T.I.B.M.

This Is Black Metal

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(photo by Jeremy Saffer)

I needed a photo of a naked girl in corpse paint and knew Jeremy Saffer was the type of guy who could wrangle that up for me. He got his lovely model Lydia painted up and took some shots for an alternate version of Pulp’s This Is Hardcore cover. The R-rated outtakes from this shoot are wild.

I never thought people would be so opinionated about this spoof. It seems like some people get the tribute and some people see it as very "untrve" (or would that be vntvre?). I guess you can’t please everyone.

Ritual

Ritual

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(art by Craig Robson)

Craig Robson is a newer artist from the UK. With this and commissioning designs for bands in the past I always told myself I wouldn't buy any art that wasn't specifically made for me. I had to eat my own words when I saw this piece online. It fit right in with what I wanted to do with the evil vibe countered by the bright color scheme. I hit Craig up and with a little tweaking and a custom logo the ritual was complete.

Every time I look at this shirt I get reminded about the time my friends watched Day Of The Beast and decided it was a good idea to try to summon Satan by lighting a candle on a copy of Number Of The Beast while listening to the first Black Sabbath album. We didn't succeed, but our friend Cory got a wicked rash the next day that we thought was God's punishment for messing with forces we didn't understand. It turned out to be scabies. High school was awesome.

Halloween

(Everyday Is) Halloween

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(art by Nick Gazin)

This design was done by my buddy Nick Gazin (aka: the artist formerly known as The Toilet Cobra). He has a tendency to put himself in his designs. Your guess at which one he is. The quote is from Ministry’s "(Everyday Is) Halloween". Does anyone else remember discovering Ministry’s synth-pop years? With any luck you only stumbled on Twelve Inch Singles and not the With Sympathy album. Lets just pretend that this was the only song hidden in the closet before Land Of Rape And Honey came out.

Logo

NLSL KVLT Logo

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(logo by karim NLSL)

Logo tees are about as classic as it gets. I was originally just making this logo to go along with the T.I.B.M. tee, but liked the end result so much I decided to make it permanent. A lot of people have been asking about what the name means, here's how I explained it to an awesome customer :

The short answer is that NLSL stands for No Lord Shall Live.

The longer version is that it’s a Behead The Prophet, N.L.S.L. / Deicide reference. Deicide had a song called "Behead The Prophet (No Lord Shall Live)" and later on a band from Washington named themselves after the song and shortened it down to Behead The Prophet, N.L.S.L. (check out their record I Am That Great And Firey Force if you like weird, screamy 90's hardcore/punk). I used it to pay tribute to my loves for heavy metal and 90's hardcore. I also thought it was a funny juxtaposition that Behead The Prophet was as vocal about being a queer band as Deicide/Glen Benton was about being satanic.

Mixing that and the word kvlt (ridiculous black metal terminology) was just a little tongue-in-cheek jab at people who take their music and themselves a little too seriously.

Enjoy.