Mayhem - Dawn of the Black Hearts backpatch

FarFarNorthThu, 23/06/2011 - 03:38

Reserved for special occasions.

The most widely known self-demise in black metal, but don't forget about others... Erik from Immortal/Borknagar/Gorgoroth, Jon from Dissection, Tchort from Winds of the Black Mountains. There is probably more. R. I. P.

Food for thought:
People I've spoken to think that a photo like this would've met Dead's approval and morbid sense of humor. But isn't it ironic that despite his deep anti-trend attitude when it comes to metal (as can be seen from his interviews and letters), this image of Dead is so frequently reproduced and printed in so many forms that it may even qualify as a trend by now.
That's why I keep this for particular occasions and don't wear it very often, only when the mood really calls for it - cause I don't want to get used and immune to this image, the element of otherness and shock and even morbid wonder should always be there; otherwise getting desensitized will lead to treating this item like any wearable trend.

Patch

Not for sale or trade

Bands:

Mayhem

backpatch

Dead

NocturnalOccultist on Thu, 23/06/2011 - 13:16

You also forget Euronymous too and i see you started your battle jacket cool. say do you live in the United States?

FarFarNorth on Fri, 24/06/2011 - 07:20

But Euronymous and Quorthon didn't commit suicide, I was only counting those latter cases.
The backpatch is riding on my old denim longsleeve jacket that I've had for many years and which I'll probably keep as it is, my hand doesn't lift to cut off its sleeves. Still planning to make a vest and hope to find one without the chest pockets to make that area easier to patch up. Already began getting patches for it, but this backpatch will stay on the current jacket. The problem with having several backpatches is having to choose just one for the battle vest. But time will tell, I've already discovered that trying to plan a patch vest layout before getting the patches is futile, as their real-life sizings will be inevitably different than expected and the nice symmetries you envision in the mind wouldn't work like that in real life, forcing one to work on a different layout - but that's part of the fun! For now I'm concentrating on getting the front patches gradually, the layout on the back would depend upon the vest's specifics though I have an idea of what I want. Yeah my fam's in the US now but I alternate between here and Iceland.

BlackMetalRights on Sat, 16/07/2011 - 04:46

I have a patch of Euronymous and Dead together with the morbid logo AND mayhem logo. And on the bottom it says "A tribute to the black emporers"!

FarFarNorth on Sun, 17/07/2011 - 04:52

Yep, the famous split bootleg album cover. Upload it dude!

Claudandus on Thu, 03/05/2012 - 09:28

There are trends everywhere. Even in the most underground of the underground scenes. Some people just fail too see it in favour of being anti everything.
Cool backpatch Dude, never been a huge fan of Dead, but this is nice.