ABlairican Pie
08-02-2010, 09:30 AM
From MSN.com:
Watain Poster Printed In Blood (Ooh, Scary!)
by Paul Freeman
http://image.wapi.wetpaint.com/image/1/uDlUah2SJSFCqKM41ulDpg40349/GW400H267
Very, very hyped Swedish black metal band Watain are possibly the most image-conscious band since the days of glam rock. They cover themselves in blood and dirt onstage, in addition to the now-traditional ploppy paint, and profess in their interviews to be the most evil, death-fixated, humanity-hating, life-devouring band ever ever ever. You know, just like every other black metal band on Earth (or the fictional Dethklok, from Adult Swim's Metalocalypse, whom are indeed the most-metal).
Anyway, Watain hired New York-based design/printing company Metastazis (who've also done work for Nachtmystium, Antaeus and Averse Sefira, among others) to print gig posters for a London show, and the posters were done in human blood. I know, right? None more black, indeed! The blood came from the designer and from an unnamed Watain fan, and 111 copies of the poster were made, to be sold exclusively at the performance. You can read more about the process at Metastazis's blog, here and here.
I've got no problem with this—it's your blood; do what you want with it. I just can't figure out how the supposedly most badass, terrifying black metal band ever ever ever wound up ripping off gimmicks from Kiss circa 1977 (Kiss, as every fan and pop-culture geek knows, dropped samples of their blood into the ink when their comic book was being printed). But when you think about it, Kiss were the first band to sport elaborate, black-and-white face paint onstage, so in a way they're the forefathers of black metal.
Anyway, here's what the poster looked like:
http://image.wapi.wetpaint.com/image/1/-ZhIcDmFaqDyyMyZllZgAw215088/GW427H602
And here's a picture of Watain.
http://image.wapi.wetpaint.com/image/1/JSUMgIfdIzJTpg-ByQAfEw64564/GW403H303
Scary, huh?
Watain Poster Printed In Blood (Ooh, Scary!)
by Paul Freeman
http://image.wapi.wetpaint.com/image/1/uDlUah2SJSFCqKM41ulDpg40349/GW400H267
Very, very hyped Swedish black metal band Watain are possibly the most image-conscious band since the days of glam rock. They cover themselves in blood and dirt onstage, in addition to the now-traditional ploppy paint, and profess in their interviews to be the most evil, death-fixated, humanity-hating, life-devouring band ever ever ever. You know, just like every other black metal band on Earth (or the fictional Dethklok, from Adult Swim's Metalocalypse, whom are indeed the most-metal).
Anyway, Watain hired New York-based design/printing company Metastazis (who've also done work for Nachtmystium, Antaeus and Averse Sefira, among others) to print gig posters for a London show, and the posters were done in human blood. I know, right? None more black, indeed! The blood came from the designer and from an unnamed Watain fan, and 111 copies of the poster were made, to be sold exclusively at the performance. You can read more about the process at Metastazis's blog, here and here.
I've got no problem with this—it's your blood; do what you want with it. I just can't figure out how the supposedly most badass, terrifying black metal band ever ever ever wound up ripping off gimmicks from Kiss circa 1977 (Kiss, as every fan and pop-culture geek knows, dropped samples of their blood into the ink when their comic book was being printed). But when you think about it, Kiss were the first band to sport elaborate, black-and-white face paint onstage, so in a way they're the forefathers of black metal.
Anyway, here's what the poster looked like:
http://image.wapi.wetpaint.com/image/1/-ZhIcDmFaqDyyMyZllZgAw215088/GW427H602
And here's a picture of Watain.
http://image.wapi.wetpaint.com/image/1/JSUMgIfdIzJTpg-ByQAfEw64564/GW403H303
Scary, huh?