Ghostemane Releases A New Video from His New Album Anti-Icon By Tank Hardcore Doom Metal singer, Ghostemane has released his new album Anti-Icon and a new video for the song “Hydrochloride,” off of It.. The video was directed by Poppy. This is the third video off the album with the first two being “AI” and “Lazaretto.” Kerrang describes “Lazaretto” as being a “genre-blending banger.” Of all the music that Ghostemane has made over the years, this is perhaps his most personal statement yet. This is the follow up to his 2018 release, N/O/I/S/E. Rolling Stone magazine says the album “segues smoothly, if bracingly, from full-throated screams to rat-atat raps, from unhurried hip-hop to full-tilt rock.” As expected, Ghostemane has been getting quite a bit of attention with this new release and can be seen in the magazines Kerrang!, 1883 Magazine, and Alternative Press. In addition to the new album and video, Ghostemane has also released some new merchandise, which includes the first commercially available version of his comic book, Dr. Nihil and The Tremendous Blunder. Ghostemane, aka Eric Whitney, aka Eric Ghoste, aka Baader-Meinhof, aka Swearr, Aka Limsa Lominsa has been releasing music for quite a while now. His first release under the moniker Ghostemane was 2015’s Oogabooga, which was followed
by six more albums preceding Anti-Icon. Eric started his career performing in some pretty hardcore bands and his lyrics usually revolve around the subjects of occultism, depression nihilism, and death. Ghostemane cites his biggest influence at being the black metal band Bathory. Some of his favorite acts include Deicide, Death, Carcass, and Mayhem but he also likes another genre of music as well…. Rap. He states that some of his other influences include Outkast and Three 6 Mafia, and tell us that Bone ThugsN-Harmony was an early influence. Ghostemane’s influences have certainly helped shape his career, with him now taken an extreme approach to every album or project he gets involved in. He does an excellent job in incorporating such styles as industrial, hardcore, acoustic, southern “phonk” rap, and experimental genres to create a sound all his own. WATCH: “Hydrochloride” https://ghostemane.ffm.to/hydrochloride LISTEN: ANTI-ICON https://ghostemane.ffm.to/anti_icon
“like Nine Inch Nails and Three 6 Mafia albums thrown in a meat grinder” NME “stunning and abrasive” Revolver “Ghostemane’s instincts have been right all along” Rolling Stone “occupies his own corner of the musical landscape” Stereogum Ghostemane ANTI-ICON October 21, 2020 1.Intro Destitute 2.Vagabond 3.Lazaretto 4.Sacrilege 5.AI 6.Fed Up 7.The Wings of Change 8.Hydrochloride 9.Hellrap 10.ASMR 11.Melanchaholic 12.Calamity 13.Falling Down
“redefining punk and creating a new wave of industrial music” Alt Press December 2020 • Rock and Blues International
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