I always acted under the impression that nothing could top 'The Black Parade'. Yes I was 14, what about it?
If I could go back 4 years and shake myself by the shoulders and scream 'listen to this album' I probably wouldn't; I kind of hated this sort of music back then and I just wouldn't have liked it.

It's definitely their least mainstream sounding album, but now that I'm slightly older and slightly wiser, I love love love that sound! Post-Hardcore music is great, though it's not for everyone. Maybe it just sounds really good to me, or maybe it's my kind of broken headphones masking some of the imperfections. I think the imperfections make this album; the layer of polish their later albums got just wouldn't ever work here.

If I had to describe 'Bullet's' general vibe, I'd say it's greasy and dirty. People like to call it 'raw' or whatever, but gross adjectives just feel like better descriptors; it feels like I fell over and have a bunch of small stones and gravel stuck in the cut and I'm in the process of washing them out.
It's aggressive from the vocals down to the instrumentation. The lyrics are, in places, a little cliche and trite, but it somehow works! Teen and young adult angst in an album.
(And if I'm being honest the lyrics issue didn't really resolve itself until 'The Black Parade'...)