Seen the recent Transylvania band photo on the invictus site and thought it was a very entertaining take on some tried n true spookiness, i.e. the classic lookin' spooky with the lads in a graveyard, by literally being in a grave. Love it!
Thought it might be fun to have a thread of exemplary band photos alongside some delightful abominations. Dunno if its already been a thread, but couldnt find anything via the search function.
Oh and lets try and keep it fun, keep it to cool examples and utterly bizzare ones so we're not clowning on smaller/younger bands that for whatever reason had poor/meh execution while trying to find their feet, I know my past bands fall into this category.
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Was similarly impressed by this! Simple but original and metal af idea :abbath: Dead would be proud of them :laugh:
Often imitated, never equalled
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Obituary did a similar photo shoot but didn't bother with any makeup or bullet belts. They just left on the aul jeans and smelly trainers.
(https://www.decibelmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/obit_coffin-1.jpg)
Quote from: Maggot Colony on October 22, 2025, 03:40:38 PMObituary did a similar photo shoot but didn't bother with any makeup or bullet belts. They just left on the aul jeans and smelly trainers.
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I always liked that they used coffins that looked like they made them from cardboard boxes at school
Scott Burns built the coffins using plywood! :laugh:
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/02/06/memories-remain-the-making-of-obituarys-cause-of-death/ (https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/02/06/memories-remain-the-making-of-obituarys-cause-of-death/)
They had another one where they were all 'hung' from nooses, looked about as convincing:
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To be fair, Peres always looked like a corpse anyway, so they had a foot in the coffin already.
And who could forget this classic from Morbid Angel?
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Fucksake, buy a T-shirt lad.
Quote from: Carnage on October 22, 2025, 04:26:45 PMAnd who could forget this classic from Morbid Angel?
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Fucksake, buy a T-shirt lad.
There's still more material in that shirt than there was in David Vincent's towel in the clip of them backstage a few years back. He looked like he had a facecloth wrapped around him.
Teabreak at the Odlums factory
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Danzig had some of the coffin action too
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Quote from: Bürggermeister on October 22, 2025, 04:37:30 PMDanzig had some of the coffin action too
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Looks like Trump standing out front there
Hard to beat this one in that vein of things:
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Can never forget this classic
That Dismember was a genius idea alright. Cool thread!
That Machine Head one is so bad it's amazing.
They all look like they have bad head colds.
The Obituary ones are perfect.
It's the flour cut the eyes off Machine Head :laugh:
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Quote from: Mr Barlow on October 22, 2025, 04:53:55 PM(https://overgroundscene.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/carcass1.png)
Can never forget this classic
Bag of cans for the win
Quote from: Mower Liberation Front on October 22, 2025, 05:26:21 PM(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ev9l72FXYAIpc3h?format=jpg&name=medium)
I've seen worse. I'm amazed there wasn't a rash of Irish DM bands copying it in the Phoenix Park.
I'd imagine standing around in the pissing rain wouldn't look quite as cool
This link is a treasure trove:
https://www.ruthlessreviews.com/features/top-10-most-ridiculous-black-metal-pics-of-all-time-2/
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Quote from: Goosebumples on October 22, 2025, 02:13:47 PMSeen the recent Transylvania band photo on the invictus site and thought it was a very entertaining take on some tried n true spookiness, i.e. the classic lookin' spooky with the lads in a graveyard, by literally being in a grave. Love it!
Thought it might be fun to have a thread of exemplary band photos alongside some delightful abominations. Dunno if its already been a thread, but couldnt find anything via the search function.
Oh and lets try and keep it fun, keep it to cool examples and utterly bizzare ones so we're not clowning on smaller/younger bands that for whatever reason had poor/meh execution while trying to find their feet, I know my past bands fall into this category.
(https://invictusproductions.net/cdn/shop/articles/Transilvania.jpg?v=1759925800&width=1100)
Liking that Transylvania band pic,must check out their stuff.
That Immortal one always make me think Abbath has a shark mouth on his stomach.
:laugh: Things you can't unsee! :abbath:
Yeah, I'm stuck with that too now
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Brilliant.
Quote from: Carnage on October 22, 2025, 04:26:45 PMAnd who could forget this classic from Morbid Angel?
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Fucksake, buy a T-shirt lad.
Morbid Angel promo pics were always class!! Only Dave Vincent could get away with a studded codpiece and still look cool as fuck.
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on October 22, 2025, 09:01:20 PMQuote from: Goosebumples on October 22, 2025, 02:13:47 PMSeen the recent Transylvania band photo on the invictus site and thought it was a very entertaining take on some tried n true spookiness, i.e. the classic lookin' spooky with the lads in a graveyard, by literally being in a grave. Love it!
Thought it might be fun to have a thread of exemplary band photos alongside some delightful abominations. Dunno if its already been a thread, but couldnt find anything via the search function.
Oh and lets try and keep it fun, keep it to cool examples and utterly bizzare ones so we're not clowning on smaller/younger bands that for whatever reason had poor/meh execution while trying to find their feet, I know my past bands fall into this category.
(https://invictusproductions.net/cdn/shop/articles/Transilvania.jpg?v=1759925800&width=1100)
Liking that Transylvania band pic,must check out their stuff.
Ya I think its one of the best Ive ever seen tbh, as another said such a simple idea and the execution is perfect. Likewise, gonna suss em out off the back of the photo alone!
The dismember one is class too
I see parallels between this:
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And this:
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Can't really go wrong with any Master's Hammer photo:
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:laugh: That Masters hammer photo is the first thing that popped into my head when I read the thread title!
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I'm a Manowar fan...but ffsakes
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Ultra Raptor. "You guys do the cliched leather and studs, I'm going to dress up like Eddie Irvine."
:laugh: Actually have their new one on the way
I always think of these Possessed shots whenever a band photo thread comes up.
(https://i.ibb.co/G4wBvcLV/possessed1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RknZpzmC)
(https://i.ibb.co/G4dLnHyh/possessed-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YFNMP0mr)
(https://i.ibb.co/fWLLQMm/possessed-becerra.jpg) (https://imgbb.com/)
(https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.boredpanda.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F02%2Fawkward-metal-band-photos-12-5c544ff71c259__605.jpg&f=1&ipt=f93cdcf351340cb8cb1cecc7c9bfded888ab4068b5def02e64b9a7bbaf55e199)
Did a search for ridiculous metal band photoshoot. This was the first result. I swear it wasn't in my recently searched 🫢
Quote from: Circlepit on October 22, 2025, 09:37:46 PMThat Immortal one always make me think Abbath has a shark mouth on his stomach.
I could be wrong but I always thought the crouched guy on the left was Abbath and the belly lad was Horgh. I bought that album in the Sound Cellar in 99 and that was a time when I absolutely pored over every letter and image of a cd booklet but maybe I'm mistaken after all these years?
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Another good one from that album that hasn't had the same meme impact, or whatever you call that.
That Entombed photo is one of the all time iconic metal shots. Agreed that Morbid Angel had some sensational early photos as well. Attitude oozing out of the image.
Blasphemy is another famous one for these threads, but I'm getting annoyed tapping on this fuck of thing so look them up yourselves. I'm away out for a smoke.
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Emperor in 93
Quote from: Grim Reality on November 04, 2025, 11:02:56 PMQuote from: Circlepit on October 22, 2025, 09:37:46 PMThat Immortal one always make me think Abbath has a shark mouth on his stomach.
I could be wrong but I always thought the crouched guy on the left was Abbath and the belly lad was Horgh. I bought that album in the Sound Cellar in 99 and that was a time when I absolutely pored over every letter and image of a cd booklet but maybe I'm mistaken after all these years?
[/quoteQuote from: Grim Reality on November 04, 2025, 11:02:56 PMQuote from: Circlepit on October 22, 2025, 09:37:46 PMThat Immortal one always make me think Abbath has a shark mouth on his stomach.
I could be wrong but I always thought the crouched guy on the left was Abbath and the belly lad was Horgh. I bought that album in the Sound Cellar in 99 and that was a time when I absolutely pored over every letter and image of a cd booklet but maybe I'm mistaken after all these years?
I just looked again and it's me that's been wrong all along.
The face paint is a give away.
I've always been so distracted by the shark belly.
Would love to see a thread of irish bands past and present like this. Im sure there are some cringe, I proabaly have a load of Nuclear reign some where on a hard drive somewhere....shame myspace is gone, I imagine that would be a goldmine.
I definitely did my fair share of shite ones with Wound upon wound. Always hated the terrible one we did for mortichnia too...they weren't off the scales on cringe, just poorly executed.
Hopefully very soon I can rectify the sins of the past ;D
The way the Belinus band photo was resized so that they were smaller and wider was gas! :laugh:
That's a peeve of mine. Stretching band photos, artwork or logos to make them fit. It always looks bad. Just let them not fit, I'll get used to it!
Quote from: Snare on December 04, 2025, 10:32:47 AMThe way the Belinus band photo was resized so that they were smaller and wider was gas! :laugh:
That's a classic , it's like a midget wresting stable.
some classics in here. Masters Hammer - no fucks given :laugh:
always loved this one. it was the image on my the back of my Emperor longsleeve, under the red pentagram. loved that shirt until it got mysteriously lost (think my ma took offence and binned it :abbath: )
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