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Snail - The '93 - '94 Blood Demos Available for Download
7/1/2012
These are the legendary Blood demos, recorded on cassette 4track in 1993-1994. At the time, Snail's self-titled album was out and garnering critical acclaim and the band was feeling confident about their upcoming second album...which wasn't recorded until 2009. These demos were recorded in Porterville, California USA at the town's Memorial Auditorium, where Snail was known to practice. Here's what Scott from Fu Manchu said about the demos:
"I remember reading a record review of Snail's debut release in some small zine back in late 1993. It was a small review but everything the reviewer said about the music was everything i was interested in. That set me out searching record stores for the release. It was only available on CD so i searched every local record store until one had a copy. Bought it brought it home and dug it from the first ultra fuzzy guitar note of my favorite song on that release "deep see fishing". I wrote the band to get more info and Matt and I traded music. I sent all the Fu Manchu stuff that I had. I think Matt gave me a copy of their new 4-track stuff at a show we played in San Francisco at the starting of our tour. I listened to the Snail cassette tape over and over on tour. Favorite song from that tape was "Cleanliness". I was glad that they re-recorded it for their "blood" release a few years ago. Still love that song. The 4-track tape is awesome and I'm glad to now get a louder version. Still have the tape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Snail - S/T Available for Download
6/1/2012
Listen to Snail's first album, released in 1993, available for purchase in CD quality on bandcamp.
Terminus: Available NOW!
5/1/2012
It's finally here! Snail's latest release Terminus - definitely our heaviest release to date. This one was a long time coming...hopefully you will love it as much as we do. - Snail
The Obelisk Snail Interview
3/23/2012
JJ from The Obelisk interviewed Mark Johnson and Matt Lynch of Snail about the upcoming release, "Terminus." This is a great feature with pictures and an exclusive Snail video for "Ritual." Check it out!
Release date set for Terminus: May 1st, 2012
3/21/2012
We are very proud to announce that Snail is self-releasing their new album Terminus on May 1st, 2012. Orders from the Snailhq.com website will be shipped the following day.
Terminus will also be available from All That Is Heavy, CD Baby, iTunes and Amazon.com.
Snail’s new album, “Terminus,” showcases all fresh material, infused with the enthusiasm of newly minted collaboration. Influences that were not evident in past works come to the fore, steeped in old-school metal and psychedelia. The subject matter is noticeably more mature, as the entire record delves into the themes of mortality and its implications in our modern world. From crushing doom to head-bobbing Camaro rock and hypnotic psych, “Terminus” is Snail’s most varied work to date; but most importantly, IT ROCKS.
Snail's New Album 'Terminus' is Complete
1/9/2012
All tracks on Snail's latest album Terminus are complete. Songlist:
- Recursion
- Galaxies' Lament
- Matchbook
- Burn the Flesh
- Hippy Crack
- Love Theme
- Ritual
- Circles
- Try to Make It
- Terminus
This album represents a departure from Blood in that it's grounded in early-eighties proto-metal. Release date not yet finalized, but it'll likely be very soon. We're negotiating with labels for a vinyl release. Stay tuned.
Snail is in the Studio Recording a New Album
6/20/2011
Yes it's true my friends. After burying ourselves for a couple years to ferment in the rich earth we have emerged...with new tunes. No release date has been set; to stay updated join us.
The tunes will be, in no particular order:
Love Theme From Snail
Galaxies' Lament
Hippy Crack
Circles
Heavy Trait
Recursion
Ritual
Try to Make It
Burn the Flesh
Perilous Dandelion (working title)
Terminus
Snail's New Album 'Blood' Released
08/04/2009
Analogous to the slow, relentless power of erosion, SNAIL melts mountains and reshapes earth with their latest offering, "Blood." A band that once shared the stage with Stoner/Doom contemporaries SLEEP, SNAIL embarked on a 13-year sacred journey to Sheol from whence they recently emerged. Crushing proto-metal psychedelic fuzz-fests march on with sweet melodies shrouded by psyched-out oscillations. This is an album that should be measured on the Geologic Time Scale.
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Songs:
- Mental Models
- Sleep
- Underwater
- Committed
- Via/Penny Dreadful
- Relief
- Blood
- Cleanliness
- Screen
- Not for Me
- Blacklight
New Website Launch
08/01/2009
Welcome to the official Snail website. This website was created to be a store, archive, library, photo album and interface with friends for the band Snail. If you have any questions or comments about this website, please contact us. If you have content (especially old photos or videos) you would like to contribute, please contact us.