MOTÖRHEAD: to Release New Album “Aftershock” in North America on October 22, 2013

UK heavy metal legends MOTORHEAD have set an official release date, revealed the cover art and track listing for the bands anticipated new release "Aftershock", due to be unleashed in 10/22/2013 via EMI RECORDS.                                                                                  MOTORHEAD are also set for a a fall 2013 EUROPEAN tour.                                                                                                            MOTORHEAD  regretfully cancelled all remaining dates of the bands summer 2013 EUROPEAN/FESTIVAL tour as main man (bassist/ vocalist) LEMMY KILMISTER was diagnosed with Hematoma, an injured hip and was recently fitted with a defibrillator.



FROM MOTORHEAD:
MOTÖRHEAD to Release New Album “Aftershock” in North America on October 22, 2013

Silence, silence
Silence when you speak to me!
-Lemmy Kilmister

Like the juggernaut you prayed would keep on crushing you, like the friend that still royally pisses off your parents and like a loyal standard of crunchy, greasy, punky, bluesy, gutsy screw-you rock’n’roll, MOTÖRHEAD stride out through their 38th year brandishing more swagger and attitude then your ears could begin to comprehend.

On October 22, 2013, MOTÖRHEAD will deliver their 21st studio album, an enormous and prophetic Aftershock. Recorded at NRG Studios in North Hollywood, it is a true leveler, a crushing confirmation of everything MOTÖRHEAD stands for, marching from the dust storm to deliver 14 belting statements which see MOTÖRHEAD in perhaps their best writing form for years. There’s swagger, there’s punch, there’s speed and there’s dirty filthy grooves, Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee showing clearly that MOTÖRHEAD is not simply a band, it’s a genre!

That genre, more than ever, resonates with hearty independence and swashbuckle. Whether it’s “Heartbreaker” throwing hooks and riffs into your head, the double-kick concussiveness of “Paralyzed” with Campbell’s fuelled attack, or the thunderous ride-off-the-Rickenbacker Motörcharge of “Going To Mexico”, Aftershock takes gleeful twists and turns which re-announce the Motörlegend. There’s the smoky biker bar blues in the shape of “Dust And Glass”, Lemmy’s late-night vocals evoking last-call and melancholy, the pogo-powered punk-spiked stab of “Queen Of The Damned” and the deliciously steamy, humid mournful “Lost Woman Blues” which midway through decides to kick over the stool and stomp out the saloon door.

Aftershock track listing:

Heartbreaker
Coup de Grace
Lost Woman Blues
End Of Time
Do You Believe
Death Machine
Dust And Glass
Going To Mexico
Silence When You Speak To Me
Crying Shame
Queen Of The Damned
Knife
Keep Your Powder Dry
Paralyzed

Aftershock is available in four different formats, wherever music is sold! The album can be purchased in CD (limited edition digipack), CD (jewel case), Vinyl (gatefold – 180-Gram Single LP), and digital formats. A North American pre-order will be announced in the coming weeks.

“Steal it if you must, buy it if you can!” says Lemmy, who’s pride in the album is so immense that guests to his home and dressing room in the last couple of months have been treated to extremely loud airings of the rough mixes, while Phil Campbell adds, “I really think the variation on the album shows that we’ve dug deep and produced some of our best work for a long time.”

“It is,” says Mikkey Dee, “a really, really strong MOTÖRHEAD album, one that really does define everything this band stands for.”

He’s not wrong. Because MOTÖRHEAD are MOTÖRHEAD are MOTÖRHEAD…and their Aftershock will be felt worldwide…

Motörhead 2013 EUROPEAN Tour Dates: 

11/07/2013 Switzerland, Zurich Club Hallenstadion 
11/09/2013 France, Paris Zenith 
11/11/2013 Belgium, Deinze Brielpoort
11/13/2013 England, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
11/14/2013 England, Newcastle Royal Concert Hall
11/16/2013 England, London Brixton Academy
11/17/2013 England, London Brixton Academy
11/19/2013 England, Wolverhampton Civic Hall
11/20/2013 England, Manchester Apollo
11/22/2013 Scotland, Glasgow Academy
11/26/2013 Germany, Berlin Velodrom
11/27/2013 Germany, Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
11/29/2013 Germany, Stuttgart Schleyerhalle
11/30/2013 Germany, Munich Zenith
12/02/2013 Germany, Dusseldorf MEH
12/03/2013 Germany, Hamburg Sporthalle
12/06/2013 Denmark, Horsens Forum Horsens
12/08/2013 Norway, Oslo Sentrum Scene
12/10/2013 Finland, Helsinki Hartwell Arena




Learn more about MOTÖRHEAD at these websites:

Official Lemmy Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialLemmy
Official MOTÖRHEAD Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialMotorhead
Official MOTÖRHEAD Twitter: @MyMotorhead
Official MOTÖRHEAD Website: www.imotorhead.com 


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