Inferno

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you'd think it makes no sense, but here it is another tribute to the absolute BRILLIANCE of Lemmy and pals.

Filming of the video for "Whorehouse Blues" was due to take place in a Stringfellow's club, but Peter Stringfellow objected to the song title and its associations, and withdrew any involvement.insure that this album will crush your skull into pulp with every listen and you will come back for more every time. Needless to say that the number does not only provide solid heaviness, but also the casual touch that has given a lot of Motörhead’s tracks its special flavour. Of course, a blues song is neither great nor necessary, but if there is a band that has the right to perform such a number, than it’s Motörhead. It’s a shame that the band never reached their level of intensity again but they never stopped finding ways to live up to their unshakeable reputation. The production is perfect, also, not as cloudy as it was on "Hammered" ( a great album regardless of popular opinion); the crunching guitar is perfectly balanced against the bass, which sounds like an amped-up Harley motorcycle as always, and Mikkey Dee's drums boom and crack with thunderous power under it all.

The sound is a little more polished, but other than that it sounds very similar to every other Motorhead album out there. With this said, the flawlessly produced “Inferno” is not as apocalyptic as its title indicates, but most of its songs have a nearly perfect flow, a great drive and a compact arrangement.But I wanted to take the original three chrome heads I had created two years earlier and show it in the process of being formed at the foundry. These guys are tight, they're veterans, and if you don't know what to expect by now, what kind of metalhead are you? Dee explained his switch from drums: "I've been playing guitar all my life a little bit, because guitars have always been around, so it's nothing spectacular in my eyes. s Inferno is one of the finest examples of this phenomenon, giving the band a major burst of energy as they were reaching the latter days of their career. Suicide” may be the most accessible song on here thanks to its building guitar work and surprisingly catchy vocal layering and “Keys to the Kingdom” also stands out for its mid-tempo shuffle.

There are tinges of the blues here, of punk and of metal", wrote Ian Winwood for Mojo, "played by a band whose sharpness and precision is these days often overlooked. Even the somewhat lethargic “Keys to the Kingdom” spreads a certain charm, although its neighbor “Smiling Like a Killer” sounds much better: simple, direct, old school, simply Motörhead. There are these soldiers coming in from the sides, which is very much like Iraq or any other hotspots in the world.

Right, and it still works and has integrity because of its rootsy feel and downhome sensibility--this is no cheesey acoustic ballad.

This created an issue during recording and when Webb complained to manager Todd Singerman, he said, "dude, your ears are different. Eventually, both Webb and Lemmy were able to resolve this matter; one of the ways was to turn on the subwoofer after Lemmy had left the studio. They're not QUITE the one-two-three punch of the opening trilogy (which may be the best opening trilogy of any Motorhead studio album! If Inferno isn’t the best album that Motorhead ever put out, then it’s a surprisingly powerful addition to their extensive discography at the very least.Phil Campbell’s guitar tone is at its most dominant thanks to the bright production job though the rhythm section still holds its own throughout. A country blues-style song, it was distinguished by acoustic guitar by all three members, with Lemmy adding harmonica towards the end. it is tempting to think that they sold out, pussied out, and made generic shit metal like so many power/speed/thrash bands of the mid-80s, each more generic than the last. Gang choruses and all, THIS is just about the best Motorhead song since the Sacrifice LP and the underrated "Dog Faced Boy". Inferno" became Motörhead's heaviest album in years, although the album's final song "Whorehouse Blues" was something of an exception with its country blues style and Lemmy on harmonica.