Motörhead
Kiss Of Death

THE REVIEW

Here we are guys, analyzing in preview the new work of our beloved pockmarked one...that is Lemmy Kilmister, who at 61 years old can still make albums like Inferno and the reviewed here Kiss Of Death. Now let's move on to the tracklist. It begins with the brief (thankfully) Sucker, which, to be honest, doesn't thrill me, but then fortunately there's the fresh and fast One Night Stand that significantly adjusts the tone of the album, followed by the rock-crushing Devil I Know with a great riff in full Hard Rock style of the old times.
Now it's time to listen to the potential single, which is Trigger, one of the pearls of this album, further embellished by a really nice chorus; it's the classic Motorhead high-energy song. Then it's time for the blues riff of Under The Gun, enriched by a fine solo by Phil Campbell, another ingredient of the heavy wall signed by Motorhead along with the excellent and very precise Mikkey Dee.
Then, goodness gracious, another acoustic! Lemmy's taken a liking to it; in fact, it's time for the melancholic God Was Never On Your Side, featuring the Acoustic Verse-Electric Chorus-Acoustic Verse scheme... well, not bad, a slight variation in the Motorhead sound that follows in the footsteps of the great Whorehouse Blues from the previous Inferno, with Lemmy's voice less raspy than usual, at least in the verse.
After 4.21 of little surprise, here comes good old Lemmy, pulling you by the ears with his raspy voice to show you who Motorhead are with the typically Heavy Metal riff of Living in the past, a nice song, yes, but nothing spectacular, sure it can be listened to without skipping, but it's not that impressive either. Now it's time to return to a great rock n roll riff, it's time for Christine! A song that flows pleasantly but is nothing more than a prelude to the fast and great Sword Of Glory that smells a lot like Motorhead, that is, the smell of tobacco and gasoline! Then comes the moment of Be My Baby, a track that only serves to extend the album; it's not bad at all, it's the classic Motorhead song, heavy riff but not excessively, fast, with a raspy voice. Then there's Kingdom OF The Worm, one of the songs that, along with Sucker, I like the least on the whole album. Thank goodness to set things right there's Going Down, a really good song with Phil's fast riff and great work behind the drums by the impeccable Mikey Dee.

And so ends Kiss Of Death. A nice Motorhead album, nothing more, nothing less, I think we all know what to expect when we put a Motorhead album in the player, right? Well, if I really have to say something, I judge it inferior to Inferno even if not by much. It would deserve a 3 but I give it a 4 because it would be great to reach 60 years old and still make albums like these.