“Rock Out” starts at such a pace that you literally have to catch your breath. A live anthem if ever I heard one. I can’t wait to see this live in their forthcoming tour. “English Rose” is infectious foot stamping rock of the best possible kind. As with most of their albums you really should try and cut through the incendiary riffs to listen to Lemmy’s lyrics particularly on tracks such as “One Short Life”, “Heroes” and “The Thousand Names of God” that has Lemmy spitting out wisely ‘the war is never over’.
Stand-outs are the fantastically wired drumming of Mikkey Dee, easily at the top of his game, Lemmys’ lyrics that snarl at the world and Phil Campbell who just gets better and better. Motorhead simply refuse to lie down and grow old gracefully. The obviousness of that statement is there in all its own ridiculous glory - of course they won’t. There would be such a huge gap left behind that many of today’s pale imitators would simply fall straight down the hole. Instead of merely churning out rehashed stuff they care about their loyal following and, dare I say, their legacy and have come up with an album that will keep even the most rabid fan satisfied.
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1 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
he fantastically wired drumming of Mikkey Dee, easily at the top of his game
It doesn't touch his drumming on King Diamond THEM.