Perhaps it’s time for metal bands to start using different typefaces?

Comments  (8)

• Jason

  Wow. At least half of those are completely illegible. And I don't know what's worse: the font treatments or the names. Cephalic Carnage? Sexcrement? Putrid Pile? Boar Corpse? It reminds me of this great SNL skit: http://www.hulu.com/watch/113213/saturday-night-live-underground-festival



• Melinda Flores

  This is the most conformist anticonformist advertising I have ever seen....!



• James Moore

  My face hurts from trying to read this, and I bet any of these bands would be quite pleased with that result.



• Penelope Davis

  @Jason well at least some proper latin roots are represented.



• Pete Cenedella

  I love the fact that the sponsors' names and logos are almost identically over-the-top: Vader Cabinets (I presume Darth is making not kitchens but speakers), Old Cemetery Records, Gutter Christ productions -- good to see such lockstep alignment between art and commerce! From the folks who brought you Death Waffles.



• Andrew Meehan

  Amazing poster. So many genres fall into this trap. And if it isn't the typeface, it's the band name. The Brooklyn sandbox includes: Beach Fossils, Beaches, Eternal Summers, Best Coast, Dunes, Air Waves, Wavves, Coasting, Sun Araw...that's a rather top of mind list from browsing Showpaper over the last few months (http://www.myspace.com/showpaper).



• Andrew Meehan

  "Trap" probably isn't the right word. To be fair, it's more symbiotic. Shine a light on one band and you're bound to uncover other bands that share the same creative inclination. I doubt the naming is a conscious coattail ride.



• Jill

  How fun would it be to do a naming project for a metal band?! I would love to show them the competitive landscape and help them find the white space.