TRIVIUM and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE were on the road together earlier this year to celebrate the joint 20th anniversaries of their respective albums “Ascendancy” and “The Poison”. In May, TRIVIUM revealed that plans were scrapped to have the two bands hit other territories around the world as part of “The Poisoned Ascendancy” tour. Details surrounding the cancelations were unclear, although TRIVIUM bassist Paolo Gregoletto said in a livestream that BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck had pulled out of the tour early as he “didn’t wanna do it.” Gregoletto also claimed that Tuck made the move because he is “the sole decision maker of (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) and he has no respect for us or our crew.”

The members of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE later shared a statement on social media saying that they were “grateful” to the fans who wanted to see them live but explained that they had decided to focus their efforts on making a new album instead.

“We’re incredibly grateful to have been given the chance to look back at a pair of life-changing albums for us & TRIVIUM, who we have nothing but respect and admiration for,” they said. “With that being said, the four of us collectively feel that the time is right for us to divert our full attention towards the next chapter of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE.”

They added: “We can’t wait to get back in the studio later this summer and finish what we promise you is our best album to date. To go along with this, we are already starting to make plans for the 2026 & 2027 touring cycles, hitting every corner. We are super excited to drop new music for you all. We value our fans above all else and are forever grateful for your support. We’ll be back with all of you very soon.”

In a new interview with Fox40, TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy elaborated on the premature end of “The Poisoned Ascendancy” tour and TRIVIUM‘s decision to embark on the “Ascend Above The Ashes” trek this fall, with support from JINJER and HERIOT. He said: “Everyone is kind of wondering, ‘Hey, this (‘The Poisoned Ascendancy’) was supposed to be a world tour. You and that other band (BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE) said this is gonna be a world tour from January through December.’ Well, we did — we flew over to the U.K. to do a press conference (with BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE), promising a world tour from January through December. And you know the old saying ‘it takes two to tango’ — well, our dance partner dropped off after three months of touring, and we’re, like, ‘We wanna keep playing.’ We’ve had people say, ‘Hey, what was the drama with this story?’ It’s just we wanted to play shows and someone else didn’t. So we’re gonna keep playing shows. That’s why you’re gonna see us at (the) Aftershock (festival in early October in Sacramento, California). That’s why we’ve got this TRIVIUM, JINJER, HERIOT tour. We’ve got an EP (‘Struck Dead’) coming out (in October). We’re already writing record eleven at the same time. So there’s no stopping us, man. It’s incredible. So this new tour is a pivot. It’s not the ‘Ascendancy’ tour; it’s the ‘Struck Dead’ tour. So we’re playing greatest hits of everything we’ve ever done, plus the new EP.”