Overkill's Neon green logo.Possessed w/inverted cross, Municipal waste, Mortuary Drape, Sarcofago, Cloven Hoof, Cauldron, and 55 gore even though they suck major cock
I think the Bathory font worked for Bathory but if i see any other band with that kind of font i think it looks very boring. It's like one of these fonts that defined a band. If you could do a metal logo why would you just use a simple font with nothing else?
mayhem & morbid angel are probably my 2 favorite band logos.
+1 to anyone who said beherit - I always liked the goat horns & candle in addition to the pentagram & upsidedown cross.
nunslaughter had a few really cool ones as well (the one seen on the latest re-issue of "goat" with the red cover is my favorite of theirs)
aside from those, I always liked the old english/gothic style font, that style of lettering almost always works for black/death metal
Darkthrone's logo, how could I forget this one!? Nunslaughter have a few cool ones too. Also the old logos from Nicke Andersson f.ex. Nihilist, Dismember, Crematory etc that defined the style of the swedish underground are pretty cool imo.
Death is obviously in a league of their own, Venoms is awesome and I love the Mervin manufacturing (libtech, gnu, roxy) sticker on my snowboard thats rips off Venom. My favourite logo is probably Heaven Shall Burn. Its relatively simple (relative to other logos in that style) in that you can read it even if you dont know what it is beforehand but for someone like my dad it takes him a minute to "translate" it.
A lot of great ones are already mentioned above.
Death (old), Sepultura (old), Morbid, Incantation, Immortal (old), Sadistic Intent, Abruptum, Demilich, Emperor, Nifelheim, ASPHYX...
There are still a lot of them to mention!
I like Moonspell's two logos, their old pentagram and the current moon one, The Septicflesh one always stood out to me, its neat and clean as well as the font for Cradle of Filth
Unleashed obviously. The old Nokturnal Mortum logo, old Enslaved logo, Winterfylleth, Summoning's pentagram logo, and Obituary's logo with the gargoyle or dragon wrapped around the T in the middle.
I've always liked Graveland's logo, Dark Fortress's logo as far as black metal goes, Revenge has a pretty cool logo as well, Sect Pig's looks pretty sick and goes with their almost industrial sound. For older metal, you can't beat the style of stylized letters like in the Iron Maiden and Dokken logos because I hate logos that try to be symmetrical unless they're extremely intricate, for instance Xasthur's logo I like but Death Angel's can fuck itself.
My favorite logos:
KISS, VENOM, AEROSMITH, QUEEN, CELTIC FROST, IRON MAIDEN, AC/DC, JELLYFISH (SPILT MILK LOGO), SCORPIONS, DIO, MOTLEY CRUE (SHOUT/TOO FAST ERA LOGO), ANGEL, STARZ, VAN HALEN, LEGS DIAMOND, RATT, MOTORHEAD, RAVEN, DARKTHRONE, BRITNY FOX, POISON, CINDERELLA, METALLICA, KING DIAMOND, W.A.S.P., so many great logos.
DIMMU BORGIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://seeklogo.com/images/D/Dimmu_Borgir-logo-47A75EFF1B-seeklogo.com.png
One of the best BM logos Ive ever seen to this day.
imfan1975 on
The simple Gothic font is always badass
http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/Drako_04/BANDAS%20DE%20METAL/bat...
THMManiac on
Overkill's Neon green logo.Possessed w/inverted cross, Municipal waste, Mortuary Drape, Sarcofago, Cloven Hoof, Cauldron, and 55 gore even though they suck major cock
Nater90 on
Depends on the genre I guess...
Black Metal & Death Metal are my favourites, Bands that incorporate a logo or image is great too.
Daniel Sodomaniac on
Saxon, Accept, Manowar and the one Priest started to use on Stained Class pure Metal :)!
Der Todesking on
Sadistik Exekution, Sarcofago, Autopsy, Unleashed, Voivod, Possessed, Crematory (swe), Nocturnus, Morbid Angel, (old) Death.....
grime81 on
definitely voivod
Formshifter on
and Vektor!
Vectrex on
I will agree with Katharsis, Sadistic Exekkution but also Wrathprayer. In general stuff that looks very thorny
Into Glory Ride on
Intersting, that's an observation i made aswell!
Der Todesking on
Yeah Katharsis' logo is killer!
DraconianStark666 on
Any logo with the Bathory font looks dope as shit.
Hoth's logo is nice because it looks like Darth Vader's TIE fighter. I love the attention to detail there.
Vectrex on
I think the Bathory font worked for Bathory but if i see any other band with that kind of font i think it looks very boring. It's like one of these fonts that defined a band. If you could do a metal logo why would you just use a simple font with nothing else?
deadlock on
These days the font is so played out I find myself preferring Bathory's requiem era logo to the original, just because at least its some variation.
judascrust on
mayhem & morbid angel are probably my 2 favorite band logos.
+1 to anyone who said beherit - I always liked the goat horns & candle in addition to the pentagram & upsidedown cross.
nunslaughter had a few really cool ones as well (the one seen on the latest re-issue of "goat" with the red cover is my favorite of theirs)
aside from those, I always liked the old english/gothic style font, that style of lettering almost always works for black/death metal
NocturnalOccultist on
Nifelheim, Slaughter, Dismember, Darkthrone, Discharge
headbangingmadness on
Absu probably
sandmanforce on
Slayer, Kreator, Sodom, King Diamond,
atrophythrasher on
Amon Amarth, Death,Exodus,Iron Maiden, Nuclear Assault,Rammstein and Venom
Der Todesking on
Darkthrone's logo, how could I forget this one!? Nunslaughter have a few cool ones too. Also the old logos from Nicke Andersson f.ex. Nihilist, Dismember, Crematory etc that defined the style of the swedish underground are pretty cool imo.
Formshifter on
Death is obviously in a league of their own, Venoms is awesome and I love the Mervin manufacturing (libtech, gnu, roxy) sticker on my snowboard thats rips off Venom. My favourite logo is probably Heaven Shall Burn. Its relatively simple (relative to other logos in that style) in that you can read it even if you dont know what it is beforehand but for someone like my dad it takes him a minute to "translate" it.
MasterDeath on
A lot of great ones are already mentioned above.
Death (old), Sepultura (old), Morbid, Incantation, Immortal (old), Sadistic Intent, Abruptum, Demilich, Emperor, Nifelheim, ASPHYX...
There are still a lot of them to mention!
Der Todesking on
Nifelheim's logo is great & fits incredibly good to their style & attitude!
MasterDeath on
Absolutely!
vikingdantheman on
Some of my faves not mentioned yet would be-
Bal Sagoth, Impaled Nazarene, Manegarm, Seance..... theres too many great logos.
Nater90 on
Bal Sagoths is amazing!
I need a patch of theirs...Great band.
vikingdantheman on
not many patches to chose from sadly.
Nater90 on
Sadly yes...
https://byronbalsagoth.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/st1770_pop.jpg
I do love this shirt design, Simple but epic.
imfan1975 on
Black flag has a basic, yet badass logo
Into Glory Ride on
I love the Nocternity Logo (and Sigil) for example: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/0/9/10090_logo.jpg?3459
Generally most logos that appeal to me are in a way "filigree" or ornate (hope these are the rigjt words) or have an image integrated into them, like
Dark Fortress: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/3/8/8/5388_logo.gif
Trollskogen: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/0/9/4/10946_logo.jpg
I also really dig Logos with Faces at the sides, like:
Hooded Menace: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/759992447/HoodedMenacemasterlogo.jpg (one of the Best logos of all time)
Benediction: http://www.metal4all.de/var/storage/images/bands/benediction/4271-1-ger-...
Paria: http://www.empyre-mag.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Paria_Logo.jpg
Nuclear Magick: http://sturmglanz.de/band_photos/nm_logo.jpg
Generally i am a friend of symmetry, balance and order. With exceptions like the Antediluvian Logo which is one of my alltime favourites aswell.
Another Killer Logo is the one of Faustcoven: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/3/6/1336_logo.gif
Nihilistic-Terr... on
The Dark Fortress logo was always eyecandy for me ^^
Doktor Kananga on
Unleashed
Bayernpirat on
UNLEASHED - no more words necessary to say
gizter on
defintly Sodom.
nexus6 on
Fear Factory and Strapping Young Lad
https://tshirtslayer.com/files-tshirt/styles/userprofilepageimage/public...
https://tshirtslayer.com/files-tshirt/styles/userprofilepageimage/public...
Into Glory Ride on
The old Immortal Logo of course.
http://symmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Immortal-Logo.jpg
And the old Moonspell Logo
http://symmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Moonspell-logo.jpg
Carovoivod on
All those logos you been talking abot are great indeed, but how about the astral sleep TIAMAT logo? That one is one of the best logos in metal history
Into Glory Ride on
Beautiful indeed!
Der Todesking on
Yeah agreed, old Tiamat, & also the later/last Treblinka logo was cool!
Nater90 on
+1
Amazing album and logo.
Militant on
Darkthrone, Cattle Decapitation, Devourment, Incantation, old Cephalic Carnage, Pig Destroyer, Rotten Sound
I also really like the plain font logos of Dying Fetus and Brutal Truth.
VoodooChild on
I like the kind of logos used in alot of brutal death or slam, where you have to read 15 times before you know what it says.
Vectrex on
Dakhma: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540393094_logo.jpg?5533
Condor: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540318815_logo.jpg?5811
Into Glory Ride on
Dakhma looks great.
Into Glory Ride on
I also really like the Zemial Logo: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/3/4/934_logo.gif
Into Glory Ride on
And of course i don't want to forget (i think already mentioned here, but nevertheless:) ABSU! http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/1/41_logo.jpg?3007
And i absolutely worship the Logo (and all the rest) of Macabre Omen: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/5/5/3/8/5538_logo.jpg?5017
PErhaps this once will be on one of my jackets.
judascrust on
Martyrvore
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/2/0/0/32000_logo.jpg?3412
Unholy Archangel
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/6/3/6/7/6367_logo.jpg
Enbilulugugal
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xczfJtPGRps/maxresdefault.jpg
Baphomets Horns
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/4/5/2/5/45253_logo.jpg
Nater90 on
My Dying Bride.
Amazing band, albums, logo, and artwork for their albums.
Der Todesking on
Profanatica
Into Glory Ride on
I really like the Wederganger Logo aswell: http://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540376360_logo.jpg?4759
deathdeathdeath on
Morbid Angel and the true Mayhem are my fave logos
clodsatan on
Mayhem, Beherit (both), Blasphemy, Witching Hour, Quintessenz, Metallica (3D logo), Archgoat, Morbid Angel, Destruction (both), Possessed, Katharsis, Merciless, Grotesque, Hellhammer, Death (old), Sepultura (first and second logo), Sarcofago, Bathory, Omega, Antichrist (yellow and read), Dissection
kresctilon on
Marduk's logo is seriously cool.
Der Todesking on
Did anyone mention Possession yet..? Also Sarcofago (the 3 cross version), Morbid Angel & Possessed ofc!
Influx on
I like Moonspell's two logos, their old pentagram and the current moon one, The Septicflesh one always stood out to me, its neat and clean as well as the font for Cradle of Filth
I saw someone above mention Tiamat and I concur!
pan_in_ithyphal... on
Yes Tiamat, one of the first metal logos I ever saw
miggy_666 on
Unleashed obviously. The old Nokturnal Mortum logo, old Enslaved logo, Winterfylleth, Summoning's pentagram logo, and Obituary's logo with the gargoyle or dragon wrapped around the T in the middle.
MetalBrewer on
I'll be biased and go with UFO.
I'd like to see it with the design of the 'steel' colouring like on ADX, Agent Steel, etc...
quixotic on
The UFO logo (the one since Obsession) is really cool indeed!
Corvus Corax on
Most of the ones I like have already been named. That being said; I've always liked Leviathan's crescent moon.
Kvlt_ured_Gentleman on
I've always liked Graveland's logo, Dark Fortress's logo as far as black metal goes, Revenge has a pretty cool logo as well, Sect Pig's looks pretty sick and goes with their almost industrial sound. For older metal, you can't beat the style of stylized letters like in the Iron Maiden and Dokken logos because I hate logos that try to be symmetrical unless they're extremely intricate, for instance Xasthur's logo I like but Death Angel's can fuck itself.
Slayerian1981 on
1) Slayer
2) Possessed
3) Motรถrhead
4) Exodus
5) Deicide
6) Death
7) Kreator
8) Sepultura
9) Judas Priest
10) Saxon
deadlock on
Heresiarch, Possession, Bolzer and Undergang are all pretty noteworthy and don't seem to have been mentioned yet.
Nater90 on
Goatpenis' is pretty epic.
Get some looks when I wear my inhumanization shirt...
Immolation's original / current album one is epic, Simple but just suits them to a t.
oldmate on
I like band logos like Gut and Spermswap
https://tshirtslayer.com/tshirt-or-longsleeve/gut-brown-winds-destiny
https://scontent.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26866_117103081635238_11...
Nater90 on
Hahahaha, You legend.
Overactive Imag... on
Blood Incantation
calebheney223 on
nuclear assault and mayhem, i realy do love the very highschool sketch in notebook feel you get from it
Noir.666 on
Birdflesh, haha.
Nihilistic-Terr... on
To name few:
I love the Nosvrolok Logo a lot
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/8/3/3/18333_logo.gif
Heresiarch
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540324914_logo.jpg
Funebrarum (the new one)
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/1/7/2/11723_logo.jpg?2522
Oraculum
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540387235_logo.jpg?3703
Unholy Spirits
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540378821_logo.jpg?5109
Phrenelith
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540393744_logo.jpg?5712
Pissgrave
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540380374_logo.jpg?2547
Necrophobic
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/5/0/1350_logo.png?5535
Grave Upheaval
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540307898_logo.jpg?5012
nexus6 on
Fear Factory's original FF logo, and the one from Obsolete
Strapping Young Lads SYL logo
Sepulturas Chaos AD era tribal S
Living Dead Hedgehog on
Favorite logo: Vale of Pnath (II): https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/4/0/3540304453_logo.jpg?0610
Honorable mention: Fallujah (Demo Era): http://www.metalorgie.com//grp_logo/Fallujah_logo.jpg
Thy Art Is Murder (post-Holy War): http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/les%20goupes/T/Thy%20Art%20Is%20Murder/pi...
For fun: Nasty (The Beginning): http://cs6047.vk.me/v6047518/6c79/0bRWSih81hk.jpg
Nasty actual Logo: http://www.beatdownhardwear.com/wp-content/uploads/nasty_logo_big_1.jpg
VMBRAL SPECTRE on
I always liked the venom logo, the twist on a celtic design I think.
I love the thorny Mayhem logo also with the bat wings and iron crosses/inverted crosses.
Bauhaus geometric face (my profile pic) as well I love. I guess this isn't metal though. ha ha.
Caarkazs on
S.P.A's logo. It's two 3d stars, but they slip in S.P.A within them.
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Stars_Poked_Away/Stars_Poked_Away/...
StarChildBlade on
My favorite logos:
KISS, VENOM, AEROSMITH, QUEEN, CELTIC FROST, IRON MAIDEN, AC/DC, JELLYFISH (SPILT MILK LOGO), SCORPIONS, DIO, MOTLEY CRUE (SHOUT/TOO FAST ERA LOGO), ANGEL, STARZ, VAN HALEN, LEGS DIAMOND, RATT, MOTORHEAD, RAVEN, DARKTHRONE, BRITNY FOX, POISON, CINDERELLA, METALLICA, KING DIAMOND, W.A.S.P., so many great logos.
pan_in_ithyphal... on
DIMMU BORGIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://seeklogo.com/images/D/Dimmu_Borgir-logo-47A75EFF1B-seeklogo.com.png
One of the best BM logos Ive ever seen to this day.
pan_in_ithyphal... on
also... some other cool ones
Abyssmal Nocturne
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/5/9/5/15958_logo.jpg
Nihili Locus
http://muz-lyrics.ru/photos/artists/c/21603/nihili-locus-6.jpg
Maldoror
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/8/9/0/9/89096_logo.jpg
Forgotten Land
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jwGzNLGIwj0/SuhRnuZjcjI/AAAAAAAAANo/o8BeGC4m9...
Hithlum
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/3/5/2/6/35261_logo.png?2946
And the freaking awesome Theatres Des Vampires!
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/4/5/12456.jpg?0724