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Machine Head
Machine Head
American metal band
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Trivium
Trivium
American heavy metal band
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Black Tide
Black Tide
american heavy metal band
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Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon
British rock band
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Black Veil Brides
Black Veil Brides
American metal band
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Rise to Remain
Rise to Remain
English band
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You Me at Six
You Me at Six
British rock band
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Motionless in White
Motionless in White
American metalcore band
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Evile
Evile
English thrash metal band
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Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
American metal band
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Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
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Soulfly
Soulfly
American heavy metal band
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Mastodon
Mastodon
American heavy metal band
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Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
American heavy metal band
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Atreyu
Atreyu
American metalcore band
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Decapitated
Decapitated
Polish death metal band
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Electric Wizard
Electric Wizard
English doom metal band
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Halestorm
Halestorm
American rock band
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Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
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Within Temptation
Within Temptation
Dutch musical group; symphonic metal band
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A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember
American post-hardcore band
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Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Disbanded Welsh rock band
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Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
American metalcore band
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Deftones
Deftones
American alternative metal band
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DragonForce
DragonForce
British power metal rock band
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God Forbid
God Forbid
band
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Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
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Slipknot
Slipknot
American metal band
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DevilDriver
DevilDriver
American heavy metal band
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Doro
Doro
German singer and frontwoman of Warlock
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Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
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Young Guns
Young Guns
English alternative rock band from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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Dirge Within
Dirge Within
American heavy metal band
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Times of Grace
Times of Grace
band
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Bury Tomorrow
Bury Tomorrow
British metalcore band
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AxeWound
AxeWound
band
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The Sword
The Sword
American band
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The Pretty Reckless
The Pretty Reckless
American hard rock band
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Lamb of God
Lamb of God
metal band from United States
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Motörhead
Motörhead
English rock band
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While She Sleeps
While She Sleeps
British metalcore band
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Girlschool
Girlschool
British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978
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Cancer Bats
Cancer Bats
Canadian hardcore punk music band
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Bush
Bush
British rock band
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Byzantine
Byzantine
band
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Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend
Welsh band
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Ghost
Ghost
Swedish hardrock band
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In This Moment
In This Moment
American Heavy Metal Band
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Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah
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Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
American metalcore band
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Metallica
Metallica
American heavy metal band
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Volbeat
Volbeat
Danish metal band
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Kobra and the Lotus
Kobra and the Lotus
Canadian Hevy Metal Band
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Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall
American metal band
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Linkin Park
Linkin Park
American rock band
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Korn
Korn
American nu metal band
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HIM
HIM
Finnish rock band
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Accept
Accept
German heavy metal band
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Fear Factory
Fear Factory
American metal band
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Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
English metal band
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Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter
British five-piece electronic-metal band
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Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria
British metalcore band
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Katatonia
Katatonia
swedish metal band
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Mr. Big
Mr. Big
American rock band
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In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
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System of a Down
System of a Down
Armenian-American metal band
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Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Whitesnake
Whitesnake
British hard rock band
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Evanescence
Evanescence
American alternative metal band
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Gallows
Gallows
band
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band

Bullet for My Valentine, often abbreviated as BFMV, are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is currently composed of Matthew Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason Bowld (drums) and Jamie Mathias (bass guitar, backing vocals). Former members include Michael Thomas, Jason James and Nick Crandle; the latter were on bass. They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana. Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were not released; two of these tracks were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine. A change of style from that of Jeff Killed John led the band to change their name. In 2002, the band secured a five-album deal with Sony BMG. The band has stated that their music is influenced by classic metal acts such as Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer. The band is part of the Cardiff music scene.

Bullet for My Valentine's debut album The Poison was released on 3 October 2005 in the United Kingdom and on 14 February 2006 in the United States to coincide with Valentine's Day, in a nod to the band's name. The album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at number 128. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The band made appearances at the Download Festival and Kerrang! XXV, and undertook a U.S. tour with Rob Zombie. Bullet for My Valentine's second studio album, Scream Aim Fire, was released on 28 January 2008 and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. The band's third album, Fever, was released on 26 April 2010 and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. On 8 February 2013, the band released their fourth studio album, Temper Temper, which peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200. On 14 August 2015, the band released their fifth studio album, Venom, which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200. On 29 June 2018, the band released their sixth studio album, Gravity. The band has sold over one million albums in the United States and over 3,000,000 albums worldwide and are the most-successful act in the Kerrang! Awards category of "Best British Band" with three wins.