# Thundermother
**Thundermother** is a Swedish all-female hard rock band founded in 2009 by guitarist Filippa Nässil, known for a classic-rock sound built on AC/DC and [Motörhead](https://www.edgepedia.org/motorhead) influences and for relentless touring, including support slots for the Scorpions and appearances at festivals such as [Wacken Open Air](https://www.edgepedia.org/wacken-open-air).[1](https://www.thundermother.com/) • [2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) The band has survived two wholesale lineup changes, in 2017 and 2023, in which every member except Nässil departed, and has released six studio albums, a live album, and a seventh studio record announced for 2027.[3](https://sleazeroxx.com/interviews/interview-with-thundermother-founder-and-guitarist-filippa-nassil/) • [4](https://label.napalmrecords.com/thundermother)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Origin | Founded in 2009 by guitarist Filippa Nässil; AllMusic dates the start to 2010 in Stockholm, while the band and Live Nation give 2009 in Växjö[1](https://www.thundermother.com/) • [2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) • [5](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-foerlaenger-dirty-och-divine-tour-med-sverigedatum-i-hoest-3393946) |
| Style | Hard rock rooted in 1970s classic rock, with AC/DC and Motörhead as core references[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) • [5](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-foerlaenger-dirty-och-divine-tour-med-sverigedatum-i-hoest-3393946) |
| Studio albums | Rock 'n' Roll Disaster (2014), Road Fever (2015), Thundermother (2018), Heat Wave (2020), Black & Gold (2022), Dirty & Divine (2025)[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) • [6](https://frenzyfire.co.uk/fa_thundermotherreviews4.htm) |
| Chart peaks | Heat Wave and Black & Gold each reached number 6 on the Official German Album Charts; Dirty & Divine reached the top 3 on the Official German Rock/Metal Charts[7](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER_LivenAlive_PI_EN.pdf) • [1](https://www.thundermother.com/) |
| Current lineup | Filippa Nässil (guitar), Linnéa Vikström Egg (vocals), Majsan Lindberg (bass), Joan Massing (drums)[1](https://www.thundermother.com/) |
| Awards | GAFFA prize for Best Hard Rock/Metal, 2021; double silver Impala Award; named Sweden's best hard rock act by one Swedish press account[8](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER%20PR%20EN.pdf) • [9](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-firar-15-aar-av-rocknroll-med-vaarturne-2024-3287729) |
| Labels | AFM Records through Dirty & Divine; worldwide deal with Napalm Records signed in 2025[8](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER%20PR%20EN.pdf) |
## History and lineup changes
**Formation and first era.** Nässil formed the band after studying music production; she has said the idea began as a dream she described to others before it existed, and that early demos involved male musicians.[10](https://www.webisjericho.com/get-to-know-thundermother/) According to AllMusic, she teamed with Italian guitarist Giorgia Carteri in Stockholm, and the lineup settled in 2013 with drummer Tilda Stenqvist, bassist Linda Ström, and Irish vocalist Clare Cunningham.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) This five-piece released *Rock 'n' Roll Disaster* in 2014 and *Road Fever* in 2015, becoming regulars on the European club and festival circuit.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561)
**The 2017 split and rebuild.** While recording a third album, the band split: Carteri, Stenqvist, Ström, and Cunningham all left, leaving Nässil as the only remaining member.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) She rebuilt the band as a quartet with vocalist Guernica Mancini, drummer Emlee Johansson, and bassist Sara Pettersson, and the self-titled third album appeared in 2018.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) This second lineup produced the band's most successful records: *Heat Wave* (2020), recorded with Danish producer Søren Andersen at his Medley studios in Copenhagen, and *Black & Gold* (2022), produced and mixed by Andersen in Stockholm and Copenhagen.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) • [11](https://www.grimmgent.com/albumreviews/thundermother-black-and-gold/) *Heat Wave* reached number 6 on the German Album Charts, and *Black & Gold* matched that position.[7](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER_LivenAlive_PI_EN.pdf)
**The 2023 change.** In early 2023, after a North American arena tour supporting the Scorpions, Nässil dismissed the singer and the remaining members quit in solidarity with her, as she described in a 2023 Swedish magazine interview.[12](https://magasinetfilter.se/intervju/thundermother-filippa-nassil/) With 2023 tour dates already booked, she rebuilt the band within weeks: bassist Majsan Lindberg returned after about a year away, Linnéa Vikström, known from the symphonic metal band [Therion](https://www.edgepedia.org/therion-band), joined on vocals, and French-born Joan Massing took the drum seat.[13](https://www.headbangerslifestyle.com/features/interviews/interview-thundermother/) The first single from this lineup, "I Left My License In The Future," was released on November 3, 2023.[14](https://rockartfashion.net/2023/11/14/thundermother-interview-with-majsan-lindberg-and-joan-massing/)
## Dirty & Divine and the Napalm era
*Dirty & Divine*, released on AFM Records on February 7, 2025, was the sixth studio album and the first written and performed entirely by the new lineup.[3](https://sleazeroxx.com/interviews/interview-with-thundermother-founder-and-guitarist-filippa-nassil/) • [15](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-foerlaenger-dirty-och-divine-tour-med-sverigedatum-i-hoest-3393946) Nässil chose to record the album live with the new rhythm section, a first for the band, and the record reached the top 3 on the Official German Rock/Metal Charts.[16](https://www.metal.de/reviews/thundermother-dirty-divine-566391/?amp=1) • [1](https://www.thundermother.com/) Reviewers noted the continuity of the band's sound despite the personnel change; the Rockpit scored it 8/10 and called it "another worthy entry in a great catalog," while metal.de gave it 7/10.[17](https://www.therockpit.net/2025/album-review-thundermother-dirty-and-divine/) • [16](https://www.metal.de/reviews/thundermother-dirty-divine-566391/?amp=1) The album's ten tracks include "Speaking of the Devil," "Can You Feel It," and the closer "American Adrenaline."[16](https://www.metal.de/reviews/thundermother-dirty-divine-566391/?amp=1)
In 2025 the band signed a worldwide record deal with [Napalm Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/napalm-records), with Nässil saying the label had wanted to sign the band for some time while they were under another contract.[8](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER%20PR%20EN.pdf) The first Napalm release was the live album *Live'n'Alive*, out digitally on April 17, 2026 and physically on July 10, 2026: a 19-track record cut on the European headline tour that followed *Dirty & Divine*, closing with a new live version of "Driving In Style," the band's biggest hit, recorded in Huskvarna.[7](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER_LivenAlive_PI_EN.pdf) • [18](https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-february-23-2026) A seventh studio album, *Mothers of Thunder*, is scheduled for February 5, 2027 as the band's Napalm studio debut; it includes "Restless," a duet between Vikström Egg and her father, Thomas Vikström of Therion.[4](https://label.napalmrecords.com/thundermother)
## Sound and influences
The band's sound takes its cues from AC/DC and Motörhead with what AllMusic calls a modern twist.[2](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561) Nässil has described a formative encounter at age 24, when, as a studio intern, she told a producer that the band Bullet sounded like AC/DC and was told that AC/DC was the best band on the planet; she called it an epiphany and began building a band around simple rock riffs.[19](https://rockartfashion.net/2023/06/13/we-fight-for-rock-nroll-interview-with-filippa-nassil-of-thundermother/) Reviewers have placed the band alongside [Joan Jett and the Blackhearts](https://www.edgepedia.org/joan-jett-and-the-blackhearts), Scorpions, Pat Benatar, and Doro Pesch, with individual tracks drawing on southern rock, 1970s groove, and occasional ballads such as "Sleep" and "Hot Mess."[20](https://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/t/thundermother.htm) • [21](https://suindependent.com/album-review-thundermother-heat-wave-deluxe-edition/) Nässil's guitar tone and riffing have been described as the constant element of the band's sound across lineup changes.[22](https://www.metallerium.com/entrevista-a-thundermother-linnea-vikstroem)
## Live performance and touring
Touring is central to the band's profile. A Swedish press release marking fifteen years of activity in 2024 counted more than 1,000 shows and cited double silver Impala Awards.[9](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-firar-15-aar-av-rocknroll-med-vaarturne-2024-3287729) Live highlights include supporting the Scorpions in both North America and Europe, playing the KISS Kruise, and regular appearances at Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze, and Sweden Rock.[1](https://www.thundermother.com/) • [4](https://label.napalmrecords.com/thundermother) During the pandemic shutdowns, the band played outdoor shows from the roof of a redesigned old fire truck.[23](https://www.therockpit.net/2022/album-review-thundermother-black-and-gold/) A critics' aggregate of 21 concert reviews rates the band at 69 percent on a 100-point live scale, with a 74 percent rating over the most recent twelve months.[24](https://www.liverate.com/artists/thundermother)
## References
1. [Thundermother official website](https://www.thundermother.com/)
2. [Thundermother Biography, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thundermother-mn0003244561)
3. [Interview with Thundermother founder and guitarist Filippa Nässil, Sleaze Roxx](https://sleazeroxx.com/interviews/interview-with-thundermother-founder-and-guitarist-filippa-nassil/)
4. [Thundermother, Napalm Records label page](https://label.napalmrecords.com/thundermother)
5. [Thundermother förlänger Dirty & Divine Tour med Sverigedatum i höst, Live Nation / Mynewsdesk](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-foerlaenger-dirty-och-divine-tour-med-sverigedatum-i-hoest-3393946)
6. [FRENZY FIRE Metal & Rock Reviews: Thundermother](https://frenzyfire.co.uk/fa_thundermotherreviews4.htm)
7. [THUNDERMOTHER Live'n'Alive press kit, Napalm Records](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER_LivenAlive_PI_EN.pdf)
8. [THUNDERMOTHER Signs a Worldwide Contract with Napalm Records, press release PDF](https://label.napalmrecords.com/images/bands/thundermother/THUNDERMOTHER%20PR%20EN.pdf)
9. [Thundermother firar 15 år av Rock'n'roll med vårturné 2024, Live Nation / Mynewsdesk](https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/livenation/pressreleases/thundermother-firar-15-aar-av-rocknroll-med-vaarturne-2024-3287729)
10. [Get To Know: Thundermother, Web Is Jericho](https://www.webisjericho.com/get-to-know-thundermother/)
11. [Thundermother – Black & Gold review, metal.de](https://www.grimmgent.com/albumreviews/thundermother-black-and-gold/)
12. [»Thundermother är mitt band«, Magasinet Filter](https://magasinetfilter.se/intervju/thundermother-filippa-nassil/)
13. [Interview | Thundermother – Back on Track, HeadBangers Lifestyle](https://www.headbangerslifestyle.com/features/interviews/interview-thundermother/)
14. [THUNDERMOTHER – Interview with Majsan Lindberg and Joan Massing, Rock Art Fashion](https://rockartfashion.net/2023/11/14/thundermother-interview-with-majsan-lindberg-and-joan-massing/)
15. [Thundermother – Dirty & Divine review, metal.de](https://www.metal.de/reviews/thundermother-dirty-divine-566391/?amp=1)
16. [Thundermother – Dirty & Divine review, metal.de (track list and rating)](https://www.metal.de/reviews/thundermother-dirty-divine-566391/?amp=1)
17. [ALBUM REVIEW: Thundermother – Dirty And Divine, The Rockpit](https://www.therockpit.net/2025/album-review-thundermother-dirty-and-divine/)
18. [Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 23, 2026, Louder](https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-february-23-2026)
19. ["WE FIGHT FOR ROCK N'ROLL" – Interview with Filippa Nässil, Rock Art Fashion](https://rockartfashion.net/2023/06/13/we-fight-for-rock-nroll-interview-with-filippa-nassil-of-thundermother/)
20. [Rough Edge Recorded Music Reviews: Thundermother](https://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/t/thundermother.htm)
21. [Album Review: Thundermother – Heat Wave Deluxe Edition, The Independent (Southern Utah)](https://suindependent.com/album-review-thundermother-heat-wave-deluxe-edition/)
22. [Entrevista a Thundermother (Linnéa Vikström), Metallerium](https://www.metallerium.com/entrevista-a-thundermother-linnea-vikstroem)
23. [ALBUM REVIEW: Thundermother – Black and Gold, The Rockpit](https://www.therockpit.net/2022/album-review-thundermother-black-and-gold/)
24. [Thundermother Live Tour & Concert Review Consensus, LiveRate](https://www.liverate.com/artists/thundermother)
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