In October 2005, British metal mainstays BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE laid solid foundations with their epochal debut album, The Poison. An unparalleled and enduring career has since followed, and in doing so the group changed the landscape and supercharged the trajectory of alternative music. 2005 saw the Welsh metallers graduate from supporting Funeral For A Friend on their UK run in the summer, to ending the year headlining the very same venues just months later. That meteoric rise saw the album hit number 21 in the UK album charts, becoming a late contender in end of year polls, placing at number seven on KERRANG!’s “Albums Of The Year” list, and since achieving gold status. An album still boasting enduring impact, Metal Hammer listed the album in the top 25 in their recent “The Greatest Metal Albums of the Century.”