And while this is often true of lesser bands, Motorhead have proven again and again why they deserve to be among the ranks of the metal gods. on a lot of the songs the production is a lot more guitar-oriented than some of the previous Motorhead works.

Lemmy adds, "That was a great thing, 'cause Mickey can be really intimidating and so can I, and Phil can be really violent. and yet again another song instantly identifiable as Motorhead, and throw in another simple-but-oh-so-effective thrash riff.

While they didn’t stray too far from the template that was laid down by Lemmy’s bass distortion and gargled wheeze, their sound did evolve over time as they discovered variations to their tried and true formula.

Every now and then, a song walks the thin line between “okay” and “meaningless”, for example “In the Year of the Wolf”, but after all, there is no reason to skip a song. Which is okay, they're one of the few bands that can actually get away with releasing the same album over and over again and yet still have something new to offer with each album. insure that this album will crush your skull into pulp with every listen and you will come back for more every time.Overall, this album would be purely average were it not for "Terminal Show", "Killers", "In the Name of Tragedy" and "Suicide", which are not only heavy and blisteringly fast, but catchy and well-written. Overkill and Ace of Spades are more influential and were ungodly vicious for their time, but Inferno just might be the heaviest album Motorhead ever put out. It was their eighth with the Steamhammer label, and second under Sanctuary Records and its subsidiary Metal-Is in North America and certain territories. This created an issue during recording and when Webb complained to manager Todd Singerman, he said, "dude, your ears are different. It consists of an ingenious riff, uncouth yet smooth verses and a chorus that jumps into your brain like a parasite that will never leave you again.