metal Logos and Brands

Metal, a musical genre that emerged in the late 1960s at the intersection of blues rock and psychedelia, encompasses dozens of subgenres and thousands of bands. The Metal section brings together logos from bands and labels ranging from Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer, and Meshuggah. Metal band logos occupy a unique position in the world of logos, where deliberate aggressiveness of form, gothic elements, and stylization reminiscent of runes or barbed wire have become a genre code. Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade Records, and Century Media are among the labels that complete the category. The brands in this section belong to an industry in which a band’s visual identity is conveyed through patches, tattoos, and banners at concert venues.