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THUNDERMOTHER
Dirty & Divine
AFM Records

Reborn!
Revitalized! Revamped lineup! And ready to rock 'n roll! Two years on from the release of their last studio album Black & Gold which had also seen most of their lineup also being released afterwards, Swedish quartet THUNDERMOTHER are back with a deafening bang and a powerful-sounding follow-up in the form of Dirty & Divine. And there are also two new members making their recorded debut: frontwoman Linnea Vikstrom Egg (ex-THERION, AT THE MOVIES) and drummer Joan Massing.

"Oh my god. The new girls bring everything!" says founding THUNDERMOTHER guitarist Filippa Nassil, "Linnea is someone I've always wanted to work with. I first asked her to join before I asked Guernica (Mancini, former TM singer) to join, eight years ago. So she has always been my first pick. I'm thrilled that she said yes this time. Then we searched Europe for a drummer, and we found her in France. Joan is a fucking beast on the drums! It just makes our music so much tighter and groovier. We were immediately better and more powerful live, so we decided to record this album live in the studio."

Dirty & Divine also welcomes back bassist Majsan to the fold after a brief hiatus. Filippa Nassil is thrilled to have her back, holding down the bottom end while the guitarist scorches through her repertoire of unstoppable riffs and incendiary licks. "Majsan brings a real rock 'n' roll vibe to the band," she enthuses. "She's one-take tight in the studio, and she brings that fat, thick sound that we need. She brings the thunder to THUNDERMOTHER!"

Indeed, Dirty & Divine is the sound of a band eager to continue its course of delivering its powerful brand of electrifying euphoria of real, organic rock 'n' roll. With five widely acclaimed studio albums throughout its 15-year history, they have firmly established themselves as one of the most vivacious and vital hard rock bands around, with a never-say-die spirit and collective charisma that underpin everything they do. These women are rock 'n' roll diehards, and Dirty & Divine takes that ethos through to its logical conclusion. From the lissome swagger of the bluesy opener "So Close", to the turbocharged tyre-burner of closer "American Adrenaline", the sixth THUNDERMOTHER album crackles and fizzles with gritty authenticity and unstoppable passion throughout. Outside of the singles, the tracks in between are not without their own special charm. The colorfully-titled "I Left My License In The Future" is a fast-paced rocker with a few lyrical nods to "I Can't Drive 55" while "Take The Power" is a furious indictment of the current state of the world. And tracks such as "Dead Or Alive" and "Can You Feel It" highlight the culture of touring respectively, with the numb tedium of travelling from gig to gig to the celebratory euphoria of taking the stage balancing each other out in minute lyrical detail.

Not just a triumphant return but a complete rock 'n' roll reset, Dirty & Divine is the exhilarating masterpiece that THUNDERMOTHER have long threatened to make. It is an adrenaline-soaked salute to the magic of big riffs and razor-sharp melodies, performed by an electrifying, four-woman force with joy in their hearts and world domination still firmly on the horizon.

5.0 Out Of 5.0

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