Editing Motörhead (section)

===2004–2009: ''Inferno'', ''Kiss of Death'', and ''Motörizer''===
Motörhead performed an invitation-only concert at the [[Royal Opera House]] in [[Covent Garden]], London on 22 February 2004; at Summer Festivals in South America during May; and in Europe during June, July and August. They had already spent time in the studio, working on ''[[Inferno (Motörhead album)|Inferno]]'', which was released on 22 June and followed by the "Inferno" tour of Ireland with Class of Zero for three dates. Joined by [[Sepultura]], the tour hit Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/music/2004/11/motorhead.shtml |title=Motorhead & Sepultura @ The Octagon |access-date=24 February 2007 |publisher=BBC News South Yorkshire article |archive-date=29 November 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041129081841/http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/music/2004/11/motorhead.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the London show at the Hammersmith Apollo was filmed for TV as [[Gene Simmons]] introduced the extra [[opening act]] the Class, made up of school children from his Channel 4 series ''[[Rock School]]''. Würzel guested on "Overkill". The band continued the tour with Sepultura across Europe through the rest of November and December. At the show in [[Magdeburg]], Germany on 4 December Motörhead joined Sepultura on stage during their support slot playing the song "Orgasmatron", in celebration of Sepultura's 20th Anniversary. The show on 7 December at the Philipshalle in [[Düsseldorf]] was recorded and later released as the ''[[Stage Fright (Motörhead DVD)|Stage Fright]]'' DVD.<ref name="MTD"/>

[[File:Motorhead-04.jpg|thumb|right|Motörhead on stage, 2005]]

Motörhead picked up their first [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] in the [[Grammy Awards of 2005|awards of 2005]] in the [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]] category for their cover of [[Metallica]]'s "[[Whiplash (Metallica song)|Whiplash]]" on ''[[Metallic Attack: The Ultimate Tribute]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2005/grammys.htm |title=47th Grammy Awards – 2005 |access-date=11 February 2007 |publisher=Rock on the Net archive |archive-date=20 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120092653/http://rockonthenet.com/archive/2005/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> "They've managed to get the knife in," Lemmy grumbled. "It was only a mercy fuck – it was our 30th anniversary. If they gave us a Grammy for one of our albums or songs, it would mean something."<ref name="Kern, Rob 2009, p19">Kern, Rob: "What's been the highlight of the shows? That I'm still alive!"; ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' #138, November 2009, p19</ref>

From March until early May 2005, the band toured the United States, and in June and August were on the "30th Anniversary" tour in Europe.<ref name="MTD"/> On 22 August, they were the subject of an hour-long documentary, ''Live Fast, Die Old'', aired on [[Channel 4]] as part of ''The Other Side'' series of documentaries, filmed by new and established directors.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40731 | title=Motörhead Documentary To Air on British TV Tonight | access-date=17 February 2007 | publisher=Blabbermouth.net (Roadrunner Records) | archive-date=8 January 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108145154/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=40731 | url-status=live }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=January 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/32031 |title=The Other Side |access-date=17 February 2007 |work=BFI Film & TV Database |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128161222/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/32031 |archive-date=28 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 20 September, a compilation containing the band's appearances on BBC Radio 1 and a concert recording from Paris Theatre, London, was released as ''[[BBC Live & In-Session]]''. In October, the band toured Europe with [[Mondo Generator]] before returning to Britain to tour with [[In Flames]] and Girlschool in October and November. During the show at the Brixton Academy on 19 November, Lemmy joined Girlschool on stage to play "Please Don't Touch". Motörhead finished the year's tours in December, with two engagements in New Zealand and five in Australia with [[Mötley Crüe]].<ref name="MTD"/> Also in 2005, Motörhead played on the [[Vaya Con Tioz]] farewell festival [[Böhse Onkelz]] at Lausitzring. In 2006, the band performed a four-date [[House of Blues]] tour in the States in March with [[Meldrum]] and from June until early August played at European open-air festivals with some indoor headlining shows. On 28 October, the band performed at The Rock Freakers Ball in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] before heading off to tour Great Britain with [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] and [[Crucified Barbara]].

[[File:Masters of Rock 2007 - Motörhead - 6.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Motörhead at the Masters of Rock tour in 2007]]

During that tour, ''[[Kiss of Death (Motörhead album)|Kiss of Death]]'' was released on 29 August 2006 via [[Sanctuary Records]], with a video for "Be My Baby". The tour ended on 25 November at the Brixton Academy, where Phil Campbell played on "Killed By Death" during Crucified Barbara's support set. Twelve shows in Europe with [[Meldrum]] took them through the end of November to early December, the first two shows also featuring Skew Siskin.<ref name="MTD"/>

In November, the band agreed to a sponsorship deal with the Greenbank B under-10s football team from [[North Hykeham]], [[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], putting the band's name as well as War-Pig on the team's shirts; the under-10s run out to "Ace of Spades". Lemmy is old friends with Gary Weight, the team's manager; Weight "sent an email off to them and they came back and said it was a great idea" and hopes the deal will draw inspired performances from his team.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/6149606.stm Rockers to sponsor under-10 team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206055151/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/6149606.stm |date=6 December 2006 }}. ''BBC News Lincolnshire article''. Retrieved 10 February 2007.</ref> On 25 April 2007, the band played at the Poliedro de Caracas in [[Caracas]], Venezuela, and on 29 April at the Fundiçao Progresso, [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name="MTD"/> In June, Motörhead played an engagement at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] as part of [[Jarvis Cocker]]'s [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown]]. On 26 February 2008, ''[[No Sleep 'til Hammersmith]]'' was reissued again as a two disc CD.

From March through to June 2008, the band convened in Los Angeles with producer Cameron Webb to begin work on their 19th album ''[[Motörizer]]''. Mikkey Dee's drum tracks were recorded at [[Dave Grohl]]'s studio. ''Motörizer'' was released on 26 August. It does not feature artwork by Joe Petagno, the artist who designed many of their classic covers. In June 2008 the band performed on the main stage of the [[Download festival]]. Between 6 and 31 August, Motörhead joined [[Judas Priest]], [[Heaven & Hell (band)|Heaven & Hell]] and [[Testament (band)|Testament]] on the [[Metal Masters Tour]]. On 20 August the band played at the [[Roseland Ballroom]], New York, as part of "The Volcom Tour 2008", which continued with [[Misfits (band)|the Misfits]], [[Airbourne (band)|Airbourne]], [[Valient Thorr]] and [[Year Long Disaster]] at [[House of Blues]], [[Anaheim, California]], on 2 September, playing a further thirteen dates. The band concluded the tour without the supporting bands, playing one more show at the Roseland Ballroom on 20 September, and the final engagement, at [[The Stone Pony]], [[Asbury Park]], New Jersey on 21 September.

On 30 September, [[Reuters]] reported that Neverdie Studios had signed a deal with Lemmy and Motörhead to develop and market Lemmy's Castle and Motorhead Stadium inside the virtual world of [[Entropia Universe]], an online universe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS175107+30-Sep-2008+MW20080930|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526204059/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS175107+30-Sep-2008+MW20080930|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2012|title=Neverdie Studios Presents The Queen of Sheba; International Siren Cheri London Crosses Virtual World Divide Into|date=30 September 2008|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=20 December 2008}}</ref> The year's touring ended with a 34-date tour of Europe with a variety of support bands including [[Danko Jones]], [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]], [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]], and Airbourne.<ref name="MTD"/>

On 6 March 2009, the band played in the Middle East for the first time, at the annual [[Dubai Desert Rock Festival]]. On 1 April Motörhead were reported to have entered into a two-year sponsorship deal with UK Roller Derby team the Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls.<ref>{{cite web |title=Now sponsored by Motörhead! – Lincolnshire Bombers |url=http://lincolnshire-bombers.com/sponsorship_motorhead.htm |publisher=Lincolnshire Bombers' News forum |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=27 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514125011/http://lincolnshire-bombers.com/sponsorship_motorhead.htm |archive-date=14 May 2010 }}</ref> That September, noted drummer [[Matt Sorum]] filled in for Mikkey Dee for a U.S. tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Motorhead Drummer Hitting Reality TV, Matt Sorum Filling In for Tour |url=http://noisecreep.com/motorhead-drummer-hitting-reality-tv-matt-sorum-filling-in-for/ |website=Noisecreep.com |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=29 December 2015 |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210215023/https://noisecreep.com/motorhead-drummer-hitting-reality-tv-matt-sorum-filling-in-for/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "I was absolutely blown away and was very honoured to get the call," Sorum said. "You know what I love about Lemmy? He's always on time. We go on stage, no delays. Being in [[Guns N' Roses|bands where you have to wait around for a couple of hours]] fucks you up."<ref name="Kern, Rob 2009, p19"/>

In November 2009, the band were supported by [[NWOBHM]] veterans [[Sweet Savage]] on the Irish leg of the tour (30 years after first sharing the stage together) and [[punk rock|punk]] and [[goth rock]] legends [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]] on the UK leg of their world tour. On the Damned's official website, [[Captain Sensible]] said: "Ha ha ... we're working with Lemmy again, are we? Excellent! He's the real deal, the absolute antithesis to all that the likes of [[Simon Cowell]] stand for. And for that we should all be grateful. This tour will be a celebration of all things rock 'n' roll ... pity the poor roadies is all I can say!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialdamned.com/|title=Tour dates added|publisher=The Damned|access-date=23 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815080547/http://www.officialdamned.com/|archive-date=15 August 2009}}</ref>