Welsh metal heavyweights BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have announced their new album, “Social Apocalypse”, due out March 19, 2027 via Spinefarm. The announcement comes alongside the release of the album’s towering title track, which marks the band’s first new song in four years.
On “Social Apocalypse”, guitarist and vocalist Matt Tuck takes aim at “the end of the world as we know it,” as “all hope has faded”. The track is accompanied by an official music video directed, filmed and edited by Chris Wade of Dogbrain Videos, which can be watched below.
Lyrically, “Social Apocalypse” blends raw introspection from people worn down by the modern world with clear-eyed observations of a planet that seems to be spiraling further out of control at every turn.
“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,” Tuck says. “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”.
Once again teaming up with producer Carl Bown, who has worked on four BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE albums as well as with SLEEP TOKEN, WHILE SHE SLEEPS, MALEVOLENCE and others, the band carefully crafted, examined and refined every new track until it reached its final polished form.
“Carl doesn’t let you settle,” Tuck notes. “He is always ready to speak up, push and challenge you to be the best version of you.”
“Social Apocalypse” features two collaborations, something relatively unusual for BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, adding exciting new dimensions to the album. AGAINST THE CURRENT vocalist Chrissy Costanza joins the band for a duet on “In The Absence Of You”, while LORNA SHORE frontman Will Ramos delivers a fierce guest vocal performance on “I Don’t Trust Tomorrow”.
Tacklisting
01. Social Apocalypse
02. In The Absence Of You (Feat. Chrissy Costanza)
03. I Don’t Trust Tomorrow (Feat. Will Ramos)
04. Here Without You
05. Acid Rain
06. Fragile
07. CVLT
08. Masquerade
09. Read Between The Lines
10. Enough Is Never Enough
