Hard on the heals of British hard rockers The Tokyo Dragons are Dutch band Bullet, like The Tokyo Dragons, Bullet are the new old school of heavy rock.

The band have many influences and all are present on this debut release, the likes of WASP, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Krokus and Black Sabbath to name a few.

The album opens up with ‘Midnight Riders (Riding Free)’ and immediately the vocals of Hell Hofer give you that familiar feeling, sounding like a mix between Mark Storace and Udo. This is pure 80's hard rock like your mother used to know.

The band takes you back to the denim and leather days when men didn’t feel ashamed to embroider their own denim jacket with their favourite bands logo (ah those were the days!).

The album continues with ‘Turn It Up Loud’ and ‘Heading For The Top’, two tracks that will definitely have your heads bobbing.

The band maybe a little cliché at times but it's good time rock n' roll the way it used to be.

‘Rambling Man’ and ‘Hard Luck Lady are full of AC/DC style riffs, tracks that will have you banging your heads no end.  The Judas Priest influence is very apparent on ‘Speeding In The Night’ with a little Saxon thrown in, just for balance.

It's hard not to find a track on this album that doesn’t remind me of some band or another.  But this isn't a bad thing because as a reviewer as it makes my job a whole lot easier to bring across just what the band sound has going for it.  Take for example ‘One Deal With The Devil’, this is most definitely Rogue Male in all but name.

This is definitely an album for fans of good old heavy metal and shouldn’t be dismissed as old hat, but rather a new hat on an experienced head.