Motorhead - Kiss Of Death CD

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 "We are motorhead, and we play rock and roll"
Kiss of Death is a 13-track, 45-minute plus whirlwind combustion of just that (rock and roll). If Inferno was any clue that Motorhead was still going strong after almost 30 years, well, they still are on "Kiss of Death." There are some plusses to Kiss Of Death over Inferno: 1. Kiss of Death kicks off with the scorchering "sucker", whereas Inferno opened with "terminal Show", a slower, rhythmic tune. 2. Kiss of Death also ends with a sonic bang. The album culminates into a great force of sound in "going down", with Lemmy declaring "you can't mess with Dr. Rock", a humorous poke at their roots. The bonus song "Ramones", sounds looser and harder that when it was originally recorded on the album "1916". 3. Great guitar sound. The mixing was done very well for this album, and it shows in Phil Campbell's playing. One sizzling track that reminds me of "overnight sensation" is "Devil I know", which has Phil's signature tone front row center, and Lemmy declaring, "I might be a dog, but honey you're a bitch". Several other tracks that highlight Phil's guitar sound are "under the gun", "living in the past", "sucker", and "going down". 4. Kiss of Death has some of the best rocking blues tracks ever recorded by the band. The two all-out blues rockers, "one night stand", and "Under the Gun", are placed strategically after two full-force motorhead powerhouse tunes to give the album a deinitive groove, and keep the listener interested. "Under the Gun" has such a catchy chorus and guitar hook--it probably will be played live in one of their upcoming tours. 5. The ballad. While motorhead has done it's shares of hits and misses in the acoustic section, "God Was Never on Your Side" works. The pacing is perfect, and the song simply softens and loudens when it needs to. Like "whorehouse blues", it is also another sleeper for Motorhead. 6. The automatic classic. As soon as I heard "trigger", I knew that Kiss of Death was not going to be some lame, uninspired sequel to "Inferno". Lemmy's voice throughout the album sounds sinister, especially on the groovy, sacrifice-like "Kingdom of the Worm", which has Mikkey Dee playing great drums to start the song. The album does have a mid 90s retro feel to it, like the Sacrifice/Overnight Sensation era, but I think that's a positive aspect for the album. I was not disappointed by too much, other than lackluster tracks such as "Christine", and "Sword of Glory", which I think the band has rehashed in many other song forms on previous albums. Perhaps my favorite track on the album is "Living in the Past", a very hard-rocking soon to be classic to be that shows hints of Lemmy's deep raspiness found on "Orgasmatron" over 20 years ago. On Kiss of Death, Motorhead came to play rock and roll, and they don't disappoint. Highly recommended.
Submitted by Hawk (New York City, NYC (RAMONES)) 
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 Take your pill, or feel the ill
Why type a book about this cd, since my other brohers already covered this. This album kicks ass. M-T-R-Head knows it's spot, and delivers. Nuff said....b*tch..:-)...
Submitted by izdanthere (Centrali, Florida) 
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 good one
another good one from lemmy and co.not sure what hes tryin to say with track #6,not sure i care.all in all a pretty typical motorhead record.
Submitted by gj862002 (canada)
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 Never To OLD
People sez that Leemy is gettin old and slow. Kiss of Death will proove all those people wrong!!!
Submitted by Caveman (Grundy, Va, Usa)
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 They Did It Again!!!
It's amazing how this band can keep pumping out classic albums. Lemmy is truely the most gifted lyricist in the last 30 years - his words are poetry. Motorhead never fails to deliver the goods!! Anyone disappointed with this should just go buy the new Justin Timberlake album and slit their wrists! Life Is Good - Lemmy is a Prophet!! Buy It Now!!
Submitted by Rasheed (Central California)
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