THUNDERMOTHER – Heat Wave (2-CD Deluxe Edition) (2021)
Originally released last summer 2020, THUNDERMOTHER‘s ”Heat Wave” was easily one of the best hard rock albums of the year. Now it’s a getting a Deluxe Edition including a bonus disc of worthy material: new songs, outtakes from the original sessions, acoustic versions, and some live. And featuring some guests such as Jesper Binzer, Dregen and Pontus Snibb.
Formed over a decade ago by guitarist Filippa Nässil, all-woman Thundermother’s music oozes the winning sounds of AC/DC, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Heart, and many others. “Heat Wave” resumed all that, wrapped by a stupendous production.
Now, with a mixture of 4 new tracks, 3 acoustic and 3 live songs – all previously unreleased – last summer’s fever that saw “Heat Wave” chart high in many European countries is about to be repeated.
With a top-notch sound production courtesy of Soren Andersen (Glenn Hughes, Mike Tramp), Nässil’s fast hard rock boogie riffs clang out on ‘Driving In Style’ as vocalist Guernica Mancini sings in her soul along with plenty of power to revv in the energy in leading up to the catchy singalong chorus before Nässil belts out a screamer of a solo as drummer Emlee Johansson and bassist Majsan Lindberg pound it out loud to an arena.
Riffing in to make Angus proud on ‘Free Ourselves’, the addictive groove is made even more potent thanks to Mancini’s pumping rock goddess vocals in building to another monster chorus, completed by teasing licks and female harmony croons.
Of the new tracks ‘You Can’t Handle Me’, is hard to ignore with its catchy but heavy crunching riffs completed by Johansson’s cowbell, and again the irresistible combination of female croons and teasing cow rock guitar – an absolute winner, while ‘Thunderous’ shows just how this band kicks ass live as AC/DC trademark riffs combine superbly with Mancini’s abundant soul to resonate through your body in rocking it out uncontrollably.
The duo with DAD’s Jesper Binzer on ‘Sleep (acoustic)’ is fantastic, with Mancini sounding a lot like Ann Wilson.
If you don’t normally bother with re-issues of recent albums, ”Heat Wave (2-CD Deluxe Edition)” really worth it as the bonus disc is like a new 2021 Thundermother album.
This is just so damn good!
CD 1
01 – Loud and Alive
02 – Dog from Hell
03 – Back In ’76
04 – Into the Mud
05 – Heat Wave
06 – Sleep
07 – Driving In Style
08 – Free Ourselves
09 – Mexico
10 – Purple Sky
11 – Ghosts
12 – Somebody Love Me
13 – Bad Habits
CD 2:
01. The Road Is Ours
02. Show Me What You Got
03. You Can’t Handle Me
04. Driving In Style (acoustic)
05. Dog From Hell (acoustic)
06. Sleep (acoustic) (feat Jesper Binzer)
07. Give Me Some Lights (live)
08. Thunderous (live)
09. Hellevator (live)
10. Rock ‘N’ Roll Heaven (feat. Dregen & Pontus Snibb)
Guernica Mancini – Vocals
Filippa Nässil – Guitar
Emlee Johansson – Drums, Percussion
Majsan Lindberg – Bass
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www.amazon.co.uk/Heat-Wave-Deluxe-Thundermother/dp/B08WJY518W
