After 40 years rattling teeth, bones and ears with their legendary rock\u2019n\u2019roll, you might excuse Mot\u00f6rhead if they wanted to ease off.<\/p>\n

And instead, Mot\u00f6rhead gleefully say a loud and hearty \u2018bollocks\u2019 to that<\/em> sort of feeble-minded thinking with their 22^{nd<\/sup> studio album, Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong>. Bristling with thunderous attitude, pioneering spirit and some of the fiercest rhythms and riffs that\u2019ll beat your ears into submission this year, Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong> is a massive kick in the teeth for anyone who dared<\/em> believe it might be otherwise. Indeed, if those people still remain, they would do well to grab some big fat earplugs, fall to their knees and pray like buggery, because big-rig head crushers like \u201cThunder And Lightning\u201d and the especially l-o-u-d \u201cTeach\u2018Em How To Bleed\u201d show that Mot\u00f6rhead are as strong, mean, loud, relentless, uncompromising and goddam heavy<\/em> as ever.<\/p>\n}

Drawing on their own vast catalogue of road-warrior freewheeling rock\u2019n\u2019roll spirit, Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong> also strides confidently into some of the earlier attitudes of Mot\u00f6rmusic. Written and recorded in the studio together, for the first time in the Kilmister\/Campbell\/Dee era, the more \u2018live\u2019 approach to creating Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong> has obviously paid dividends in this regard. There is the driving malevolence of \u201cChoking On Your Screams\u201d, with Lemmy in magnificently omnipotent vocal mood, \u201cElectricity\u201d carries a hefty chunk of punk attitude married with some of Phil Campbell\u2019s best lead work in years, while \u201cShoot Out All of Your Lights\u201d is all devilish, greasy biker-borne-screw-you-and yours, Mikkey Dee\u2019s tribal drums pounding out a great path for more Kilmister proclamations. The boys even enjoyed a guest appearance from Queen\u2019s Brian May on \u201cThe Devil\u201d, adding a scintillating solo on this thunderous Mot\u00f6rstomper.<\/p>\n

Produced at NRG Studios with long-time producer Cameron Webb, Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong> came together after a couple of years which saw Mot\u00f6rhead enjoy their most successful international era in over two decades off the back of their last release Aftershock<\/em>. Lemmy also finally decided to face the fact he is flesh, blood and mortal like all of us, adjusting his lifestyle to kick the ass of health-issues and re-emerging stronger, leaner and meaner than ever. His own personal performances on Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong> rank as some of the most wide-ranging and unique he has delivered in years, and on the ballad \u201cUntil The End\u201d, Lemmy opens up with equal levels explanation and intent on the simple but important matters which life conjures for us all. Add to all of this a wonderfully executed, gritty delivery of The Rolling Stones classic \u201cSympathy For The Devil\u201d, and it will be clear to anyone with a pair of ears that Bad Magic<\/em><\/strong> is Mot\u00f6rhead\u2019s finest work in over two decades.<\/p>\n

You can also expect the road to get it\u2019s ass-kicked by Mot\u00f6rhead once again in the last half of 2015! Starting in mid-August, there will be a North American tour with Anthrax which ends with the now-legendary Mot\u00f6rboat cruise between Sept 28^{th<\/sup> \u2013 Oct 2^{nd<\/sup> from Miami, Florida to Nassau in the Bahamas, also featuring Slayer and Anthrax among a bumper line-up of bands. And Mot\u00f6rhead\u2019s 40th Anniversary European Winter tour will start on November 15^{th<\/sup> 2015 at Le Zenith in Paris, ending on December 6^{th<\/sup> at the Hartwell Arena in Helsinki, Finland. More dates will be announced soon, so keep checking the band\u2019s official website www.imotorhead.com<\/a> as well as the following social media platforms for details.<\/p>\n}}}}