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“This is pure doom, and utterly beautiful.” Clean and Sober Stoner
“A gorgeous and lush audio experience as Snakemother wander from place to place, summoning up occult imagery and folk melody in equal measure.” No Clean Singing
“An amalgamation of crushing heaviness and ethereal elegance that is as times jagged and jarring and at others soothing and seductive.” Desert Psychlist
Snakemother weaves doom-laden riffs, hypnotic incantations, and Eastern folk influences into a ritual of transformation. Their debut album is a journey through battle cries invoking strength, and resilience, shadowed trauma and transformation, breaking out of limiting cycles, elemental empowerment, liberation, deeply rooted in ritualistic and intentional practices, with themes of mysticism and spirituality. Their songwriting involves channeling and ritualistic elements, indicating a profound divine connection.
With mythic storytelling and primal intensity, Snakemother conjures a haunting and cathartic sound, shedding past skins, and invoking the ferocity of the divine feminine. Recorded at Earhammer Studios by Greg Wilkinson and mastered by Brad Boatright, “Snakemother” is an invocation of power, destruction, and rebirth.
Snakemother is a ritual, a shedding of skin, a descent into the void and a return reborn. Emerging from Oakland, California, formed by four fierce women, Bianca Salinas (vocals, guitar), Colie Sutter (bass, vocals), Julia Arria (drums), and Sammie Dee Wallinga (lead guitar), Snakemother wields sound as invocation, summoning the spirits of ancient goddesses. Their music blurs the line between ceremony and catharsis, fusing brooding doom, Balkan folk melodies, throat singing, heavy riffs, and hypnotic vocal incantations into a force transcendent.
Drawing from the depths of transformation, their self-titled debut “Snakemother” (2023) pulses with incantations, while weaving themes of ancestral echoes, purging as rebirth, and the alchemy of suffering into power. Recorded at Earhammer Studios by Greg Wilkinson and mastered by Brad Boatright, the album charted on Doom Charts’ Top 100 and landed on multiple #1 lists for 2023, drawing listeners into its darkly meditative soundscapes. Whether commanding the stage alongside Year of the Cobra, Firebreather, and Dreadnought, or leading audiences through hypnotic sound and immersive energy, their presence is both feral and sacred.
SNAKEMOTHER is
Bianca Salinas – vocals & guitar
Colie Sutter – bass & vocals
Julia Arria – drums
Sammie Dee Wallinga – lead guitar
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