The last album from Motörhead’s decade-long tenure as a quartet, Sacrifice, features both Phil Campbell and Wurzel on guitar, though the latter barely contributed anything, and was gone as soon as the record was done. They chose not to replace him, and they’ve stuck with a three-piece lineup of Lemmy, Phil, and Mikkey Dee from then until now.

Overall, Sacrifice is a solid but not great album, with only three really outstanding songs (the title track, “Sex And Death,” and “Out Of The Sun”). There are some surprisingly heavy tracks, like “War For War” and “Order/Fade To Black,” that give the impression the band (or maybe producer Howard Benson) had been listening to grunge. The production emphasizes heaviness, to the music’s detriment. The two guitars are mixed into a scuzzy wall of noise, and Lemmy’s bass is an unpleasant buzz rather than the skull-vibrating roar it ought to be. The player who comes off the best is Mikkey Dee. “Sacrifice” is maybe the best showcase he’s ever gotten on a Motörhead record — on the band’s tour in support of The Wörld Is Yours, the song served as a lead-in to his drum solo.