I really like graffiti obviously it's very hip hop culture but it would be awesome to see more of it in the metal scene. Some bands have graffiti fonts for their logos but it's usually bubble fonts. Wildstyle reminds me so much of death metal logos would be cool if that was used in logos or album artwork especially in the likes of the black and death metal scenes spice things up a bit. I would also love to see more graffiti inspired by metal too not a lot of it at the moment
edit: hip hop and punk culture :]
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Graffiti, in Europe at least, is surely as punk/anarcho as hip-hop...? Graffiti is good when it's good. Most you see is not good. It's a bit like the original social media: first there was journalism, then there was the opinion of anyone with a Twitter account, and first there was art, then...
Exactly, black metal and death metal are so boring. What they need is hip hop culture to save them from their own innate dullness.
Quote from: Mithrandir on January 11, 2024, 08:17:18 PMMe wanna banana
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Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 11, 2024, 08:20:39 PMGraffiti, in Europe at least, is surely as punk/anarcho as hip-hop...? Graffiti is good when it's good. Most you see is not good. It's a bit like the original social media: first there was journalism, then there was the opinion of anyone with a Twitter account, and first there was art, then...
ya that's a fair point especially in Ireland is mostly just tags and not a lot of style or color to it. Also ya European graffiti is definitely more punk related than American graffiti. Like I said In Ireland is just tags not many fun throw ups or pieces like in other countries :[
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 11, 2024, 08:45:46 PMExactly, black metal and death metal are so boring. What they need is hip hop culture to save them from their own innate dullness.
lol I didn't mean like that I just think graffiti could go well with the music. Obviously graffiti is very colorful so if there were like black and white wildstyles with DM or bm themes i think it would look awesome together without taking away from the metal elements :]
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It would, as you and I both know, look completely retarded.
My realisation after years of listening to all kinds of stuff is that the best black metal is the black metal that is black metal.
While there has been some wonderful graffiti, most, if not all, of what we see over here is utter shite with no artistic merit whatsoever. Just like in music, where vision and greatness creates a new path, it is inevitably followed by countless copycat shitehawks with nothing of their own to say.
To be fair, the polski boys improved the graffiti around here a bit but it's still only middling. The local stuff was fuckin awful before that
QuoteI would also love to see more graffiti inspired by metal too not a lot of it at the moment
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I like a decent mural but otherwise it's like daubing shit on a wall. Pointless and ugly, and 'taggers' can eternally fuck off.
Quote from: Giggles on January 12, 2024, 02:20:06 PMQuoteI would also love to see more graffiti inspired by metal too not a lot of it at the moment
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that's some heavy looking metal :,D
Quote from: Giggles on January 12, 2024, 02:20:06 PMQuoteI would also love to see more graffiti inspired by metal too not a lot of it at the moment
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That's pretty deadly tbh
Quote from: Giggles on January 12, 2024, 02:20:06 PMQuoteI would also love to see more graffiti inspired by metal too not a lot of it at the moment
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hey btw how do you post a photo with your text? :0
Wouldn't mind seeing this on a local street
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Quote from: DJ Sniffles on January 12, 2024, 06:42:51 PMhey btw how do you post a photo with your text? :0
There's a row of buttons above the row of emojis. Click on the Insert Image button, which is right beside the YouTube button. Paste in the URL link to wherever your image is hosted ba da bing ba da boom.
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I have often wondered if the soft, hazy effect on the artwork of Thy Mighty Contract, Morbid Visions, Blood Ritual/Sumerian Cry and many many other black and death metal albums from the 80s and 90s was achieved by being spray painted. So I'm at last prepared to eat my hat here.
Quote from: Giggles on January 12, 2024, 07:10:58 PMWouldn't mind seeing this on a local street
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Quote from: DJ Sniffles on January 12, 2024, 06:42:51 PMhey btw how do you post a photo with your text? :0
There's a row of buttons above the row of emojis. Click on the Insert Image button, which is right beside the YouTube button. Paste in the URL link to wherever your image is hosted ba da bing ba da boom.
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cool artwork would be nice to see more metal murals around. Thanks for the help I'm going to post a picture of my guitar now :]
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This is one I spotted up in Brisbane
Now that's art. The shit on the junction box is just graffiti vandalism. Those sort should be tied to the train tracks. Sickens me the way such taggers think it's ok to abuse the side of people's houses or businesses, even if it's coloured in as graffiti.
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This is in the park down the road from me
Not much interest in graffiti myself but one of my best mates is mad into it.
I saw KRS-One in Temple Bar back in May and he had some lad on stage doing graffiti during the show. Never saw that at a gig before.
This is a friend of mine. She's done stuff in lots of different places around the county, ye may have spotted the odd bit.
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She's pretty damn talented, and a genuinely puts the "artist" into graffiti artist.
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That's class work there she's certainly talented
I would not class that as graffiti. Love that sort of stuff, it's real art.
Aye, that's stunning, nothing to do with graffiti. Girl should be recognised nationally or even internationally.
Quote from: Thorn on July 06, 2025, 12:15:37 AMAye, that's stunning, nothing to do with graffiti. Girl should be recognised nationally or even internationally.
Yeah she's an unreal talent. Have no idea how she works at that scale either - the owl one is on a three storey building in Sligo IT's campus. You might recognise the bottom one there as it's just over and up a bit in the shopping centre from Golden Discs!
Thing is, as far as I'm aware it's all spray paint, so I dunno if that qualifies it as "graffiti" (I know fuck all about it as an artform, but always considered her work as such due to the paint).
I watched her do this one of Queen Maeve live. Canvas was about 12' x 8', four cans of spray paint, less than two hours.
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I have indeed seen it and it's even more impressive up close. She wasn't responsible for the Wehshtlife one over near the car park that's been there's this yonks?
Also that Bathory one down below, holy fuck that's a rare sight, anyone on here involved?