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Originally Posted by Unitron
I respect Lemmy's opinion on them just playing rock 'n' roll, but I do consider them metal. Black Sabbath didn't consider themselves metal either. Overkill and Bomber are good albums, though my favorite Motorhead album is the underrated Sacrifice.
Take this as a rec as well:
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They definitely had some stuff that could be called metal, but I'd hold that a good 80-90% of their discography was just punk/hard-rock/rock'n'roll influenced music with an in-your-face sound and Lemmy's vocals + the band's imagery giving them a feel that was palatable to metalheads. Sabbath have metal riffs, Motörhead mostly have rock styled riffs. You can't even find that many palm muted riffs in Motörheads discography and palm-muting is like a metal staple. Very, very few, probably.