• Record Label: BMG
  • Release Date: Jun 27, 2025
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Wire
    Jul 30, 2025
    80
    The resulting blast of raw energy successfully sucks the air out of the room to leave a hard rock sound that has been stripped to the bone – in a studio performance that deserves to be lauded as the UK equivalent of The Stooges’ Metallic KO aftershock. [Jul 2025, p.61]
  2. Record Collector
    Jul 22, 2025
    80
    The Manticore Tapes is a fascinating insight into the early days of the band. [Aug 2025, p.96]
  3. 80
    Outtakes or no outtakes, this reissue manages to pull off the considerable trick of feeling like a complete whole – the first iteration of the classic line-up after Motörhead’s formation in 1975. [Summer 2025, p.85]
  4. Mojo
    Jul 22, 2025
    80
    The Manticore Tapes constitute an alternative history showing just how potent early Motörhead really were. [Aug 2025, p.92]
  5. Uncut
    Jul 22, 2025
    70
    The recordings capture the band at a satisfyingly burly midpoint between Lemmy's punchiest moments on Hawkwind's Warrior on The Edge Of Time and Motörhead's eponymous debut the following year. [Sep 2025, p.46]

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