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Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine singer Matt Tuck pushes a poker-straight curtain of hair out of his eyes and surveys the baying, overwhelmingly teenage, crowd.

"You guys are part of history," he tells them, triumphantly.

Tuck's career, however, was almost a thing of the past when the shrieking singer was stricken with throat problems during the recording of the Welsh metal band's second album, Scream Aim Fire. Following an emergency tonsillectomy, Tuck and his Bridgend bandmates consolidated their success in both the UK and the US with the best British band gong at this year's Kerrang! awards. Now halfway through a punishing two-year touring schedule, this is BFMV's biggest headline show. "It's time to show the rest of the fucking world what the UK is about," adds Tuck.

BFMV are about melody-driven, humour-free metal, sprinkled with a little sparkle. Cylinders shoot flames so huge their heat reaches the back of the aircraft hanger-sized venue, while Tuck, guitarist Michael Padget and bassist Jason James hop on and off risers, in feet-apart, rock-god poses.

James voices the throat-rattling shrieks that Tuck dare not attempt, but it is the latter who gives BFMV their edge, his insolent sneer and whine commanding the anthemic choruses of All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me) and Tears Don't Fall.

During a fist-pumping The Poison, Tuck hands singing duties over to the fans. Equally vocal on the heartfelt encore Forever and Always, the kids aren't here to make history, but to live in the moment, which is what makes BFMV's big night so thrilling, and the band's future so bright.