Crypto Logo Jihad Black Metal and the Aesthetics of Evil

Death metal shrouds itself in the darkest of blacks. Deeply unintelligible guttural sounds, illegible logos – it is as though the bands are doing everything they can not to be understood. Yet death metal’s flirtation with absolute darkness in no way hampers its increasing acceptance in the realm of visibility, the visual arts. At this rate, the head bangers can look forward to a perfectly legible future in spotless white cubes.