The point of the font, much like the sound and the album cover, is inaccessible detail. It's not my cup of tea either, but you might as well complain that Nicleback albums have incredibly overt imagery and typesetting that leaves no mystery. That's kind of, you know, the point.
They're not "fonts". They're hand-drawn one-offs. They're the descendants of teenage school notebook scribbles, and the typographic equivalent of Microsoft WordArt. This sort of cryptography has its roots in the psychedelic posters of the hippie-hippie-Haight Ashbury, which had to hide in plain sight. Not my taste—neither the artwork nor the music—but there you go.
I roll my eyes when people comment on posts just to say that the post sucks or is dumb. Which is why I'm surprised to find myself taking time out of my life to do just that. Indecipherable heavy metal logos is such a great premise to write about. You could write something inquisitive, informative, or funny. This post is none of the above. I feel like maybe, because I like metal, I'm bothered by the ignorant and dismissive tone. But I can certainly enjoy having a laugh at metal and metal culture and I didn't think the piece was mean-spirited. It's just so weird how bad this post is. There are sentences where I think I detect the *rhythm* of wit, but there's no payoff. Anyway, back to reality, where I think people who make comments like this are wasting their lives.
I clicked on this hoping it would be a showcase of various fonts. Rats. You should totally write that article. Maybe get an actual metal head to help out.
@6 I have HESHER TENDENCIES!! Wait, Serisouly, you know Hesher is Metalhead's older brother, right?!
@8 I think that already happened in the 80s w/Hair Metal - I can't return to the '80s. I can't grow my hair out, not again!
@11 I'd love to - if I had more room. Also, sadly, Slog scroll rolls past real fast so it's hard to get too long winded as the posts get gone so quickly.
The point of the font, much like the sound and the album cover, is inaccessible detail. It's not my cup of tea either, but you might as well complain that Nicleback albums have incredibly overt imagery and typesetting that leaves no mystery. That's kind of, you know, the point.
But thanks for sharing.
There you go. Then your opinion regarding the logos of heavy metal bands is irrelevent.
@8 I think that already happened in the 80s w/Hair Metal - I can't return to the '80s. I can't grow my hair out, not again!
@11 I'd love to - if I had more room. Also, sadly, Slog scroll rolls past real fast so it's hard to get too long winded as the posts get gone so quickly.