Six albums in, and the all-female Swedish hard-rock band Thundermother is still going strong -- despite massive membership turnover. The quartet that recorded 2025's Dirty & Divine represents a lineup that’s been playing live shows together since 2023, and it also marks the first time vocalist Linnea Vikström Egg appears on a Thundermother record. Her credits include Therion and a solo career, and that experience is reflected in the way she sings her heart out.
Imagine Thundermother’s fellow Swedes Crazy Lixx as women, and you’ll have a good idea of how this band sounds on Dirty & Divine. With 10 tracks spanning no more than 35 minutes, the album offers some killer songs (“Bright Eyes,” “Speaking of the Devil,” “I Left My License in the Future”), a handful of take-’em-or-leave-’em cuts (“So Close,” “Take the Power,” “Dead or Alive”) and one dreadfully generic and clichéd throwaway track (album closer “American Adrenaline”).
Whether you’re a newcomer or a longtime fan -- the band’s first album, Rock ’N’ Roll Disaster came out more than a decade ago -- Dirty & Divine seeks to satisfy. And for the most part, it does.
Track Listing
1. So Close
2. Can’t Put Out the Fire
3. Speaking of the Devil
4. Feeling Alright
5. Take the Power
6. I Left My License in the Future
7. Dead or Alive
8. Can You Feel It
9. Bright Eyes
10. American Adrenaline
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