Lee Marlowe of Classic Rock stated in 2013 that "Killers" "is as catchy as anything in the band's vast catalogue: a strident stand-out on one of the strongest albums they've done", while "Whorehouse Blues" "makes perfect sense".

This isn't the song that'll make your lawn die, but this is still completely as MOTORHEAD as it gets.You won’t find any fancy frills on here but moments like the building intro on “Killers” and the lyrical imagery on “In the Year of the Wolf” give things a more noticeable weight than usual. Indeed, the man who seemed to be blessed with the power to live a rockstar life eternally, died exactly six years ago. This CD shows proof positive that he is not growing mellow with age--in fact, he is still spitting venom with fire blazing in his eyes and beating holy hell out of his bass.

The sound is a little more polished, but other than that it sounds very similar to every other Motorhead album out there. 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. 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! It was their eighth with the Steamhammer label, and second under Sanctuary Records and its subsidiary Metal-Is in North America and certain territories. 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.you'd think it makes no sense, but here it is another tribute to the absolute BRILLIANCE of Lemmy and pals.

Which is okay, they're one of the few bands that can actually get away with releasing the same album over and over again and yet still have something new to offer with each album.Overall, this album would be purely average were it not for "Terminal Show", "Killers", "In the Name of Tragedy" and "Suicide", which are not only heavy and blisteringly fast, but catchy and well-written. This created an issue during recording and when Webb complained to manager Todd Singerman, he said, "dude, your ears are different.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.Although the final song on the album, ‘Whorehouse Blues’ was something of a departure with its country blues style and Lemmy on harmonica. 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. 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.