Band:	Motörhead
Album:	Motörizer
Style:	Heavy metal
Release date:	August 26, 2008
A review by:	Jeff

01. Runaround Man
02. (Teach You How To) Sing The Blues
03. When The Eagle Screams
04. Rock Out
05. One Short Life
06. Buried Alive
07. Back On The Chain
08. English Rose
09. Heroes
10. Time Is Right
11. The Thousand Names Of God

When a new Motörhead album is out, we can always read everywhere the same sentences which all say that the band still play Motörhead music! It will not be different one more time, with "Motörizer" the British Rock N Roll killers are back with a new release which shouldn't disappoint the fans of the combo. After their two excellent last albums, "Kiss Of Death" and more especially the great "Inferno", Lemmy and his two mates produce a good but basic album of Rock N Roll. Sure nothing is new one more time but this is Motörhead's syndrome since 1977 anyway so really we will not care about it. Motörhead plays Rock N Roll and they will maybe kick our ass? again!

"Motörizer" is really bluesy and this is its main force. When "Inferno" and "Kiss Of Death" were both really explosive, with Rock and Blues element of course but all in all really heavy violent and aggressive riffs, "Motörizer" is a lot more traditional if I can use this word. Here, Motörhead plays the Blues and on a side it's cool to have such a release after the two previous albums. Of course this is not because I'm saying that "Motörizer" is less heavy this time that we don't have fast and aggressive songs like "Rock Out" which should become a new anthem a la "Ace Of Spades" or "Buried Alive" which just smells napalm? But "Motörizer" is mainly composed of "cool" songs like "English Rose" or "One Short Live" which are pure Rock N Roll tracks to finish finally with the bluesy ballad "Heroes". All in all, even if "Motörizer" is varied with calm and most aggressive songs, this is the Blues attitude which remains the most important influence on this CD. But unfortunately, don't expect a real fast aggressive song like "Killers", "Motörizer" is not in this category but it's cool to have a real Rock N Roll album sometime, it's a bit like if Motörhead wanted to come back to the roots of its music, and this is not displeasing. On the other hand, even if "Motörizer" is not a bad album, I think that the band was better with its two previous albums and if "Motörizer" is not a terrible album this is something a lot more average without anything special and with a certain lacks of mega hits.

From one album to the other the production of the last Motörhead releases are perfect nowadays. "Motörizer" doesn't change this trend and you'll not find any problems of recording or mixing, this is the real Motörhead sound. Plus, Lemmy, Phil Cambell and Mikkey Dee are really good one more time. The guitars soli are excellent and super inspired, the voice and the bass lines of Lemmy are perfect and Mikkey Dee one more time is a real metronome. There is nothing to say here, "Motörizer" is maybe not the best album of the band and I think that I still prefer "Inferno" in reason of its really heavy and thrashy songs but "Motörizer" is a good album of Rock with some punk influences and of course with this big bluesy attitude.

If you were expecting something new, I will simply say that you don't understand Motörhead but if you like the band you'll not be disappointed by this good piece of Rock N Roll. Sure this is a bit the same from one album to the other and "Motörizer" is not the best Motörhead release but this is certainly better than their bad releases. If you want your dose of Rock N Roll, "Motörizer" is recommended but this is not the album of the year definitely.