Linnéa Olsson has more than one string to her bow. First a music journalist, she then made a name for herself as a guitar player in bands such as Sonic Ritual, The Oath, and Grave Pleasures, before finding her own voice and founding Maggot Heart. With Uno Bruniusson on drums and Olivia Airey on bass, the band forged its own style, a blend of punk ethics and rock’n’roll spirit with a dash of sharpness and dissonance, attuned to the pulse of the city and the night, from the gutter to the stars. Hunger, their third album, is both their most vulnerable and most confident record so far. Throughout its eight songs, Linnéa’s strongest talents shine: aiming high and letting go.

In this interview that took place a few months after Hunger‘s release, she went over the unique path that took her from the Swedish metal scene to Berlin. A hunter more than a prey, lucid and open-hearted, she talked about her doubts and goals, and about finding strength in fragility, and vice-versa.

This interview took place in February 2024 and was first published on Radio Metal.

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