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Linnéa Olsson's Maggot Heart is back with their sophomore album, which will be released on Linnéa's brand new record label Rapid Eye Records. The Swedish guitarist and songwriter, based in Berlin since 2012, has made her band a much talked about force in the underground with their extensive touring (alongside Earthless and Voivod among others), cross-over hard rock sound, and punk ethos. The city as a throbbing organism is one of the fundamental themes of Maggot Heart, explored in several songs on City Girls (2017) and Dusk to Dusk (2018). On Mercy Machine (2020), the machinery of night runs on the steam of many bodies. Locked inside a prison of flesh the spirit will not soar, only in unity with the body can divine alchemy be achieved. Mercy Machine is a rock album about sex, death and the pursuit of freedom. This album was put together by Linnéa, long-time drumming partner Uno Bruniusson and bassist Olivia Airey (as well as on-and-off collaborator Gottfrid Åhman) at the end of 2019, and once again recorded in Stockholm, Sweden with award-winning producer Martin "Konie" Ehrencrona (Viagra Boys, In Solitude) in February 2020. It highlights Olsson's catchy, but strangely jarring songwriting in ten cutting tracks, swerving back and forth on the rock genre-spectrum. These songs contain a highly entertaining blend of urgency, bleakness and undeniable attitude which may or may not appeal to fans of Voivod, The Stooges and The Jesus Lizard. The incredible cover artwork is by Kristian Valbo, known to metal fans as the drummer for Obliteration.

Track Listing

Sales Points

• The previous album 'Dusk to Dusk' was nominated for a P3 Guld Award for 'Best Rock/Metal album of the year' in Sweden in 2019, and recieved very favourable reviews
• The band toured North America three times in 2019, including one headline tour. MAGGOT HEART also did one headline tour of Mexico in 2019
• Artwork by Kristian Valbo, the drummer for OBLITERATION, AURA NOIR and BLACK MAGIC
• MAGGOT HEART has toured together with EARTHLESS, VOIVOD, KING DUDE, OKKULTOKRATI and more, and has played festivals such as ROADBURN, CHAOS DESCENDS and HOCO FEST
• Co-produced by Martin 'Konie' Ehnrencrona in his Studio Cobra in Stockholm. He is known for his work with VIAGRA BOYS, OBLITERATION, IN SOLITUDE and TRIBULATION - who won a Swedish Grammy for the album he produced
• Features drummer Uno Bruniusson, known from IN SOLITUDE, PROCESSION, DEATH ALLEY and more.
• Also features Gottfrid Åhman (IN SOLITUDE, WATAIN, NO FUTURE)
• For fans of VOIVOD, THE STOOGES, THE JESUS LIZARD, Patti Smith, KILLING JOKE, MOTÖRHEAD, DEAD BOYS, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
• Spearheaded by Linnéa Olsson, formerly of THE OATH, BEASTMILK/GRAVE PLEASURES, SONIC RITUAL
• First track premiered via Brooklyn Vegan
• Second single premiered via Cvlt Nation
• Third single premiered via Metal Injection

Press Quotes

Similar to The Oath (or Ghost or Blue Oyster Cult)... has the spirit and darkness of metal... catchy, swaggering rock

     —Brooklyn Vegan

They've got Joan Jett swagger and razor-sharp riffs that don't quit, and they blend grimy rock n roll with melancholic post-punk so naturally they've created their own genre.

     —Cvlt Nation

'Rupture, anger, cynisism with a smile as cold as the record; it's all present on 'Mercy Machine''

     —Deaf Forever

'Linnéa's monochrome rusty guitar twang is a real force and the secret star of this wonderfully dry, shoot-from-the-hip album for nighttime sunglasses wearers'

     —Metal Hammer Germany