Biography
Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her work blends elements of gothic rock, doom metal, and folk. Growing up in Northern California with a country musician father, Wolfe began writing and recording songs during her childhood. She began to earn recognition for her albums The Grime and the Glow (2010) and Apokalypsis (2011), which blended gothic and folk elements. In her next few albums Pain Is Beauty (2013), Abyss (2015) and Hiss Spun (2017) Wolfe incorporated elements of neofolk, electronic music and heavy metal. Her evolution continued with Birth of Violence (2019) and She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She (2024). In addition to her solo career, she has collaborated with the band Converge on the album Bloodmoon: I (2021) and composer Tyler Bates on the soundtrack to the 2022 film X. She has also featured on songs by artists including Russian Circles, Deafheaven, Myrkur and Xiu Xiu.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
2018
Bloodmoon: I
2021
Memorial
2013
Pain Is Beauty
2013
Birth Of Violence
2019
Mareridt
2017
Hiss Spun
2017
Abyss
2015
Tomorrow We Escape
2025
Ἀποκάλυψις
2011
Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack
2021
May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute To Roky Erickson
2021
Self-Surgery
2020
Unknown Rooms: A Collection Of Acoustic Songs
2012
Ease Me & 4 Interpretations
2020
Alice Glass (Remixes)
2018
Credited work
233 releases · 40 albums · active 2006–2025
- Performance · 508
- Production · 65
- Engineering · 65
- Other credits · 51
Studios: Godcity Recording Studio · 25th Street Recording, Oakland, CA · Federal Prism Studio · Studio 4 Recording
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Tyler Bates
- King Dude
- Mrs. Piss
- Deafheaven
- Xiu Xiu
- Myrkur (4)
- Divide and Dissolve