Motorhead-Motorizer

SPV
2008


A few years ago I was writing on a message board and someone mentioned buying the new Motorhead. I asked them what it was like and the answer was "it sounds like Motorhead". Indeed that did tell me a lot and Motorhead are one of those bands where you generally have a strong idea of what Lemmy and the boys are going to do. Doesn't mean that they are necessarily in a rut and if they are then it's a pretty entertaining rut to be stuck in. Anyway the new album is likely exactly what you would expect if you are at all familiar with the band as it's more dirty, grinding rock and roll with lots of grit. The opener "Runaround Man" sets the tone as it's thick as molasses sound roars on and Lemmy's growl comes pouring out as dry throated and likable as ever. We get real head bobbin', rip roarin' tracks like "Rock out" and "Buried alive" that follow a familiar pattern, but it's one that Motorhead helped invent and many other bands follow this blueprint as well. "Back on the chain" was slightly different to my ears as it follows a very choppy style, but the band quickly puts their stamp on it and turn into it a very controlled yet hard driving body shaker. Phil Campbell reaches down deep and pulls out some big almost sludge like riffs for "Heroes" and Lemmy belts it out even louder than normal as the track thunders along. The rest of the tracks fall in at various levels in between and there are not any real surprises nor are there any disappointments. It's just another chapter in the long and incredibly impressive career of a band that helped chizel out and carry on real killer metal . For Motorhead there is no hiding behind effects, complicated concepts or attempts to tie into the latest musical trends but rather it's the same old tried and true, headbangin' material that still gets the blood pumping right away. Only two things in life are certain... death and taxes, but the fact that Motorhead will put out good, pounding metal as long as Lemmy's heart is still beating isn't too far behind those other two things and it's more enjoyable to look forward to as well.