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Metal Memes

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Memes. For metal music.

Don't be an ass and try to keep the gatekeeping and whatnot to a minimum. Memes from all sorts of metal genres and bands are welcome here.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 84 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That's why I stopped listening to metal. Too hot in the summer.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 83 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Just listen to ska in the summer and metal the rest of the year

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Funk, it's basically thrash but with a wah pedal. And more purple shirts. And black people 👍

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I listen to funk in September, metal in October and November, Christmas songs in December, and Irish music in March.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

I also listen to Christmas songs in December.

And I listen to Irish music too.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I like the punk end of ska; or maybe it's the ska end of punk....

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's called third-wave ska, also called ska punk.

It wasn't the end of ska because arguably there's been a fourth wave since then

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[–] skooma_king@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

So long and thanks for all the shoes…

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago

And then you can listen to NoComply year round.

[–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 months ago

Just paint your metal white and your problem will be solved.

[–] nyctre@piefed.social 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes! I agree 100%. That's why I buy non black tshirts nowadays. These are the latest acquisitions:

Yob

Death

Cult of Luna

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Preach, I quit black metal t shirts ten years ago and haven't looked back. Unless of course there is no other option, or the colour is particularly crap

[–] chalupapocalypse@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

White is not very flattering to the average metalhead figure, and also does not hide spilled beer

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Is it weird that I just thought about white goth aesthetic as a parallel to those all white PC builds? I don't think I've seen 'white goth theme' done before and am kinda curious if it would look good.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

You're close. Not 'white goth'...

Pastel Goth:

Arguably many variants of the older, harajuku gothic lolita style can/have also been done in primarily white or lighter colors.

This is a more modern dress and pic, but I think you could find examples of similar going back to at least the 90s:

... there's also now... clown core, and clown goth, but ... just no, nope, you're gonna have to personally choose to look for that, I'm not just gonna force you to see it.

EDIT:

I suppose if we carry forward trends in PC case styling... to fashion... well, we would somehow have to end up with dresses or suits with wood grain pattern elements or accents.

... Not sure if that exists yet.

Can you make a ruffled fringe out of wood, lol?

Or like, wood grain patterned corset, you know, the trunk?

Leaf ears instead of cat ears?

Bonsai Core? Bonsai Goth?

Ok, pretty sure I'm delerious, time for bed now.

[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

sonuvabitch, it exists, a literally wooden dress.

... damn.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago

Xyla did a good job with that, the details on the bottom are actually inset pices of wood. Still quite stiff but looked better than the carbon fibre one imo.

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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Fiat Lux

(...) and am kinda curious if it would look good.

Spoiler: It doesn't

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

White metal, the ultimate underground you haven't heard of yet, you poser

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think that's called Pantera

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

Dammit, that got me lol. That's a literal lol right there. Fuck me, that was a good one

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 4 months ago

That's not the problem, since she is hot anyway.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Even if it's not about the heat, I want some diversity. Black gets boring at one point, so I get other colours any time I can.

[–] gatohaus@eviltoast.org 5 points 4 months ago

Agreed!

For variety, I sometimes switch it up with charcoal, ebony, or obsidian.
But for special occasions I'll break out the soulcrusher's Vantablack.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago

I don't know. I wear black, pastel black, broken black, dark black and 50 shades of black. Plenty of options.

[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I have a colleague who’s into metal. Always wears a band shirt, always in black. As you’d expect. Except on VERY rare days where she runs out of those or if it’s indeed just too hot to wear black.

It’s downright jarring to see her in anything except black. Looks like a completely different person.

I do imagine it’s nice to be a female metal fan. Never have to worry about what to wear or what colors to match 😂

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

There was a brief era in the 2000's where bands from pop-punk to metal-core released super bright coloured shirts (like fluro-bright) with over the top cartoon artwork, it was a nice change.

Also you can get pink metal shorts/jumpers that go pretty hard (i have only seen these worn by men though)

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lets engineer a shirt that looks black in the visible spectrum but is white in everything else.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 months ago

You could do that, unfortunately solar irradiance is highest in the visible spectrum.

[–] eah@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago

Anarchists at a summer protest: "WHY DID WE CHOOSE BLACK?! WHYYYYY"

[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago

Nah, it's a lifestyle, I'm committed

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago

I have a old Sucide Silence shirt that is the depiction of a nude woman covered with long hair hugging a skeleton that is white.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago
[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I’ve got a good few, but they are local bands, so it was likely a cost decision, but I definitely sport them more when it’s hot.

I’ll sweat balls in my Conan shirts without a second thought, though. Because fuckin’ Conan.

All hail Volt Thrower.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

No, we suffer in black

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the only white shirt metalheads have is reserved for the next GWAR concert

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I have a neon blue Cattle Decapitation tank with a bright yellow logo, love that shirt.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I was very relieved by the end of that sentence.

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[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

I had a dope-ass cream colored shirt from my favorite band, Caligula's Horse. Was devastated when it got destroyed. Now back to all black stuff...

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

My brother used to have a white kreator shirt

[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I got a bright blue cattle decap shirt and a few white lorna shore shirts

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