MOTÖRHEAD — Inferno (review)

MOTÖRHEAD — Inferno album cover Album · 2004 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
UMUR
"Inferno" is the 18th full-length studio album by UK heavy rock/metal act Motörhead. The album was released through SPV GmbH in June 2004. It´s the successor to "Hammered" from 2002. The band tapped Cameron Webb to produce the album.

Stylistically "Inferno" is Motörhead as they´ve pretty much sounded on most albums since they became a trio again in the mid-90s. It´s small nuances which make "Inferno" different from the last many albums. The basis of the music is still hard edged heavy rock with strong blues rock/rock´n´roll ties. The band themselves always stated that they just play rock´n´roll. If we look at the differences from the last couple of albums, "We Are Motörhead (2000)" was one of the faster and most heavy metal oriented releases in the band´s discography, while "Hammered (2002)" was a predominantly less heavy and hard edged release. "Inferno" is a bit more on the heavy side again, but not as instantly catchy nor as memorable as "We Are Motörhead (2000)".

Again it´s small elements which decide if a Motörhead album stands out or if it´s one of their less remarkable releases, and to my ears the quality of the material on "Inferno" is predominantly of the less remarkable kind. The track which stands out the most is the acoustic blues rock closer "Whorehouse Blues", but there really aren´t that many other tracks that I can mention from the album which stand out as highlights. "Inferno" features a well sounding and professional production job, and the band are as well playing/singing as ever, so it´s the songwriting which doesn´t reach the sky on this release. "Inferno" is of course still a quality release by Motörhead (they don´t release bad quality albums) and a 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is warranted.
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Kingcrimsonprog wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I think "In The Name Of Tragedy" is an all time classic, my main ssue with this album is that the rest of it doesnt live up to that high standard
Nightfly wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Great job Jonas. This is actually one of my favourite Motorhead albums too.
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yeah it´s interesting what people favor. Just because we´re both fans, we can like very different releases. No problem...
Tupan wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Congrats for the accomplishment, Jonas! And I disagree with you on this album, I think that Inferno is one of the finest Motorhead albums!
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
This ends my Motörhead album review spree...I have now reviewed every single Motörhead album. Reviews of live albums, compilations, ...etc. may come in the future, but this is it for now.

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