its a nice photo of them tho, not really stylistically magazine cover material, but they good, engaged
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 01:53 (seven months ago) link
certainly a better photo than mumftallica and sons
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 01:57 (seven months ago) link
i mean the two guys on the left look like they went thrift shopping after a bunch of history professors died
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 02:03 (seven months ago) link
Band on the right looks like the cast of a Dark Shadows remake.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 02:26 (seven months ago) link
Now people can make fun of unperson here, too, which I guess is what they wanted? Who needs twitter?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 05:33 (seven months ago) link
they?
― vashti funyuns (sic), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 07:00 (seven months ago) link
It is the present day! Ooze some sobriety and wisdom, for cryin' out loud.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 08:44 (seven months ago) link
I thought this was a cute joke. Imagine how much effort went into this. People work hard for their posts these days. https://t.co/jZOO8CphvA— Don Hughes (@getfiscal) September 19, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 09:00 (seven months ago) link
voluntarily posting a tweet where you got cooked on twitter to be subsequently cooked on ilx is a total unforced error and extremely funny
― ydkb (gyac), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 09:01 (seven months ago) link
Still, I haven't riled this many people up in a long time. It's exhilarating.
― read-only (unperson), Monday, 18 September 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Unperson loves this. Let's not worry about it.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 09:23 (seven months ago) link
― vashti funyuns (sic), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 4:30 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
I have no idea who unperson is, not wanting to make assumptions
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 12:30 (seven months ago) link
hurrah to unperson for their courage in letting us know their pronouns. they / them it is!
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 13:44 (seven months ago) link
If you're in a metal band, and it's picture day, you wear denim and leather, you scowl at the camera...
ok but then why did you post a pic of a band dressed up as 19th century detectives
― flopson, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 13:48 (seven months ago) link
Metal bands are entitled to Casual Friday
― whatever happened to gravy brain? (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 13:49 (seven months ago) link
I'd imagine most people join metal bands because they're really into being told what to wear.
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 13:52 (seven months ago) link
yeah i truly don’t understand why a band needs to show off except via their skills as a band.
Bowie wept.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:00 (seven months ago) link
Leave your corpsepaint at home and bring your skills to the battle
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:03 (seven months ago) link
i dunno i thought it was all just a riff on this classic meme
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPxUzJoXIAckHJl.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:07 (seven months ago) link
Ackercocke's early promo shots were indeed great, they had a very cool sense of presentation, & the Tomb Mold cover is kinda funny, but the generational divide between "seriously a resident evil 2 shirt to your cover shoot? you didn't even fucking change clothes" and "my man in his resident evil 2 shirt like the king he is. living his best life" is super fascinating. because I relate more to the former aesthetically -- you didn't even change clothes for the photoshoot? just got up, grabbed one from the drawer, and went to wherever they'd told you the photographer was? -- but that's actually, like, a complex choice, it says something just like "I got all dressed up" does.. for whatever it's worth, before I got too injured to run, I had instituted a policy of "I'm not changing clothes for photos any more, I look how I look" and it was liberating, but now that I'm struggling I gotta put on clothes that won't make me feel like shit when the pictures run
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:41 (seven months ago) link
Maybe it’s an inversion of the “pop star wears Deaththrone tee in recent photo shoot” trope?
I actually love the cover, but hate the steampunk other photo— same band? I hate it
― my best wishes to all (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:50 (seven months ago) link
Choosing to wear a Fido Dido shirt is so specific that I don’t believe this was an art direction decision on the part of the magazine, but a “t-shirt is model’s own” thing
― my best wishes to all (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 14:51 (seven months ago) link
yeah, i cannot imagine this prob but i guess if my pose was "i'm street all the time even for poto shoots," my street clothes would need to become way more intentional
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:01 (seven months ago) link
that’s a crisp clean t-shirt for a classic game. probably would command a hefty price in the vintage market if it’s official merchandise. probably a prized possession only worn for special occasions
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:08 (seven months ago) link
what if taylor swift showed up to a concert in stained sweats. what then
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:15 (seven months ago) link
people would start expecting her death metal album
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:19 (seven months ago) link
but the generational divide between "seriously a resident evil 2 shirt to your cover shoot? you didn't even fucking change clothes" and "my man in his resident evil 2 shirt like the king he is. living his best life" is super fascinating
Is this as simple as a generational divide? I think wide swathes of Indie music and semi-associated styles like Grunge already displayed the latter attitude, partially perhaps as a conscious stance against "phony" "showbiz" stuff. And then every now and then you'll get some ultra glam band in those genres trying to stand out exactly because they're not just wearing t-shirts. Anyway I don't think zoomers or millenials invented this.
Anyway it's fine to dress up and it's fine not to, haranguing a band on social media for making a choice on that topic either way is sadlol.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:28 (seven months ago) link
if ms swift's theoretical stained sweats appeared in the midst of all her usual concert trappings of monumental set design, dramatic lighting, lots of dancers and costume changes, her fans would probably think the stained sweats were a clever bit of irony
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:28 (seven months ago) link
yeah i truly don’t understand why a band needs to show off except via their skills as a band.Bowie wept.― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, September 19, 2023 7:00 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, September 19, 2023 7:00 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
Bowie also said he was a fascist!
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:34 (seven months ago) link
_Come As You Are: How street fashion came to define Xers_ coming to a bookshelf near you xp
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:37 (seven months ago) link
xpost Swifties would interpret them as a burn on Bieber or something
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:37 (seven months ago) link
the generational divide between "seriously a resident evil 2 shirt to your cover shoot? you didn't even fucking change clothes" and "my man in his resident evil 2 shirt like the king he is. living his best life" is super fascinating
It is. In a way it's part of a larger transition from metal being for giant fucking dorks trying to seem cool and badass to metal being for giant fucking dorks, full stop.
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:46 (seven months ago) link
"Trying to seem cool and badass" is kind of a key phrase there.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 15:50 (seven months ago) link
some of yall literally sounding like my 73 year old mother right now.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 18:52 (seven months ago) link
I still don’t know what the “good” photo is supposed to be.. aren’t death metal band supposed to wear jeans and t shirts, not Sean Lennon skinsuits?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:57 (seven months ago) link
looking at Decibel covers from the past year or so, this doesn't seem like a new thing:
https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/back-issues/products/october-2022-216
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:09 (seven months ago) link
this tomb mold record shreds btw
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:16 (seven months ago) link
The "good" photo is a band understanding that you should look striking, larger than life, or at least cooler than your lamest fan in your band photo. The specifics are up to you, but the key is making an effort. Metal is pro wrestling. You create a character, and you show up in character. Like I said above, if you wanna be a faceless schmuck, indie rock is right there.
looking at Decibel covers from the past year or so, this doesn't seem like a new thing
Yeah, you're right, there's no qualitative difference between that photo and any other photo they've ever had on their cover. I'm just craaaaazy and don't understand metal.
Yeah, it's really good.
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:18 (seven months ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Death_Mexico_06-89.jpgWhat characters are these guys playing? They just looks like humans to me.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:20 (seven months ago) link
ok so how is the Tomb Mold cover more casual than the Ken Mode cover?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:21 (seven months ago) link
was not expecting this to be a multiple-day affair; glad we still have it in us
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:26 (seven months ago) link
Ken Mode have a lot of tattoos and a dude making a fun face
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:43 (seven months ago) link
And the girl has an interesting haircut, and the guy has a colorful shirt
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:46 (seven months ago) link
But did they buy a video game shirt for the photo shoot? No.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:46 (seven months ago) link
one solution is to have a cool background a castle with lighting something like that
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:48 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, that's not the band's job
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:50 (seven months ago) link
Also, they are all in shorts which HAS to be a first for a Decibel cover
― kirsten gilla band (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:52 (seven months ago) link
They could sacrifice a goat or something.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:53 (seven months ago) link
Those Decibel covers getting close to boring-ass Magnet mag cover territory.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:55 (seven months ago) link
Just remembered that when I was the editor of Metal Edge we put The Black Dahlia Murder on the cover (which was a whole thing unto itself, because it was still seen as a mag for hair metal holdovers and TBDM was too "underground" to qualify) and took their picture in a library because the original shooting location was unavailable:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vZcAAOSwb65ezejg/s-l1200.jpg
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:56 (seven months ago) link
you know it smells crazy in there
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 20:57 (seven months ago) link