Bullet For My Valentine have returned with the ferocious new single ‘Social Apocalypse’ and announced details of their first album in over five years.
Their eighth studio album, also titled ‘Social Apocalypse’, will arrive on March 19, 2027 via Spinefarm (pre-save here), following on from their self-titled seventh record from 2021. The title track is their first new song in four years.
“Everything in life is changing at such a rapid pace, and it is hard to find a great deal of positivity when you look at events in the world,” frontman Matt Tuck said of the themes behind the record.
“People are being pitted against each other. The world is full of conflict instead of unity. As a father, I look at what the world is like for younger people, and how completely different it is now.”
Check out the video for ‘Social Apocalypse’ below.
The album once again sees the band working with producer Carl Bown, who has been involved with four previous Bullet records.
It will also feature two guest collaborations, with Against The Current vocalist Chrissy Costanza appearing on ‘In The Absence Of You’, while Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos lends vocals to ‘I Don’t Trust Tomorrow’.
The full ‘Social Apocalypse’ tracklist is:
- ‘Social Apocalypse’
- ‘In The Absence Of You’ (ft. Chrissy Costanza)
- ‘I Don’t Trust Tomorrow’ (ft. Will Ramos)
- ‘Here Without You’
- ‘Acid Rain’
- ‘Fragile’
- ‘CVLT’
- ‘Masquerade’
- ‘Read Between The Lines’
- ‘Enough Is Never Enough’
Bullet For My Valentine have also announced their biggest UK and European headline tour to date, culminating in four UK arena shows next February.
The run will see them return to The O2 in London on February 26, having previously sold out the arena alongside Trivium on their ‘Poisoned Ascendancy’ co-headline tour in 2025. This time, Bullet will be the sole headliners, with Pendulum joining as very special guests across the entire tour and Dark Divine opening.
UK tickets go on general sale at 9am on Wednesday (September 30) and will be available here.
JANUARY 2027
21 – Lisbon, Sagres Campo Pequeno
22 – Madrid, Palacio Vistalegre
23 – Barcelona, Sant Jordi Club
25 – Milan, Forum
26 – Zurich, Hallenstadion
27 – Düsseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle
29 – Hamburg, Sporthalle
30 – Copenhagen, K.B. Hallen
31 – Stockholm, Annexet
FEBRUARY 2027
2 – Helsinki, Ice Hall
4 – Katowice, MCK
6 – Munich, Zenith
7 – Paris, Zenith
9 – Luxembourg, Rockhal
11 – Frankfurt, Festhalle
12 – Stuttgart, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
13 – Vienna, Stadthalle
15 – Budapest, Budapest Arena
16 – Prague, O2 Universum
17 – Berlin, Velodrome
19 – Amsterdam, AFAS Live
20 – Brussels, Forest National
23 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
25 – Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE
26 – London, The O2
27 – Manchester, AO Arena
‘Social Apocalypse’ arrives after Bullet For My Valentine cut short the later stages of their anniversary tour with Trivium last year in order to “divert our full attention towards the next chapter” of the band.
At the time, they promised fans that they were working on their “best album to date” and confirmed plans for extensive touring across 2026 and 2027.
The forthcoming LP also follows comments Tuck made to NME while discussing the band’s self-titled record in 2021. He said they had approached that album wanting “shock, awe and to show off”, adding: “We wanted to show people what this band is really capable of.”
Two years later, while discussing the ‘Poisoned Ascendancy’ shows, Tuck told NME that the next record could combine “the intensity and technicality” of their self-titled album with the feel of their 2005 debut ‘The Poison’.
“That’s going to be a pretty special record,” he said at the time.
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