Hell Hofer
Bullet
Rocking and drinking till the morning light, that is the name of the game, which is how you play it right, kicking it hard with vintage energies without looking back. That is pretty much of how the Swedish BULLET present themselves, as far as their albums are concerned. Coming in with the recent development called "Full Pull", via Nuclear Blast Records, Tommy-Foxx talked with Hell Hofer, the band's vocalist, about the new album, the band's progress and the future.
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December 9, 2012
Hey! Everything is alright. After the recordings of the new album where finished we took some time off. In fact it was the longest break in 5 years. After the release of the album we went on a two and a half week European tour and currently we are playing shows in Sweden during the weekends.
The work on the new album has been quite different than on previous albums. We focused on writing the material without being disturbed by playing shows all the time. We brought in a producer for the first time and we recorded for 6 weeks which is shorter then before.
I'm glad you noticed. It was one of our visions when we wrote and recorded, to get the sound a bit rawer and back to basics
You also used some elements that you haven't used them before like more harmonies with the guitar parts like on your song "Warriors" and using some piano's part in your song like "Rolling Home", what led you to that decision?
I guess we were simply ready to try different stuff out a bit more. A lot of people think that the piano-part is all made up by the producer but we have ideas of our own as well.
I like the album still, even if it's been out a while. Full pull is the best record we've put out so far. There are no songs I would reconsider to end up on the album nor change any parts
Most of the times I feel quite good and happy after a show. What can make me in a bad mood is major technical problems though. There are no doubts that we love our crowd but we have been worse at hanging out after the shows and drink all night with the fans. It's only because now we play longer shows later in the evening. The energy at that point has all run out. There are no bands around in my opinion in Sweden that do the same metal as we love and love to play.
It's impossible to write music that doesn't remind the listener of something that has already been created. It feels more clever to take influences from the most famous and best bands in the world then from the bad and unknown bands...
The bus has become a second home. During some periods we have slept in there more than at our homes. What happens in the bus stays in the bus but I can tell you that all imaginable and unimaginable kinds of drugs and women have visited throughout the years…
Absolutely. It's a common question… I think it's weirder that people can make their lives work while working 9-5. We often have more spare time overall to hang out then I guess most people have...
We are working really hard to reach out. If all the people we work with do the same we should get there eventually…
I got three kids and I live in a house from the late 18th century so there are always one thousand things to do. After being at home for a week or so I always wanna get back on the road again.
Thanks to you to
Hell
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