★★★★★
Grab your umlauts and get ready to bang your head, Lemmy is back with his almost two dozenth album of classic speed metal! Do not fear of modern musical trends, there's no cutesy pop cello angst or hipster ukulele madness in this collection. It's the pure post punk speed metal sound we've been craving since "Ace of Spades" and "White Line Fever" first blew out our speakers...
- www.ink19.com
2014-01-14
★★★★★
Did you know Motörhead now have 21 studio albums? Drummer Mikkey Dee said of Aftershock, their 21st: "It is ... one that really does define everything this band stands for." That is an accurate description. What does this album do? Have you heard Motörhead before? That's what it does. It does Motörhead and it does it damned well. I'm not a die-hard Motörhead fan, but to me they're a vital part of musical history. Who can forget their classic appearance on The Young Ones playing Ace Of Spades...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-11-12
★★★★★
Something's gone horribly right with the world. Back when Lemmy unleashed Motörhead on an unsuspecting world, no-one could possibly imagine that a 67-year-old would ever sing the same songs they sang as a young man. But 37 years, countless Jack'n'cokes, a mountain of speed, plus more recently type 2 diabetes, defibrillators, and a series of cancelled shows later, and here it is on record, as fast, gruff, heavy, hearty, and hale as the band has ever been...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-11-13
★★★★★
You know the drill by now.Motörhead, living legends ledby the most legendary rockerof them all, Ian 'Lemmy'Kilmister (not Kilminster),moles (not warts)'n'all, havekept on keeping on for longer than anyone apart from TheRolling Stones. A new albumcomes along every two years,they play Brixton andShepherd's Bush onalternate Christmases, andrumours of Lemmy's demiseregularly crop up (he's 67).
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-11-07
★★★★★
MOTORHEAD - Aftershock
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 Tags: aftershock > Motorhead
The world's hardest working band has delivered the goods once again with their 21st studio effort with the Cameron Webb produced AFTERSHOCK. From the in your face rocker Heartbreaker, the double kick attack of End of Time, and relentless riffing of Queen Of The Damned, this foot tappin'-neck snappin' bluesy tour de force proves once again MOTORHEAD are one of the greatest rock bands today...
- www.smnnews.com
2013-11-07
★★★★★
The 21st album from these legendary British rockers is one of their strongest in quite some time. It's a raging, consistently powerful set of brutal, concise and catchy hard-rock ranging from blistering speed romps to some startlingly effective ballads. 11/6/2013
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- kexp.org
2013-11-07
★★★★★
Motorhead front man Lemmy Kilmister has had some serious health scares lately; that's not surprising since he's only a couple years away from turning 70-years-old and has indulged in rock star dissipation for decades. As far as new record Aftershock is concerned though, Lemmy is as hearty and hale as ever...
- www.antimusic.com
2013-10-31
★★★★★
"True to its name, Motorhead's 'Aftershock' isn't quite the earth-shaking experience that its predecessor, 'The World Is Yours' was, but it's still quite a good album in its own right." Following up a masterpiece is always rough business. Would AC/DC's "For Those About To Rock ..." or Black Sabbath's "Mob Rules" have been better regarded had they not followed the likes of "Back In Black" and "Heaven And Hell...
- www.metalunderground.com
2013-10-30
★★★★★
Review: Motörhead -- Aftershock
Christopher Krovatin | Oct 21, 2013 | Comments 1 | Tags: Aftershock, burger, Lemmy, Motörhead
Rated:
4/5
Reviewing a Motörhead album is like reviewing a cheeseburger--unless something truly awful has happened, it will at the very worst be pretty damn good. What makes Motörhead so powerful is that they've never deviated too far from the formula of kickass rock and roll with whiskey-soaked swagger and massive sack...
- www.revolvermag.com
2013-10-23
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