{"id":6679,"date":"2012-09-10T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2013-06-01T14:30:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T14:30:33","slug":"album-review-bullet-full-pull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-bullet-full-pull\/","title":{"rendered":"BULLET – Full Pull (2012) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

BULLET
Full Pull<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2012)<\/span>
Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Although the Swedish band has been releasing albums since 2006, this is Bullet\u2019s proper introduction to the world stage. Full Pull<\/em> is exactly as it says it is; a full on, pedal-to-the-floor rocker that makes bands like Airbourne and The Answer sound as manufactured as New Kids On The Block.<\/p>\n

From the start, the band screams and drinks their way through this monolith of rock guitars (from Hampus Klang and Erik Almstr\u00f6m) and screechy vocals (from Hell Hofer) that only a mother could love, all wrapped in lyrical stories of debauchery, loneliness, women, and, of course, alcohol. <\/p>\n

The album opens with the slow build of \u2018Midnight Oil\u2019. The song grooves you into the rest of the album with its dynamic guitar work, reminding me of the way AC\/DC\u2019s classic The Razor\u2019s Edge<\/em> (1990) opens so powerfully with \u2018Thunderstruck\u2019. The title track really gets the motor running though with its down and dirty anthemic rock, the kind that is best suited to dingy, packed out bars that sell cheap beer in mason jars. While the guitars may be big and the vocals may be over the top, this definitely has more akin with Harley riding than it does with the muddy frat boys that you see in sold out arenas.<\/p>\n

The more dynamic \u2018Free Riding\u2019 is a highlight as well, boasting tinges of Thin Lizzy, early Kiss, and Bon Scott era AC\/DC. \u2018Warriors\u2019 is a favourite of mine. It has some really excellent lead guitar work and I love the solo. Every bit of it screams classic rock, but it\u2019s just a bit bigger sounding than you\u2019d expect it to be which gives it an extra edge. \u2018All Fired Up\u2019 and \u2018High On The Hog\u2019 are big anthems that feature a bluesier swagger and easy to sing along to choruses. Sure, it\u2019s nothing new, but it\u2019s a helluva lot of fun to drive to. <\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to say I loved this from the start (because I totally do now), but the reality is that the first listen was rough and I found myself thinking, \u201cWhat the hell is this?!\u201d more than once. Sometime the second time around I realised that Bullet likely doesn\u2019t give two shits that I think they sound unnervingly like AC\/DC, and that\u2019s when it hit me that the point here is to drink some beer and have some fun.<\/p>\n

Full Pull<\/em> isn\u2019t worth analysing and dissecting and exploring its musical merits; it\u2019s just a bunch of guys living rock \u2019n\u2019 roll as opposed to trying to play rock \u2019n\u2019 roll. And that\u2019s what makes Full Pull<\/em> so special. <\/p>\n

Mark Fisher<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BULLETFull Pull Nuclear Blast (2012)Rating: 8.5\/10 Although the Swedish band has been releasing albums since 2006, this is Bullet\u2019s proper introduction to the world stage. Full Pull is exactly as it says it is; a full on, pedal-to-the-floor rocker that makes bands like Airbourne and The Answer sound as manufactured as New Kids On The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-bullet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6679"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12037,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679\/revisions\/12037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}