Bullet For My Valentine announce departure of bassist

Earlier today, Bullet For My Valentine confirmed that their bassist and longterm member, Jay James, has departed the band.

After being apart of the Welsh four-piece for the past sixteen years, the band’s James has decided to leave the band. The group, who are currently working on their fifth album, broke the news today (Monday 9th February) with an announcement on their Facebook page and confirmed that they won’t be announcing a replacement for him until they “feel the time is right”. Their statement reads as follows.

“To all our fans around the World,

It is with regret that Bullet For My Valentine has to announce that Jay James is no longer a member of the band. Jay has been a part of this band for well over 12 years and part of our lives forever, and we’re gonna miss him as much as we know you guys are too. We wanna wish him all the best and success with whatever he chooses to do next and will always be grateful for his contribution and sacrifices he made for this band. We’ll announce a replacement for Jay when we feel the time is right, but until then we’re gonna be busy and focused recording our next record and making sure its the best album we’ve ever made. 2015 is already shaping up to be a massive year for us with lots of exciting things going on behind the scenes which we’ll be announcing as soon as we can.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Matt, Padge, Moose.”

The band are set to follow-up their 2013 offering ‘Temper Temper’ later this year.