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Black metal fashion refers to the style of dress preferred by some performers and listeners of
black metal music.
Clothing is generally composed of black leather jackets, black band shirts, black pants (either tight black jeans or leather pants) and
combat boots.
Accessories are usually occult, paganistic and anti-christian jewelry, including
pentagrams,
Thor's hammers,
inverted crosses, and bullet belts.
There tends to be also a focus on spikes or studs on leather, often worn on the forearms, arms and (sometimes) legs.
The style is inspired on the classic
heavy metal look, with added black metal symbology.
Hair is usually long (e.g.:
Fenriz and
Nocturno Culto, from
Darkthrone), but completely shaved heads have been seen, though this is rare (
Naglfar,
Melechesh).
Corpsepaint was very common on the second wave of
Black Metal (early 90's), and was meant to simulate a corpse-like appearance and separate black metal from other types of metal.
The practice is becoming increasingly uncommon but it's still used on band photos and performances.
This look was inspired mostly by
King Diamond of
Mercyful Fate fame and
Sarcofago, the pioneers of the distinct look that most later black metal bands adopted.
When posing for photos or on stage appearances, many bands (e.g.:
Immortal,
Gorgoroth) often use heavy medieval weaponry and armory, usually accompanied by
corpsepaint.
Other bands outside of the
Scandinavian area have been known to pose with their ancestral weapons and armament as opposed to the neo-medieval look of the Scandinavian bands, such as Sigh's Shinichi holding a katana.
Photos are usually taken in the wilderness.
See also
Black metalCorpsepaintGothic fashionHeavy metal fashionBlack concert T-ShirtExternal links
Peter Beste's portfolio includes a set of photographies from the Norwegian black metal scene
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