Bullet (Swedish band)

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{{short description|Swedish heavy metal band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Bullet

| image = Bullet RudE 2022 24 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Bullet in 2022

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| origin = Växjö, Sweden

| genre = Heavy metal, hard rock{{Cite web |date=2019-10-14 |title=BULLET: ROCK N' ROLL REBELS! |url=https://mythofrock.gr/bullet-rock-n-roll-rebels/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Myth of Rock}}

| years_active = 2001–present

| label = Nuclear Blast

| website = {{URL|bulletrock.com}}

| current_members = Dag "Hell" Hofer
Hampus Klang
Gustav Hjortsjö
Gustav Hector
Freddie Johansson

| past_members = Lenny Blade
Erik Almström
Alexander Lyrbo
Adam Hector

}}

Bullet is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed in Växjö in 2001 by Hampus Klang and Dag "Hell" Hofer. The band released their first demo Heavy Metal Highway 2002 and released their album Heading for the Top in 2006 on Black Lodge record label.{{Cite web |url=http://www.blacklodge.se/artists.asp |title="Artists" |access-date=16 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927044908/http://www.blacklodge.se/artists.asp |archive-date=27 September 2008 |url-status=dead }} Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson played the Bullet song "Turn it Up Loud" from their album Heading for the Top on his radio program on BBC 2006.

In 2008, Bullet released their second album, Bite the Bullet. In June 2009, Bullet played with AC/DC at Ullevi in Gothenburg, and in October 2009, Bullet played two songs in the Globe (around 15,000 people) before the NHL match between Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis.[http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/DRCpLy_jj_f/Detroit+Red+Wings+v+St+Louis+Blues/YeHq_TzzoDG zimbio.com: Detroit Red Wings vs. St. Louis Blues] Their third album, Highway Pirates, was released in early 2011.

Guitarist Hampus Klang has also played in the grindcore band Birdflesh.[http://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Moshbastard%2C_Barbro_Havohej/34009 Hampus Klang på Metal Archives] and bassist Adam Hector sang in the hardcore band Path of No Return.[http://www.itsatrap.com/artist/Path+of+No+Return Scandinavian Music Journal: Path of No Return]

The band has played with acts Ambush and Dead Lord, who are also from Växjö.