Band
Holds writing credit on 78 of 78 tracks
Yes. Matthew Tuck is credited as a writer on 67 of the 78 tracks. The eleven exceptions are all on Scream Aim Fire, which credits the band as a whole with no individual named.
Across all 78 tracks: how many Bullet for My Valentine wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 78 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 78 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Tuck | 1998-present | 86% |
41% |
0% |
0% |
| Michael Paget | 1998-present | 14% |
28% |
0% |
0% |
| Jamie Mathias | 2015-present | 3% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
| Jason Bowld | 2016-present | 12% |
12% |
0% |
0% |
| Michael Thomas | 1998-2016 | 0% |
14% |
0% |
0% |
| Jason James | 2003-2015 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Nick Crandle | 1998-2003 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Bullet for My Valentine's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Bullet for My Valentine sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Visible Noise / Trustkill
Jive
Sony Music / Jive
RCA
RCA
Spinefarm
Spinefarm
No albums from this decade.
Bullet for My Valentine78 tracks
2Matt Schwartz, 2 tracks
2Drew Fulk, 2 tracks
2Charlie Simpson, 2 tracks
A1Apocalyptica, 1 track
BW1Benji Webbe, 1 track
RC1Rob Caggiano, 1 track on Anthrax's page
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. CR Colin Richardson · CB Carl Bown · DG Don Gilmore
Data Insight
Matthew Tuck is on 67 of the 78 tracks, which is every song except the eleven on Scream Aim Fire, the one album credited flatly to the band. For the first four records the credit splits: Tuck takes the lyrics, the band takes the music. From Venom in 2015 the music credit starts naming people too, and by Gravity and the self-titled album the writing has opened up to Michael Paget, Jason Bowld, Jamie Mathias and outside co-writers like Carl Bown, Rob Caggiano and Charlie Simpson.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
One lyricist all the way through, with the music credit widening from a flat band line to a named group and then to open co-writing.
The Story
Bullet for My Valentine formed in Bridgend, Wales in 1998 and became the biggest Welsh metal band of their generation. Matthew Tuck sings and writes the words, Michael Paget plays lead guitar, and the two of them have been there from the start. Seven studio albums, from The Poison in 2005 to the self-titled record in 2021.