well thought out and are delivered with a lot of passion. Standout tracks include "4 Words (To Choke Upon)", "Hand Of Blood" and "Cries In Vain", which all happened to end up on their 2005 full length album - coming just months after this EP - "The Poison". The fact the CD is so short gives it a lot of replay value and will certainly leave you wanting more if your a fan of this style of music. If you've yet to try anything from Bullet For My Valentine this would be the perfect place to start. Definetley reccommended.