Sematary

Sematary

Zane Steckler, better known by his stage name Sematary (often stylized as SEMATARY) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is a founding member of the rap collective Haunted Mound.Steckler started releasing music on SoundCloud in 2019. He first gained notoriety on the platform when he released mixtape Grave House (2019) with collaborator Ghost Mountain, the song 'Nevada' before its deletion garnered over 1 million streams on several platforms. In 2021, Sematary released mixtape Rainbow Bridge 3 which received acclaim most notably from music reviewer Anthony Fantano, simply saying "This goes hard." and rating the album an 8/10 from his site 'The Needle Drop'.Steckler's first live performance took place on November 18th, 2021, in San Francisco, California supporting Cold Hart, Drippin' So Pretty, and Yawns. In 2022 he announced a debut world tour supporting the 'Butcher House' mixtape, with 26 dates in 11 countries. He entered the lineup for Lyrical Lemonade's 3 day 'Summer Smash 2023' and the upcoming 'Grey Day 2023' 42 date US tour with $uicideboy$, Ghostemane, Freddie Dredd and Ramirez. While his early mixtapes explore chopped and screwed or pitched up black metal samples on overblown trap drums, his later albums 'Screaming Forest' (2021) and 'Butcher House' (2023) featured synths reminiscent of one's heard in the early 2010's Chicago rap scene and samples from experimental artists such as Shlohmo.

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