I'm a Motorhead fan, but this album was a great disappointment. This, fortunately, was not a case of a band falling off a cliff and never soaring again. But it was a disappointing creative stall from a relentless and still relevant band. Skip this one--there are too many other good Motorhead albums to settle for this inferior offering, including many albums that followed this.
Motörhead with TWO guitarists is always a bit tricky--their strength lies in their simple formula, streamlined for maximum efficiency in delivering near-fatal rock/metal. Not that I blame them for wanting to mix things up a bit, but after these kinds of experiments with longer, slower, somewhat more complex songs, they always go back to what they do best: Kicking ass at high speed without distraction. This isn't a bad album, but it does sound a bit like Lemmy fronting a hair-metal band, what with all the widdly extra soloing and stuff.
