BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM have announced the North American dates for “The Poisoned Ascendancy” tour. Support on the trek will come from AUGUST BURNS REDwith SYLOSIS and BLEED FROM WITHIN appearing on select shows.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM will celebrate the 20th anniversary of “The Poison” and “Ascendancy” albums, respectively, by playing them in full.
Produced by Live Nationthe 26-city tour kicks off on March 30 at PNE Forum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, making stops across North America in Las Vegas, Chicago, New York and more before wrapping up in Raleigh, North Carolina at Red Hat Amphitheater on May 18.
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE said: “We are super excited to announce we are coming back to the USA in 2025 with our friends TRIVIUMto bring you ‘The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour’. We’re going to be celebrating 20 years of our debut album ‘The Poison’ and TRIVIUM‘s ‘Ascendancy’. “It’s the metal tour of 2025, so don’t miss out.” –
TRIVIUM added: “This is a celebration for the old fans that were there at 9 am at Ozzfest to catch a couple songs from a band in IRON MAIDEN shirts. It’s for the new fans who have been listening to the deep cuts but never caught them on a recent tour. And lastly, it’s for both BFMV and us to take a moment to reflect on how amazing these 20 years have been, how fast they’ve gone, and how important these albums are for both of our bands. Having AUGUST BURNS RED, BLEED FROM WITHIN and SYLOSIS Joining us only makes this more special. We can’t wait to play ‘Ascendancy’ for you!”
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“The Poisoned Ascendancy” 2025 North American tour dates:
Mar. 30 – Vancouver, BC @ PNE Forum
Apr. 01 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater
Apr. 03 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
Apr. 04 – Wheatland, CA @ Hard Rock Live
Apr. 05 – Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort Grand Theater
Apr. 08 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
Apr. 10 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl Concert Theater
Apr. 11 – Inglewood, CA @ YouTube Theater
Apr. 12 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theater
Apr. 15 – Dallas, TX @ Gilley’s – South Side Ballroom
Apr. 16 – San Antonio, TX @ Boeing Center At Tech Port
Apr. 17 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
Apr. 19 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory
Apr. 20 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha
Apr. 22 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center
Apr. 23 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe
Apr. 26 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Apr. 27 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Apr. 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE – Outdoors
Apr. 30 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia
May 02 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
May 03 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
May 04 – Toronto, ON – Great Canadian Resort Toronto
May 06 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
May 07 – New York, NY – The Rooftop at Pier 17
May 09 – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Event Center
May 11 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
May 13 – Corbin, KY – The Corbin Arena
May 14 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
May 17 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheater
May 18 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
With SYLOSIS from March 30 to April 17
With BLEED FROM WITHIN from April 19 to May 18
“I honestly can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the release of ‘The Poison’and what an incredible 20 years it’s been,” he said BFMV frontman Matt Tuck. “I feel so proud of what we’ve achieved as a band in the last two decades and it all started with that debut album. ‘The Poison’ is such an important part of our lives musically and personally and we know the massive impact it had on the metal world on a global level. This tour will be made even more special as our brothers in TRIVIUM are also joining us on the road to celebrate and play in its entirety their stunning album ‘Ascendancy’.”
“BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE‘s ‘The Poison’ and TRIVIUM‘s ‘Ascendancy’ are two records whose influence can be heard to this day — in the DNA of modern metal declared,” TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy. “It’s incredible to think of the impact the albums had when they came out in 2005. They were both like bolts of lightning. Both bands grew up independently of each other in different countries and separately from any movement or scene but both shared a common love of melodic heavy metal at the core; and both had similar meteoric rises right out of the gate.”
He continued: “TRIVIUM and BFMV were in such whirlwinds when our respective albums came out that we each never truly got to play together or sit back and celebrate during the maelstrom of constant touring, recording and globetrotting. But that’s what this anniversary tour is. It’s a celebration by the bands to the fans of an important era, and most importantly it’s an invitation to fans come and have an epic night with us and sing and rage and celebrate the awesome power of the music.”
“This is going to be the metal tour of 2025,” concluded Tuck. “BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM‘The Poisoned Ascendancy’ world tour 2025. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of both albums and playing them in their entirety. Get excited people, it’s going to be special and we can’t wait to celebrate with you all.”
Speaking to NME, Tuck described the tour as a “well-deserved victory lap” and said both bands “deserved” the chance to celebrate their legacies. “We never had the chance to really take in what was happening at the time,” he explained.
Tuck continued: “This tour almost didn’t happen because we were so focused on making a new album and touring that. That’s how we’re wired, that’s what we’ve always done. But after talking about it, we realized that if we didn’t take this opportunity, we’d always regret it. 20 years is a long time to be making an impact. A 20th anniversary is an once-in-a-lifetime thing, but to celebrate that alongside. TRIVIUM “just makes it more special.”
“The Poisoned Ascendancy” will launch in the UK in late January 2025 for six shows, before the two bands, along with support act ORBIT CULTUREhead over to mainland Europe for 18 more concerts.
Released in 2005, the impact of both albums on the evolution of modern metal is undeniable. For BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, “The Poison” was their debut album, which saw the band propelled to unimaginable heights. That year saw the Welsh metallers graduate from supporting FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND on their UK run in the summer, to end the year headlining the very same venues just months later. Dropping in October 2005, “The Poison” hit number 21 in the UK album charts, becoming a late contender at the end of year polls, placing at number seven on Kerrang!‘s “Albums Of The Year” list, and since achieving gold status.
Released in March 2005, TRIVIUM crafted a classic in the form of “Ascendancy”. It concluded in 2005 as Kerrang!‘s “Album Of The Year,” went gold in the UK, and has since surpassed global sales of 500,000 copies. Opening the main stage of Download festival that year, the Floridian four piece — barely out of their teens — delivered a set that left all who witnessed it in no doubt that they were looking at future legends, with Kerrang! Readers later voting it as the tenth best gig of all time.
A testament to the staying power of both albums, Metal Hammer listed both albums in the Top 25 of their “The Greatest Metal Albums Of The Century.” The opportunity to see these classic albums performed in full by two bands at the top of their game in some of the UK’s most prestigious arenas is not one to be missed.
Photo credit: Ryan Chang
