Ghostemane is back with a new single, "Zero Day," his first release after being largely absent from music for the past several years. The Florida artist emerged roughly a decade ago fusing metal, hardcore, goth and industrial influences into his rap, an approach he committed to well before getting his own rap name tattooed across his forehead.
Ghostemane came up in a group with the late Lil Peep and has since built a list of collaborators that includes $uicideboy$, Clams Casino and HEALTH. His last full album was 2020's Anti-Icon, meaning "Zero Day" ends the longest gap in his recorded output to date; Stereogum's Tom Breihan described him as having been "entirely absent for at least a few years."
Ghostemane built his following in the mid-2010s SoundCloud rap scene, a wave that also produced Lil Peep, $uicideboy$ and XXXTentacion, but distinguished himself from that pack by leaning harder into extreme metal and industrial textures than most of his rap peers. That fusion is part of why his catalog has drawn comparisons across two audiences that don't always overlap: metal listeners and rap listeners.
No word yet on whether "Zero Day" is the first sign of a new album or a standalone release. Given how long the wait has already been, either way it marks his most significant hip-hop and metal crossover output since Anti-Icon.
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- New single "Zero Day"
- First new release since 2020's Anti-Icon
- Was once in a group with the late Lil Peep
- Emerged from the mid-2010s SoundCloud rap scene alongside Lil Peep, $uicideboy$ and XXXTentacion
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