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15 March 2016 | 9:38 am | Staff Writer

"It's my first skydiving experience, so dealing with the excitement and nerves — even before you add in the ruthless cold — was intense."

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British metal heavyweights Bullet For My Valentine have marked history's first continuous gig played over air, land and sea this year, taking to the icy terrain of Norway for Jagermeister's Ice Cold Gig series.

As Blabbermouth reports, the band's singer Matt Tuck skydived from 15,000 feet above the Lyngsfjord mountains with a trained instructor to first freefall, then play The Last Fight at 7,000 feet, as he floated down to earth.

The sea and land stages of the world-first gig consisted of Tuck playing and singing Venom in a Buster Magnum speedboat through -20 degree Celsius temperatures, then performing Bittersweet Memories as he's plummeted though the Norwegian snow behind a slew of Siberian huskies.

"I've played some incredible gigs around the world, but that was right up there, literally," says Tuck of the experience.

"Jäger's Ice Cold Gig was one of the very best and definitely the most extreme! It's my first skydiving experience, so dealing with the excitement and nerves — even before you add in the ruthless cold — was intense, but totally worth it. It's awesome to say you did a world's first in music, but to do it with my best mates, the guys who were there with me from the beginning, made it unforgettable. Now for a drink!"

Jager's music manager Tom Carson added of the feat, "We go bigger every year and because of the nature of this world first, spanning air, sea and land, in extreme conditions, this gig was not only a test of friendship but one of supporting each other too. I think they had a great laugh."