SCARLXRD

Trap Metal

Marius Listhrop (born 19 June 1994), known professionally as Scarlxrd (pronounced scarlord), is a English musician. He is known for his unusual musical style combining elements of trap music with influences from metal music. Formerly a YouTube personality known as Mazzi Maz, Scarlxrd began a career in music as the lead vocalist for nu metal band Myth City, before debuting as a rapper under his Scarlxrd moniker. By February 2017, Listhrop removed all of his Mazzi Maz videos from his YouTube channel and has since rebranded it to his Scarlxrd moniker. In a 2017 Interview, Listhrop described his time as a YouTube personality and posting videos on the site as soul-destroying. In August 2016, Scarlxrd debuted his new moniker with the release of Girlfriend. The music video depicts him unmasked and rapping over a humid, tropical hip-hop track. By the end of 2016, he released two albums, his self-titled album (stylised in Japanese characters as スカー藩主) and Rxse. After the release of two more albums, Cabin Fever and Chaxsthexry, in April 2017, Scarlxrd began prominently wearing a black surgical mask in his music videos and released the video for Chain$aw on 31 May; a week later, he released the music video for King, Scar. On 23 June, he published the music video for Heart Attack and the video quickly gained popularity and still stands as his most popular track to date. He credits his consistency of releasing music videos, specifically the videos for Chain$aw and King, Scar, ...