Austin music store employees try to decipher metal band logos

[sami]

Waterloo Records, corner of 6th and Lamar in Austin.

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[Orsusmetal]

Guy with huge beard fucking slayed.

[jacksonplayer]

"Evil Something." That would be a great band name, actually.

Great record store, by the way.

[Helter Skelter]

The only one I couldn't figure out was Prosanctus Inferi. Some of the others I couldn't read, but I happened to recognize them. I think that's cheating

Have to say, I don't know if metal bands have such difficult to decipher logos because they think it's cool, they want to make a statement about not caring if people can read their name and then go check them out, or if they just want to outdo one another... maybe a little of all three?

[BigM555]

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

[The Grapist]

After like 2 people i was like "Its defeated sanity, goddamnit!"

Only one I didn't immediately know were the last 2.

[The Grapist]

My favorite indecipherable band logo:

What it claims to say:

Spoiler

Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

[thefailshredder]

Originally Posted by Humboldt Squid

My favorite indecipherable band logo:
*stuff*

Nice.

Also, metal bands do that shit because it's fucking METAL. End of story.

[Kagami]

Originally Posted by Humboldt Squid

My favorite indecipherable band logo:

What it claims to say:

Spoiler

Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

that's a picture not words

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by jacksonplayer

"Evil Something." That would be a great band name, actually.

Great record store, by the way.

It'd be better than Pop Evil, which is a stupid name.

Originally Posted by thefailshredder

Nice.

Also, metal bands do that shit because it's fucking METAL. End of story.

They do it because their music sucks and is indistinguishable from one another, so they figured they'd make their logos suck and indistinguishable from one another as well.