Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Logo

NLSL KVLT Logo
S - M - L - XL
$20ppd US/CA / $25ppd EU/AU
(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.

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