Favorite band logo
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Posted by wrathchild, 10.10.2006 - 17:36
- You have to comment on the logo you post and explain why it is your fav;
- You should avoid posting large images;
- You should remove IMG tags when quoting a logo (replacing them with URL tags would be better);
- You should refrain from using images on metal-archives, for they don't show up.
Of course, anyone who will ignore those rules will be exposed to sanctions.
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One of my favorite band logo is Dream Theater's classic logo, featured on mmost of their releases. I especially like it when colored in yello. It's soft and classy, based on a cool font with some nice alterations of the roman type of font. It's very well integrated to their covers (on Awake or Metropolis part II for example).
The "Majesty" symbol is great too though I wouldn't like to see it replacing the "name logo" on a CD cover, for example.
I was extremely worried when they changed logos on Falling Into Infinity, since this other one was... crappy, even though still based on a simple and clear font.
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| BurbotsRevenge Foetal Butchery Posts: 1602  |
love the glorior belli - brilliant - especially the 2nd one with extraness... heres another good one - i came across this band just recently and they play some solid melodeath, but they also have a great logo...  Burden of Grief
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| RockeRoy Posts: 641  |
Sepultura!! and the metallica star is cool to
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| DrunkenFuck Thrasher! Posts: 455  |
My favourite is definately Metallica (the old one). It just says "thrash" when you look at it. Awesome.
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| Anarchist Posts: 70  |
Probably the old Immortal logo, it's just got everything in it at once. Also check out Impaled Nazarene's and Brain Drill's logos. Also have to mention Mayhem and Marduk. Last of all I'd have to mention Dethklok, over the top and metal, just like everything else about them.
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| Clintagräm Shrinebuilder Posts: 5772  |
Even though I'm not a huge fan of Possessed, I do enjoy their music. Their logo is awesome though. Some might thinks it's cheesy, but I think it's right down at the heart of Metal.  
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| Inlé Posts: 334  |
 Has an awesome old school vibe, and mixing sci fi/spacey things like wires and lightning bolts with inverted pentagrams is ftw.
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| Clintagräm Shrinebuilder Posts: 5772 |
Nice one whippersnapper. Another favorite of mine, whom I am currently listening to: 
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| Nox Lux codebreaker Posts: 1979  |
man, some of these are seriously awesome. This one's not technically as good as some of yours, but it's got real soul. This Wolves In The Throne Room logo appeals to my artistic side because of it's character and originality:  It's the same as my avatar, but looks much better bigger - which you can see if you check out the band's invisible profile My second favourite is probably the other one on the profile site for WITTR! It looks much better on the actual cover to Two Hunters. Here it's in black and grey and those two colours don't really do it justice. I must admit that this is biased since i love the band. Otherwise I'd probably go for something similar to the Burden Of Grief logo - which is fucking amazing by the way.
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| Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695  |
My new favourite is Månegarm! Such an awesome logo with that wolf (garm). Second is probably Opeth, very beautiful. 
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| +{Jonas}+ I R Serious Cat Posts: 4955  |
Ensiferum is another favorite, 'cause it's symetric and it looks kinda folky, celtic... 
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Account deleted Written by Inlé on 01.04.2008 at 13:32 I agree, the Nocturnus logo is one of the best logos ever created. Fucking brilliant.
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gotta be the metallica star:Dand i think heartagam of HIM is kinda cool...even if its not metAL. the cadle of filth logo whas kinda cool, on the newest album thornography
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
There are a couple of great logo's posted here. yet my all time favourite, which is obviously biased cause its my favourite band anyway, is SHINING!  It's so simple, subtle, gentle to the eye. But very confronting, sharp, brutal, very strong contrast between the black and white.
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Moonsorrow's for the simple reason that it just looks aesthetically pleasing and it matches the band perfectly 
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| Anarchist Posts: 70 |
Forgot to mention Satanic Warmaster, a truly epic logo. Pretty much impossible to imitate except by a professional artist.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18278  |
Written by Lucas on 03.04.2008 at 21:06 I love the fact that it's very symetric  A very well done logo. Opeth is also one of my favorite cause the effects on the "O" are just beautiful... dark and elegant.
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| addiction Posts: 277  |
to be honest i usually do not like metal logos that much because you cannot even read them...and they look like scribblings...of course thats a personal thing completely... there are a couple that are good, like the ones from dream theater, sentenced and bloodbath for different reasons, but the one that automatically came to mind and i absolutely love and think is the best (and i am not being very original here) is opeth...that O is just beautiful in all ways!!!
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| Vinnie R. Chido Chido Posts: 937  |
The Black Metal logos are just insane, and the kris Verwimp are amazing, surely those are the best band logos, very artistic.
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| Frija Posts: 16  |
The old Immortal logo. It's on the Pure Holocaust and Battles in the North covers.
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Account deleted  Although the logo is so great to me I think I love the damn soldier, it just tells you what Sodom is about! rage raw yeahhh aaaaghhh
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| GULCH OF ROT Posts: 72  |
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| ForeverDarkWoods Posts: 1001  |
Logos that I personally like would be the following:       
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1355  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 24.04.2008 at 23:09 Agreed... but uh, sir, not to burst your uh... metaphorical, uh, bubble, but most bands lend themselves to symmetrical logos. My favorite logo is the Forest of Stars one! Not too many people notice the special things about the forest.  ...A very fitting logo for a group of Gentlemen.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18278 |
Written by TheBigRossowski on 25.04.2009 at 15:49 Yeah, the Mr. Doctor of the present agrees with you since the one that lived a year ago was a bit obvious.
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| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1355 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.04.2009 at 00:16 Oh...didn't take note of the date... doesn't matter. Not all privy to this new shit. Oh...by the way, do you think that you could give me that $20,000 in cash? My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax...
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2437  |
Fuck... there are too many really great logos from bans.. from really simple (kreator, deicide, obituary) to more complex (bloodbath, morbid angel, naglfar) i love them all!!!!!!!!!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
The old original metallica logo, simple yet so effective and it just screamed METAL at you.
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| Haddonfield Chucky's Bride Posts: 1993  |
My favorites would have to be the old Metallica, Slayer, Cradle of Filth (black metal logo but you can still easily read the band's name) and an old favorite of mine, Korn's with the back to front R.
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