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Emlyn K Helicopter
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Member # 44

posted December 17, 2002 08:44

I know this was covered a couple of months back, but this band have to be pretty fucking close to the title of most unreadable metal logo ever made!
http://www.foetopsy.com/

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guidon
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Member # 137

posted December 17, 2002 08:55

How about this one... Amsvartner.

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Emlyn K Helicopter
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posted December 17, 2002 09:03

Well I can kind of make out at least three letters there. I mean, it actually looks like it could be a word if you squint.

I think the Foetopsy one may once have almost resembled a word before someone got carried away with Photoshop. As a graphic designer myself (and guilty as hell of abusing Photoshop) I lament the days before it when logos were drawn by hand. Then, it was inpenitrable by design, not accident!

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Mezcalhead
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Member # 26

posted December 17, 2002 09:59

In a related question, where do these bands come up with some of their names? I'm speaking mainly of the Relapse "death metal" crowd. It seems like they're competing to see who can be the darkest and goriest out there. Just seems stupid to me. Not to mention that 98% of the music is shit.

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Tangento
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Member # 117

posted December 17, 2002 10:21

quote:
Originally posted by Mezcalhead:
In a related question, where do these bands come up with some of their names? I'm speaking mainly of the Relapse "death metal" crowd. It seems like they're competing to see who can be the darkest and goriest out there. Just seems stupid to me. Not to mention that 98% of the music is shit.

Well-spoken, Mez

(i.e. the world needs more burger-flippers)

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X-D
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Member # 3

posted December 17, 2002 12:47

Heh heh! Yeah, here's one of my favorites...

Regurgitate - "Carnivorous Erection"

It's a small pic, but check out the hilarious cover art! It's like my 7th grade sense of humor all over again!

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guidon
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Member # 137

posted December 17, 2002 13:44

LOL X-D... I wonder if it was meant to be a joke, or if they wanted it to be really 'scary-looking'.

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schroeder
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Member # 5

posted December 17, 2002 14:37

These idiots who create the logos should relize no one will remember a band whos name you can't even read...maybe that all for the better, so you CAN'T remember them!!!

Mez is correct.

A logo should be able to be quckly read and easy to identify and remember. A great logo can be remembered even if you only see one letter and you know what the name is.
Away has always done a great job in this area, even with all the times VOIVODs logo has changed...you know it's them and you'll even know what album and era it's from.

Remember the Flotsam & Jetsam cd "HIGH"? they used all the great metal band logos for their song titles.

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Slaytanic
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Member # 28

posted December 17, 2002 15:58

I see Mayhem's logo as an example of how to make a "chaotic" logo, apparently to fit their music (hehehe...), but perfectly readable.

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Emlyn K Helicopter
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Member # 44

posted December 17, 2002 16:11

Ooooh now come now Mez, cop a load of this lot:
http://www.mp3.com/exhumed

Also the aforementioned Foetus-shagger (or whatever), don't it raise just a little smile there? Granted, its no Gothic Slam, but for sheer bloody-minded sillyness you have to give it points!

And Schroeder, I reckon these bands just don't want discerning Gentlemen like yourself joining their club by having a readable band name. It's not as if you're going to find this stuff stacked next to Justin Timberlake in Bribe-Mart are ya?

Then again, I quite like visiting HMV and re-sorting the CDs. Carcass in amongst Britney, Bujarilia(?) next to church singing - with the cover refolded so you can see the decapitated head being held up.

Oh shit, I'm just as bad as these bands, arn't I? Look how sick I am. I've done a poo. Gonna form a gore-core band now, gonna fit a bass string to my guitar and use my £20 distortion pedal. Need to do my logo - wheres my fucking red felt-tip?

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Mezcalhead
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Member # 26

posted December 18, 2002 09:06

Hey EKH, can I be the drummer in your gore band? I can't play drums for shit but I think I look really good in black leather pants with blood in my hair. BTW, if I can get it through customs I'll bring the head of my billy goat. He's got a great pair of horns. Although he might start to stink a little bit by the time we get to merry ol'England he'd look really great tied to the top of my kickdrum.

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Black Guard
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Member # 113

posted December 18, 2002 09:40

I LOVE the logo of the mighty Summoning, the whole band name is built all around a pentagram, it's so cool and clever...!!

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BlackCloud
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Member # 122

posted December 18, 2002 21:52

pretty much any "black metal band has a hard to read logo.

some friends of mine are in a local black metal band here in seattle called:

In Memorium www.inmemorium.tk

hopefully this image will print:

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schroeder
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posted December 19, 2002 06:21

Great link warcorse. I guess they're going for the "evil feel" more so than the actual readability of the name.

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h
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Member # 8

posted December 19, 2002 06:49

I think he should switch some of those logo's around, just to see if anyone notices.

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neutrino
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Member # 22

posted December 19, 2002 07:48

found these at Osmose Productions:

(I can't figure where the "T" is supposed to be...)

(...)

this one's quite original, for a spiked logo...

btw, there's a larger version of the Regurgitate album cover at http://www.relapse.com/high/relapse/regu/carn.jpg

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Juan87
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Member # 87

posted December 20, 2002 01:05

quote:
Originally posted by Slaytanic :
I see Mayhem's logo as an example of how to make a "chaotic" logo, apparently to fit their music (hehehe...), but perfectly readable.

I think it's funny that so called 'chaotic' logos are really just an exercise in assymetry. Just draw half in ink and fold the paper (and add some thorns after words).
Anyone ever notice that King Diamond's logo upside-dwn says BURN?

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Juan87
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Member # 87

posted December 20, 2002 01:14

...oh yea and if you turn his face over and cover up his chin he looks like an evil fuckin* gnome. I guess I'm tripping but I've aways thought this. And the streaks on his face are arm veins. It took me a long time to figure this shit out, but I guess I'm dead-icated.

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Juan87
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posted December 20, 2002 01:29

*see next post*

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Juan87
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Member # 87

posted December 20, 2002 01:41

quote:
Originally posted by schroeder:
These idiots who create the logos should relize no one will remember a band whos name you can't even read...maybe that all for the better, so you CAN'T remember them!!!
Mez is correct.
A logo should be able to be quckly read and easy to identify and remember. A great logo can be remembered even if you only see one letter and you know what the name is.
Away has always done a great job in this area, even with all the times VOIVODs logo has changed...you know it's them and you'll even know what album and era it's from.
Remember the Flotsam & Jetsam cd "HIGH"? they used all the great metal band logos for their song titles.

Away is slick. The old KT logo said DEVO in the middle. Man is so ubsessed with power that we will devolve if we kill eachother (like Sepultura's Primitive Future).
Has anyone ever noticed that on the cover of War and Pain Riflefist's eyes represent the United States and an elephant? trippy

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h
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Member # 8

posted December 20, 2002 06:01

Heh heh! Good one's Nuc! I never noticed either of those (probably because they're not really there, but I see them now you mention it!). I always thought that the mouth on the cover of Hatross had AWAY written in it, but every time I try and work it out I realise I'm just drunk. Which is nice.

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Juan87
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Member # 87

posted December 21, 2002 04:30

Being drunk is nice indeed h, I guess I was last night when I wrote all that stuff

I was on a Rumple Minze kick, don't know if it was the alcohol (50%) or the sugar!
One more comment about Away's art: If you look closely at the "face" on the cover of Nothingface, there is a hand giving the bird.

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