The guitarist and founder, Filippa Nässil, started Thundermother in 2009 and, with the previous line-up, released two albums Rock ‘n’ Roll Disaster and Road Fever. In the past, they have supported artists such as Michael Monroe, W.A.S.P, D-A-D and Danko Jones.

The new look band formed in early 2017 and now consists of Filippa on guitar, singer Guernica Mancini, bass player Sara Pettersson and drummer Emlee Johansson.

First track ‘Revival’ reveals a group adept with their instruments. An anthemic start and when the vocals come in, what do we have? A classic 70s/80s heavy rock sound with Guernica sounding like a cross between Bret Michaels and Patti Smith. Instrumentally the bassist is damn good, the guitarist knows when and when not to play, the drummer is solid without any histrionics so beloved by many of today’s drummers.

The best track is ‘Children On The Rampage’, a bluesy feel behind it shows a Stones influence and is a really well structured and executed song.

A slower pace greets us on ‘Fire In The Rain’. The obligatory lighter-waving ballad is pretty good even if it doesn’t break any new ground.

In fact, that is my summary of the whole album. It is a very pleasing set of songs which will not be skipped on the old iPod, but which will not set the world on fire. However, as this is their first with the new line up, I look forward to the next one, which should see them mature and develop.

This is a band well worth watching out for live and for their next release.

If you need comparisons, then think UFO sprinkled with a bit of Thunder and a hint of influence from the Stones.

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With grindcore you always get a lot of tracks to review but they make it difficult as the track you like sometimes only last a few seconds and then they leave you in this kind of limbo world where you have to play the track again or just move on to see how long the other ones last. No idea why this short track feature occurred, maybe singing in that growling style is hard to do for the normal width of a track – I know I couldn’t do it without coughing my lungs up so maybe that’s why, or it could be the band want to give quantity for people’s money, maybe one day I will find out, but for now I need to focus.

The bands album cover is as weird as you would expect, but leaves a lot for the mind to process. Depicting a man in shadow being attacked by some strange looking sort of snake like things that have already bound his hands, difficult to tell whether he is outside or inside judging by the buildings in darkness it could be outside. He is clearly being controlled by these creatures, making it look quite disturbing. There are some discs which say to me he is trapped somewhere strange, and there are a few bones in the picture which also suggests these snake like creatures are going to have him for breakfast!

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