The Poison
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| Released | 3 October 2005 | |||
| Recorded | October 2004–February 2005 | |||
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| Genre | Melodic metalcore | |||
| Length | 53:26 | |||
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| Producer | Colin Richardson | |||
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The Poison is the debut studio album by Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine. The album was released on 3 October 2005 through Visible Noise Records in UK, and on 14 February 2006 in United States through Trustkill Records. The album included 11 new songs and two previously heard songs, "Cries in Vain", which was previously heard from the band's self-titled UK EP and from their US EP, Hand of Blood, as well as from "4 Words (To Choke Upon)" was previously included on the same US release. Different editions of the album contain the song "Hand of Blood", previously heard from these EPs, replacing "Spit You Out".
The band played the album in its entirety for the first time in 2016. For the 20th anniversary of the album, the band released a 20th anniversary edition of the album and announced 'The Poisoned Ascendancy' Tour with Trivium that took place in 2025 with Trivium celebrating the 20th anniversary of their successful album Ascendancy.