Synthwave Artist GOST Has Died…The GOST Official Facebook Page has posted the following regarding his death:
The whole GOST team is incredibly saddened
to inform you that James Cody Lollar, known
as GOST, passed away yesterday. We are
sending all our prayers to his family and
friends during this time of grief. He will be
remembered as a wonderful human being
and a tremendously talented artist.
We kindly ask that everyone respect the
privacy of his loved ones during these
difficult times. He will be deeply missed by
all.
Metal Blade’s Bio: Gost exist in the dark crack between black metal and the most shadowy end of electronic music. Since the release of the Radio Macabre EP at the start of 2013, and the remorseless digital nightmare of their Skull debut album six months later, Texas-based multi-instrumentalist, producer and main-brain James Lollar has become an increasingly singular force in music. Far more aggressive and sinister than the synthwave he’s often grouped with, Gost is a harsh and unique digital nightmare that takes the listener right into the heart of the abyss.
“If people listened to my music at a rave they would have a bad fucking trip,” laughs James. “But it’s a fun challenge to try to make metal with digital noises. I love processing on a computer and electronic equipment, and trying to make it sound raw. It’s a unique challenge, because everything in there is clean, and you’re using plug in distortion and things like that. It’s just a whole different realm than using pedals and amps and shit.”
For an artist who drinks so heavily from the world of electronic and dance music – albeit at its most extreme edges – James says Gost hasn’t been taken in by that world at all. Instead, he’s built a home in metal, as seen when he was invited to tour with black metal legends Mayhem.
“On the Mayhem tour, I ended up one night in a hotel bar talking to [bassist] Necrobutcher. I was thanking them for having me on the tour, and he’s like, ‘That was me, I wanted you on this tour.’ That’s fucking bizarre. But it’s cool, man,” says James. “It’s weird to be accepted by the metal community, it’s humbling, it’s honourable. It’s where I come from.”
Whatever you call it, Gost have made something intense, cathartic, creatively rich and not quite like anything else out there
For more on GOST and his legacy, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/gost1980s
GOST image credit: Metal Blade Records
