![]() ![]() They are a Swedish band playing hard rock/heavy metal, the kind most popular in the early ‘80s in the vein of bands such as AC/DC, early Judas Priest and Accept. ![]() If you agree that modern Metal is weak, pick it up.īest: Bite the Bullet, Roadking, The Rebels Return, Rock Us Tonightīite the Bullet is Bullet’s second album. All in all, this album is a strong top-to-bottom effort, with very little filler and a consistently catchy songwriting approach. These guys may more often be compared to AC/DC, but that's really more due to the ignorance of people who have been more exposed to them than some of the NWOBHM that Bullet is clearly strongly influenced by. The band also shows their appreciation for Accept's proto-Speed Metal on the song 'Rock Us Tonight', which wouldn't be at all out of place on, say, the Breaker or Restless & Wild albums. The second half seems to leave the best for last, as 'The Rebels Return' is an absolute Heavy Metal anthem with a great mood and build-up. The early half is dominated by the album's title track as well as the first single, 'Dusk til Dawn'. No ballads to be found, here, just solid 80's Metal with strong, catchy hooks. Even so, the songwriting is unmistakably top-notch and the album flows very well from track to track. These riffs work well together, and the choruses have an infectious quality that is, of course, similar to the band's main inspirations, even if the guitarwork is nowhere near, say, Wolf Hoffmann's. This album wasn't just thrown together, either. The instrumental track about halfway through - 'City of Sins' - is a sort of spiritual successor to 'The Hellion / Electric Eye'. Riff-wise, this album is similar to something you might hear on Judas Priest's early-to-mid-80's output. This definitely works in their favor on 'Bite the Bullet', and infuses the music with an unmistakable energy which probably would have been absent had they embraced the Aussie rockers, instead. Obviously, the untrained ear will call these guys an AC/DC ripoff, but given the actual composition of Bullet's tunes on this effort, my sneaking suspicion would be that these guys are much bigger fans of Accept than AC/DC. Bullet is on the front line of a growing movement in Metal, that is, younger bands (such as Bullet's countrymen, Wolf) playing a style of Metal more commonly associated with the early 80's and NWOBHM, in particular.
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