Ghostemane

Eric Whitney(born April 15, 1991),known professionally asGhostemaneorEric Ghoste,is an American rapper and record producer. He has released eight solo albums and three collaborative albums under his Ghostemane moniker, primarily merging elements ofheavy metal,hip hopandindustrial music.Whitney has also released music with a number of additional solo projects, pursuing styles includingblack metalasBaader-Meinhof,noise musicasGASM,andelectronic musicasSwearr.He began his career in localhardcore punkanddoom metalbands aroundFlorida.In 2015, he moved toLos Angeles, California,starting a career as a rapper, under the monikerIll Bizz.Around this same time, he was a member of the hip hop collective Schemaposse.

Ghostemane
Ghostemane performing in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Eric Whitney
Also known as	Eric Ghoste Baader-Meinhof Swearr Ill Bizz GASM
Born	(1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 Lake Worth, Florida,U.S.
Origin	West Palm Beach, Florida,U.S.
Genres	Trap metal hip hop hardcore punk noise alternative hip hop black metal industrial hip hop doom metal
Occupations	Rapper songwriter musician record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar drums bass synthesizers
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	"Skye Fires"
Website	ghostemane.com

Ghostemane's merging of trap and metal gained him popularity onSoundCloud.In 2018, Ghostemane released his seventhstudio album,N/O/I/S/E,which was highly anticipated in the underground music scenedue to its heavy influence fromindustrialandnu metal.

Early life

Eric Whitney was born on April 15, 1991, in Lake Worth, Florida to parents from New York.Whitney grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. As a teenager, he was mainly interested inhardcore punkmusic. He learned to play the guitar and performed in several bands,including Nemesis and Seven Serpents.He also played football while he was in high school, saying he was practically forced to by his father, who died when Whitney was seventeen.

Whitney was introduced to rap music when he was the guitarist in the hardcore punk band Nemesis and a bandmate introduced him toMemphis rap.

Career

Prior to his musical career, Whitney worked in severalB2B salespositions.In 2015, due to not being able to musically thrive in Southern Florida, Whitney moved to Los Angeles, California. He also gave up his employment.Meeting up with JGRXXN, Whitney joined his collective Schemaposse, which included artists such asCraig XenandLil Peep.

In April 2016, after just 1 year with the group, Whitney left Schemaposse.He subsequently released his self-produced album "Blackmage" and his first cinematic music video with his single "John Dee". Whitney eventually began to associate with fellow Florida rapperPouya,who released the video for "1000 Rounds" with Ghostemane in April 2017.The video quickly went viral, and as of May 2021, it had over 29 million views.

In late 2017, Whitney saw greater success when art collective TRASH GANG created and released their 1930s cartoon edit music video for his song "Mercury: Retrograde". The cartoon was a 1933 Betty Boop short,Snow-White,featuringCab CallowayasKoko the ClownsingingSt. James Infirmary.The video has since climbed to over 500 million views, making it his most well known single.

In October 2018 he teamed up with Zubin to release a track titledBroken. Also in 2018, he released his seventh studio album,N/O/I/S/E,in which many of the songs are influenced byindustrial metal,nu metal,Slipknot,Marilyn MansonandNine Inch Nails.In May 2020, he unveiled his latest project, a lo-fiblack metalband called Baader-Meinhof, of which he is the sole member (credited as Eric Ghoste).

In 2021, Ghostemane's music video "AI", directed by Nick Cinelli, was nominated for Most Bizarre at the Berlin Music Video Awards.

Artistry

Lyrically, Ghostemane's themes focus onoccultism,depression,nihilism,deathandilluminism.He started his career as a musician playing guitar inhardcore punkbands, and drums indoom metalbands.He has stated that his biggest influence isblack metalbandBathory.He spent most of his teenage years listening toextreme metalbands such asDeicide,Death,CarcassandMayhem.In terms of rap music, Ghostemane is influenced by Southern rap groups such asOutkastandThree 6 Mafia.He has also gone on to cite Midwest rap groupBone Thugs-n-Harmonyas an early influence.

Backing band

Current

• Parv0 – DJ
• Nolan Nunes – bass
• Marcus Johnson – drums

Former

• Mark Bronzino – guitar
• Cayle Sain – drums

Discography

As Ghostemane

Studio albums

• Oogabooga(2015)
• For the Aspiring Occultist(2015)
• Rituals(2016)
• Blackmage(2016)
• Plagues(2016)
• Hexada(2017)
• N/O/I/S/E(2018)
• ANTI-ICON(2020)
• Scarlxrd x Ghostemane Dark Type Beat - HEART ATTACK by Dxrk ダーク (2020)

Collaboration albums

• Pallbearers || Tales from the Grave(w/DJ Killa C) (2015)
• GRXXNGHOSTENAGROM(w/JGRXXN x Nedarb Nagrom) (2015)
• Elemental(w/Lil Peepx JGRXXN) (2016)
• LXRDMAGE(w/Scarlxrd) (2021)

Compilations

• Astral Kreepin (Resurrected Hitz)(2015)
• Get To Know Us(w/Lil Peep x JGRXXN) (2016)
• Hiadica(2019)

Extended plays

• Ghoste Tales(2015)
• Dogma(2015)
• Kreep [Klassics Out Tha Attic] Featuring Dj Insane(2015)
• DÆMON(w/Nedarb Nagrom)(2016)
• DÆMON II(w/Nedarb Nagrom)(2016)
• DÆMON III(w/Nedarb Nagrom)(2017)
• Dahlia I(w/Getter)(2018)
• Fear Network(2019)
• Opium(2019)
• HUMAN ERR0R(w/Parv0) (2019)
• Digital Demons(w/Nolife) (2019)
• Lxrdmage(w/Scarlxrd) (2021)
• Fear Network II(2021)

Mixtapes

• Blunts n' Brass Monkey(2014)
• Taboo(2014)

Singles

• Technicolor(2014)
• Kronol(2015)
• John Dee(2016)
• Hades(2017)
• Kybalion(2017)
• Tartarus(2017)
• Kali Yuga(2017)
• Nails(2017)
• Blood Oceans (How Many?)(w/ PHARAOH)(2018)
• D(R)Ead(2018)
• AI(2020)
• Lazaretto(2020)

As Ill Biz

Mixtapes

• Revival(ft. Shepherd) (2012)(on tracks "Revival" and "Lean Wit It" only)
• No Holds Barred(2012)(exclusive mixtape for datpiff.com)
• Versatyle(2013)(unreleased)
• [Soh] [fahy] mixtape(ft. Infinite SoFi) (2013)(on track "Southside" only)
• ILL BiZ EP(ft. Infinite SoFi) (2013)
• 1991(2014)

As GASM

Studio albums

• Www(2018)

As SWEARR

Extended plays

• Technomancer(2019)

As Baader-Meinhof

Extended plays

• EP(2016)
• Evil Beneath a Veil of Justice(2019)
• Baader-Meinhof(2020)

With Nemesis

Extended plays

• From the Neighborhood(2012)

With Seven Serpents

Extended plays

• Seven Serpents(2015)

As Eric Ghoste

• Music from the Motion Picture(2021)

External links

• Media related toGhostemaneat Wikimedia Commons