Sematary

240 songs17 albums

Songs240

Albums17

Views1.1M

About the artist

Sematary is the recording alias of Zane Steckler, an American experimental rapper, producer, and founder of the Haunted Mound collective and label. Known for a slurred, ghostly vocal style layered over lo-fi, distorted beats, he emerged from the underground «cloud rap» and «trap metal» scenes, fusing witch house atmospherics with drill and emo-rap songwriting.

He draws heavily on black metal and horror aesthetics, sampling grim, atmospheric textures alongside hard-hitting drill percussion, and cites artists like Chief Keef and Yung Lean among his influences. His early mixtapes, including collaborations with Ghost Mountain, established a dark, cinematic persona built around themes of death, decay, and the occult, which he further developed through releases exploring increasingly abrasive and haunting production.

As the architect of Haunted Mound, Sematary has cultivated a wider collective of like-minded rappers and visual artists, positioning himself as a central figure in the horrorcore-adjacent underground rap scene of the late 2010s and 2020s, prized for his DIY ethos and unmistakably eerie sonic identity.

Active since2018

LabelsHaunted Mound