As winter descends on Australia in 2008, metal fans shall brace themselves for a peerless union, featuring the absolute hottest heavy acts from each side of the Atlantic.

One fervently reverent, the other fearlessly revolutionary, the tour heralds a dawning of a new age of metal as much as each band have brought a new language to the global metal tribe. We can only imagine what lies ahead for Wales’ Bullet For My Valentine and California’s Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu, but Australia awaits glorious carnage.

Tickets go on sale 9am February 22

Tuesday May 6 – Riverstage, Brisbane (all-ages)
Tickets from Ticketmaster 136 100.

Wednesday May 7 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney (all-ages)
*Avenged Sevenfold will close this show
Tickets from Ticketek 132849.

Thursday May 8 – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (all-ages)
*Avenged Sevenfold will close this show
Tickets from Venuetix 08 8225 8888

Saturday May 10 – Festival Hall, Melbourne (all-ages)
Tickets from Ticketmaster 136 100 and Festival Hall Box Office

Sunday May 11 – Metro City, Perth (U18)
Tickets from Moshtix outlets 1300 GET TIX, BOCS ticketing 08 9484 1133, 78’s 08 9322 6384

Monday May 12 – Metro City, Perth (18+)
Tickets from Moshtix outlets 1300 GET TIX, BOCS ticketing 08 9484 1133, 78’s 08 9322 6384.

Bullet For My Valentine – proudly presented by Blue Murder, triple j, Blunt Magazine and Bombshellzine