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Scream Aim Fire is the second studio album by Welsh metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine, released worldwide January 28, 2008 and January 29, 2008 in the US. The band supported the release of the album with the Scream Aim Fire Tour.

Background

It was released on January 28, 2008, as stated in Kerrang!.^[1] The band stated that this album would be considerably heavier than their previous album. Scream Aim Fire has fewer screaming vocals than its predecessor, partly because of the problem lead singer Matthew Tuck had with his tonsils.

Scream Aim Fire went straight to number 5 in the UK album Charts and number 4 in the Australian album charts. Additionally, the album hit number 4 on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of about 53,000. Since its release Scream, Aim, Fire has sold over 525,000 copies worldwide and over 319,000 copies in the US.

The title track "Scream Aim Fire" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour. The track "Waking the Demon" is available for download for both Rock Band and Rock Band 2. The track "Hearts Burst Into Fire" is featured in the video game NHL 09.

On the original copies, in the booklet with the album, the lyrics "over the top, over the top" are misprinted as "on the top, on the top."

Recording

Recording of the album was complete in November 2007 with vocalist/guitarist Matthew Tuck telling Kerrang! magazine he was looking forward to be working with guest producer Alec Cartio again.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bullet for My Valentine

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scream Aim Fire"	4:26
2.	"Eye of the Storm"	4:02
3.	"Hearts Burst into Fire"	4:57
4.	"Waking the Demon"	4:07
5.	"Disappear"	4:05
6.	"Deliver Us From Evil"	5:58
7.	"Take It Out On Me" (feat. Benji Webbe)	5:52
8.	"Say Goodnight"	4:43
9.	"End of Days"	4:18
10.	"Last to Know"	3:17
11.	"Forever and Always"	6:46
Total length:		56:56

Japanese Edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"No Easy Way Out" (Robert Tepper cover)	4:32

Limited Edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Ashes of the Innocent"	4:15

Deluxe Edition
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Road to Nowhere"	4:19
13.	"Watching Us Die Tonight"	3:53
14.	"One Good Reason Why"	4:04
15.	"Ashes of the Innocent"	4:15

iTunes
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Creeping Death" (Metallica cover)	6:39
13.	"Ashes of the Innocent"	4:14

B-Sides
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Say Goodnight" (Acoustic)	3:17
13.	"Hearts Burst Into Fire" (Acoustic)	4:00
14.	"Forever and Always" (Acoustic)	4:17

DVDs

Limited Edition DVD

"Scream Aim Fire" music video
The Making of "Scream Aim Fire"
Bullet TV:
- Welcome to the studio
- Sonic Ranch Cribs
- Night at the ranch
- Quad Pinching
Photo Gallery

Deluxe Edition DVD

3 Music Videos:
- Scream Aim Fire
- Waking the Demon
- Hearts Burst Into Fire
Bullet TV:
- Drinking
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Travel to OZ
- Australia/New Zealand

USB Edition

Bullet for My Valentine have also released the album on a metal bullet-shaped Flash Drive with the band's symbol engraved into it.^[2] The bullet-shaped Flash Drive has the same properties as the Special Edition CD, with the inclusion of a 15 minute track-by-track video commentary, 4 wallpapers, and the booklet/insert in PDF format.

Promotion

At midnight on the January 28, Bullet for My Valentine were present in Cardiff to do an album signing to go with the release of the album. At 18:00 the same day, they did a 20 minute performance at HMV in Oxford Circus with 300 present to get their album signed.

Singles and releases

A 15-minute album commentary was released on the US digital single for "Scream Aim Fire", released on December 18, 2007, with the additional track "Eye of the Storm",^[3] which was also released on a free Kerrang! CD and as a free download for signing up to the Sony BMG mailing list^[4]. All standard tracks were released for streaming on the band's MySpace profile on January 21, 2008. The day after, the Japanese edition was found circulating on various peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

The second single from the album, "Hearts Burst into Fire", was announced by the band during their UK tour. Matt Tuck said that the band recorded the song live for the music video.

"Waking the Demon" is the third single of the album.

Singles charts

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
Year	Title	UK Singles Chart	UK Rock Chart	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	German Singles Chart
2007	"Scream Aim Fire"	34	1	26	16	58
2008	"Hearts Burst into Fire"	68	1	—	22	—
2008	"Waking the Demon"	—	1	—	39	—

Album charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	4
US Billboard 200	4
UK Albums Chart	5
Finnish Albums Chart	8^[5]
Austrian Albums Chart	3^[6]
Irish Albums Chart	10
Swedish Albums Chart	5
French Albums Chart	38^[7]
Japanese Albums Chart	15
New Zealand Albums Chart	29^[8]
Swiss Albums Chart	18^[9]
German Albums Chart	3
World Albums Chart	4

Personnel

Matthew "Matt" Tuck – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitar intro solo on "Say Goodnight" and on Hearts Burst Into Fire, guitar solo on "Take It Out On Me"
Jason "Jay" James – bass guitar, vocals
Michael "Padge" Paget – lead guitar, backing vocals
Michael "Moose" Thomas – drums

Benji Webbe - additional vocals on "Take It Out On Me"
Colin Richardson – producer
Alec Cartio – co-producer

References

^ blabbermouth.net News Archive
^ [1]Memory Stick (BFMV SAF)
^ BFMV website news about digital singles[2]
^ http://ftp.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/Eye_of_the_storm.zip
^ "Search Results -- Albums". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Search Results -- Albums". Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Search Results -- Albums". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Search Results -- Albums". Retrieved 2008-08-16.
^ "Search Results -- Albums". Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[1] rmouth.net News Archive

[2] [1]Memory Stick (BFMV SAF)

[3] BFMV website news about digital singles[2]

[4] ttps://ftp.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/Eye_of_the_storm.zip

[Finland_Top_40-5] "Search Results -- Albums". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[Austria_Top_40-6] "Search Results -- Albums". Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[French_Top_40-7] "Search Results -- Albums". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[New_Zealand_charts-8] "Search Results -- Albums". Retrieved 2008-08-16.

[Die_Offizielle_Schweizer_Hitparade_und_Music_Community-9] "Search Results -- Albums". Retrieved 2008-08-16.

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 | Last album  = ''[[The Poison]]''<br /> (2005)
 | This album  = '''''Scream Aim Fire'''''<br /> (2008)
-| Next album  =
+| Next album  = '''[[Untitled Bullet For My Valentine Album]]
   {{Extra album cover 2
   | Upper caption  = ''Deluxe Edition''

v t e Bullet for My Valentine
Matthew Tuck Michael Paget Jamie Mathias Jason Bowld Nick Crandle Jason James Michael Thomas
Studio albums	The Poison (2005) Scream Aim Fire (2008) Fever (2010) Temper Temper (2013) Venom (2015) Gravity (2018) Bullet for My Valentine (2021)
Live albums	Rock am Ring 2006 The Poison: Live at Brixton Scream Aim Fire: Live at London Alexandria Live from Brixton: Chapter Two
EPs	Jeff Killed John (as Jeff Killed John) Bullet for My Valentine Hand of Blood
Singles	"4 Words (To Choke Upon)" "Suffocating Under Words of Sorrow" "All These Things I Hate" "Tears Don't Fall" "Scream Aim Fire" "Hearts Burst into Fire" "Waking the Demon" "Your Betrayal" "The Last Fight" "Bittersweet Memories" "Fever" "Temper Temper" "Riot" "Breaking Point" "Raising Hell" "You Want a Battle? (Here's a War)"
Related articles	Discography AxeWound