Micaela Battista, alias SILVERSNAKE MICHELLE, was born in Turin in 1975.


In 1993 she started studying acting at Teatro Nuovo in Turin with Renato Liprandi and carried on her studies at Tangram Teatro, following the teachings of Ivana Ferri and Bruno Maria Ferraro.


She performed in a number of theater shows, interpreting a range of both dramatic (e.g. Lady Macbeth ) and comedic (e.g. Puck the fairy) roles.


In the meantime she graduated from law school and passed the lawyer professional examination.


Since 2010 she took part in a choral studies program as a soprano, with Civici Cori of Milan.
Since 2012 she has been studying modern singing with Dino Brentali, following the SLS (Speech Level Singing) method, by Seth Riggs.


She followed lessons of ethnomusicology in Milan.


She passed the examination of music theory at the University of musicology.


In 2013 she undertook a personal musical research path. Since then she has been composing and interpreting her own songs, under the name of SilverSnake Michelle. Her stage name is a symbol of rebirth and wisdom, and it represents life itself.


She met Dario Arena (guitar) and Daniele Marchetti (keyboard and guitar) and they help her to arrange songs.


She writes voice melody and text, and gives indications of the type of arrangement.


SSM loves contamination between various cultures and she is very attracted to Indian music and Celtic Music.
She loves everything that comes out from rules of tonal system.


The songs have melody and arrangement that resembles the 80's rock and Celtic and Gothic taste in many parts.


The songs are rock; she chooses this kind of music because it’s instinctive and impressive and it frees the emotions and the true essence of the soul.