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Maggot Heart from Berlin is one of the most talked about forces in rock underground today. The Swedish guitarist and songwriter Linnéa Olsson, based in Berlin since 2012, has earned her band a reputation with their extensive touring (alongside Earthless and Voivod among others), cross-over hard rock sound, and punk ethos. This album has been unanimously praised in the international music press 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.

Track Listing

Bonus Materials

• White vinyl

Sales Points

• Maggot Heart is a favourite amongst musicians like Fenriz (DARKTHRONE) and Jerry A (Poison Idea), both has played Maggot Heart on their respective radio shows
• Second single premiered via Cvlt Nation
• Third single premiered via Metal Injection
• First release off Linnéa's own label RAPID EYE RECORDS
• First track premiered via Brooklyn Vegan
• 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
• The band toured North America three times in 2019, including one headline tour. MAGGOT HEART also did one headline tour of Mexico in 2019
• 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
• Artwork by Kristian Valbo, the drummer for OBLITERATION, AURA NOIR and BLACK MAGIC
• Features drummer Uno Bruniusson, known from IN SOLITUDE, PROCESSION, DEATH ALLEY and more.
• Also features Gottfrid Åhman (IN SOLITUDE, WATAIN, NO FUTURE)
• 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
• For fans of Voivod, In Solitude, The Stooges, Girlschool, Patti Smith and The Jesus Lizard.
• Spearheaded by Linnéa Olsson, formerly of THE OATH, BEASTMILK/GRAVE PLEASURES, SONIC RITUAL

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 blend grimy rock n roll with melancholic post-punk so naturally they've created their own genre.

     —Cvlt Nation

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

Does the impossible of marrying late In Solitude with Iggy Pop and Voivod

     —Heavy-metal.de

Maggot Heart are in top form and they have some new tricks up their sleeve

     —Toilet Ov Hell

Even in the great chaos of this record, it remains rock solid

     —Demonic Nights

As exciting as rock music gets in 2020

     —Ten Glorious Killers

Maggot Heart has reached a completely new level

     —Slavestate

Mercy Machine is one of the most engrossing albums I've heard this year

     —Moshpit Nation

Maggot Heart's eclectic and unique sound is what makes them so intriguing

     —The sleeping shaman

Linnéa Olsson & co have a wicked tornado of an album

     —Surviving the golden age

Having associated Olsson more for her guitar playing over the years, it's been exciting to watch her make just as big of an impression as a vocalist

     —Metal Trenches

Maggot Heart are true masters of their craft

     —Death comes lifting

Mercy Machine is an album of pure anarchy

     —Distorted Sound

Guaranteed to please your inner goth or latent punk

     —Musipedia of metal

'A delight for everyone who likes it dark, a little dirty and above all rough, but still strangely elegant.

     —Visions

'A delight for everyone who likes it dark, a little dirty and above all rough, but still strangely elegant.

     —Metal Hammer UK