Motorhead – Bad Magic (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time –42:48 minutes | 558 MB | Genre: Metal
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The immortal Motörhead (Lemmy, Phil Campbell and Mickey Dee) are still going strong with their 2015 release, Bad Magic. This is their 22nd studio album!
A lot happened to Motörhead — or more accurately to Motörhead’s once and future leader, Lemmy Kilmister — after the release of 2013’s Aftershock, and most of it wasn’t good. Lemmy, who along with Keith Richards seemed to be the rocker most likely to survive Armageddon (and why hasn’t someone written a comedy where those two chat while foraging for liquor and cigarettes in the wake of World War III?), was abruptly revealed as all too mortal as he found himself struggling with heart trouble, diabetes, and other maladies, and more than a few fans blanched when they saw the widely circulated online video of a weakened Lemmy pacing off stage at the 2013 Wacken Open Air Festival, too frail to complete Motörhead’s set. 2015’s Bad Magic was the first Motörhead album after Lemmy cut back on liquor and tobacco (and had a defibrillator implanted), and returned to the road, and the truth is the mighty frontman sounds older and weaker for the ordeal. That said, it doesn’t hurt as much as you might imagine; on Bad Magic, Lemmy sounds bloodied but unbowed, an ancient soldier who doesn’t know the meaning of surrender and will happily run you through with a sword as he draws his last breath. If Lemmy croaks or wheezes more often on Bad Magic than he has before, it suits his tales of foul-minded bastards and their despicable deeds, and it’s a fine fit with the bloody-minded attitude that has always been Motörhead’s stock in trade. Just as importantly, Lemmy’s bass work remains thunderous, as thick and dirty as it was in his salad days, and guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee continue to bring the noise in inspired fashion. Musically, this album brings very little that’s new to the group’s playbook, but they still sound like Motörhead, something thousands of younger and more agile bands simply cannot do, and if you’re wondering if Motörhead can still kick your butt and blow out your speakers in 2015, the answers are “Hell yeah” and “You know it.” And if the cover of “Sympathy for the Devil” seems an odd way to end this album, if anyone in metal can sound truly convincing as Old Scratch and oddly charming in his pursuit of evil, Lemmy’s in the running, and Bad Magic suggests the man and his band might just be indestructible after all. –AllMusic Review by Mark Deming
Tracklist:
1 Victory Or Die 03:08
2 Thunder & Lightning 03:06
3 Fire Storm Hotel 03:35
4 Shout Out All of Your Lights 03:15
5 The Devil 02:54
6 Electricity 02:17
7 Evil Eye 02:20
8 Teach Them How To Bleed 03:13
9 Till The End 04:05
10 Tell Me Who To Kill 02:57
11 Choking On Your Screams 03:33
12 When The Sky Comes Looking For You 02:58
13 Sympathy For The Devil (Cover) 05:27
Personnel:
“Lemmy” Kilmister – bass, vocals
Philip Campbell – guitar, piano on “Sympathy for the Devil”
Mikkey Dee – drums
Additional:
Brian May – guitar solo on “The Devil”
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