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Band
Motorhead
Title
Black Magic
Type
LP/EP
Company
UDR
YOR
2015
Style
Heavy/Extreme
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8/28/2015 - Review by: T. Ray Verteramo
Motörhead
Bad Magic




Company: UDR Music
Release: 2015
Genre: Heavy Metal, hard rock
Reviewer: T Ray Verteramo
  • Fucking Motörhead



    • "Bad Magic" delivers everything you know and love about Motörhead with twice the 'tude and more rock than you can handle. Saturated in their legendary, distinctive tattoo sound, the better portion of their latest adds a classic rockabilly, Chuck Berry meets Jerry Lewis-ish meets old-school punk undertone that undermines anyone who thinks to trap them in a Metal box. "We are Motörhead and we play rock and roll," indeed.

    "Thunder and Lightning" takes the "Ace of Spades" and throws it like a Chinese star at your throat. "Shoot Out All of Your Lights" showcases Mickey Dee's skin-bashing talents before pummeling into a train rolling, silver streak bar fight of a number. "Evil Eye" is just good, bad fun and they take the Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" to a level the original skipped, by kicking the tempo up a notch and gracing it with the raspy voice of a real devil of a guy – I could go on.

    Fucking Motörhead. One of the best they've done in years. Don't fool yourselves boys and girls, no one's dying anytime soon.


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      4.5 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: MOTORHEAD
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    		 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Another Perfect Day
    2006
    Sanctuary Records
    		Glittergirl9/22/2006
    -
    Black Magic
    2015
    UDR
    		T. Ray Verteramo8/28/2015
    4.5
    Stage Fright
    2006
    SPV/Steamhammer
    		Ken Pierce2/5/2006
    -
    The Wörld is Yours
    2011
    Future plc
    		Eric Compton2/3/2011
    3.5
    Under Cover
    2017
    Silver Lining
    		Eric Compton9/15/2017
    3

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: MOTORHEAD
    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
    LemmyKim Thore10/15/2009


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