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The Welsh "metal" band that everyone has come to love returns with their latest effort, "Temper Temper". With tension in the group, and anger being the theme here, the group makes a great effort for a new release, but spirits seems to fade. Everyone is already familiar with the title track and "Riot", and have gotten the most criticism of any other song on this record. "Temper Temper" offers a collection of fancy drum work and classic guitar work, but just seems dull compared to their finest work in recent years. "Riot" has more of a rock feel than anything, and with weak lyrics to back it up, the song will most likely be skipped, but in other eyes, could make the crowd sing another anthem. Songs like "Breaking Point", "Truth Hurts" and "Saints Sinners" serve as energetic fillers that seem to keep this ship upright, but not by much at all. "POW" is probably one of the brighter sides of this album, as it has the potential to become a ballad, but has its chance taken away. "POW" does have a spirit of their older songs, as its slow to mid tempo brings it some enjoyment. "Dirty Little Secret" has some of the most style changes for a song on this album, and keeps in contact in anger, but just has parts that do not belong to that puzzle and loses potential for a fantastic song. "Leech" is a rock song that brings to light that someone keeps crashing the party, but stands with the lower side of the album with songs like "Riot" and "Temper Temper". "Dead To The World" reminds me of Scream Aim Fire's "Say Goodnight", and serves a plate of mood and time to calm down after the mid-tempo assault the listener endured. "Dead To The World" digs deep, and ends with a climatic ending, with lyrics helped by Chris Jericho(Fozzy). "Tears Don't Fall Part II" is probably the most significant track on the album. Serving as a second chapter to an extremely popular BFMV song, this song provides a more different style to the first one, and maintains some of its old elements at the same time. This song isn't exactly a masterpiece, but serves as a damn good listen. This album ends with "Livin Life(On The Edge Of A Knife) which serves as an energetic high note for the ending of this record. With its 4 total bonus tracks(3 on deluxe, 1 Japan), it provides two live favorites(Cover of Whole Lotta Rosie and Scream Aim Fire), and two songs that seem just a hint better written then some of these songs on this record(Playing With Fire and Not Invincible). Bullet will continue to please fans, but also disappoint at moments. The guitars and drums continue to shine, with room for improvement, but the lyrics need a revamp, into something more out of the area of relationships.They are a great listen, and this album was alright. They will most likely never release another "Scream Aim Fire", or "The Poison", but that isn't a bad thing, because they seek to evolve into something better. But, if they seek to become the next "Metallica", they need to do some soul searching and patch up their work, before their place in the metal world gets knocked off.… Expand