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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 69 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks 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 10 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

I also listen to Christmas songs in December.

And I listen to Irish music too.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] skooma_king@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

So long and thanks for all the shoes…

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[–] mmmm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] nyctre@piefed.social 23 points 2 weeks 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 7 points 2 weeks 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 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks 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 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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?

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

[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

sonuvabitch, it exists, a literally wooden dress.

... damn.

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[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Fiat Lux

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

Spoiler: It doesn't

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hummakavula?!

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that's called Pantera

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 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 😂

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[–] eah@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

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[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Mr_Wobble@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 weeks ago

How about some black mesh? Lets the mitties really breathe.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean my red GWAR shirts?

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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

No, we suffer in black

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does she look like a render from a 2010 era game? Took me a while to figure out it's an actual photograph.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like the sign is shopped, so it makes the rest of it look weird with the contrast.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

So... Aesthethica by Liturgy?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I was very relieved by the end of that sentence.

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[–] pigup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

My brother used to have a white kreator shirt

[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks 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.

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