The juggernautess of Dark Feminine Metalcore ripped open scars in ‘Mother Dearest’ –

Sa’Lunara stands as the juggernautess of modern metalcore, and with Mother Dearest, she channels her ethereally occultist approach to vindication through expression with devastating clarity.

There’s no fury like a woman scorned by childhood trauma from maternal hands, and this single carries that truth like a sacred blade. Every line is raw with furore, whether delivered through scathed screams or diaphanous harmony, especially the incantatory line, “Watch me sing your silence into flame”, which crowns Sa’Lunara as a priestess of poetry rooted in lived pain.

This is the kind of single you listen to in complete reverence, attuned to the anguish spilling through its progressions as an act of artful trauma healing. For anyone diminished rather than raised by the person who brought them into the world only to punish them, Mother Dearest lands with brutal familiarity. The track visualises vulnerability and rage with unfiltered honesty, tracing the consequences of degradation inflicted by someone who shared their DNA only to deride it. The fortitude driving the single reads as fierce self-reclamation, heavy with purpose and ritual intent.

Sa’Lunara’s ascent through the alternative metal sphere reflects a vision sharpened by occult symbolism, ceremony, and the primal feminine. Her sound fuses modern metalcore weight with cinematic atmospheres that feel conjured rather than composed, and her growing community connects through recognition rather than spectacle. With Mother Dearest, she offers a space where fury and healing coexist, forged through expression rather than restraint. This single confirms her place as an artist whose work resonates as both confrontation and communion.

Mother Dearest is now available on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify. 

Review by Amelia Vandergast