BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM on a joint anniversary tour in Europe
In 2025, both bands will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the two legendary albums with The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour, featuring full-length live performances.
Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hanover, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich are on the German tour schedule in February.
They will be supported by of special guests ORBIT CULTURE.
The influence of both albums, released in 2005, on the development of modern metal is undeniable. For BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, The Poison was their debut album, with which the band reached unimaginable heights. In the summer of that year, the Welsh metallers opened for of Funeral For A Friend in the UK, only to return to the same venues as headliners just a few months later. After its drop in October 2005, The Poison reached number 21 in the UK album charts, landed at number seven on the "Albums Of The Year" list of KERRANG! and finally achieved gold status.
Released in March 2005, TRIVIUM created a classic with Ascendancy. It closed the year with the title of "Album of the Year" of KERRANG!, went gold in the UK and sold over 500,000 copies worldwide. When they opened the main stage at Download Festival that year, the boys from Florida - barely teenagers - delivered a set that left the audience in no doubt that they were dealing with future legends: The KERRANG! -readers voted it the tenth best gig of all time.
As a testament to the success and consistency of the albums, METAL HAMMER listed both in the top 25 of its "The Greatest Metal Albums of the Century" list. The Poisoned Ascendancy Tour is a unique opportunity to experience two iconic albums live in full, performed of by two world-class bands.