Twitter C/D

Yeah, that's not the band's job

Also, they are all in shorts which HAS to be a first for a Decibel cover

They could sacrifice a goat or something.

Those Decibel covers getting close to boring-ass Magnet mag cover territory.

Just remembered that when I was the editor of Metal Edge we put The Black Dahlia Murder on the cover (which was a whole thing unto itself, because it was still seen as a mag for hair metal holdovers and TBDM was too "underground" to qualify) and took their picture in a library because the original shooting location was unavailable:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vZcAAOSwb65ezejg/s-l1200.jpg

you know it smells crazy in there

As far as I can tell from a quick archive scan, the only Decibel covers to feature shorts are Deathklok in 2008 and Arch Enemy in 2005, and one of those is a cartoon

https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/back-issues/products/february-2008-040

https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/back-issues/products/august-2005-010?variant=32084108017766

I actually love the cover, but hate the steampunk other photo

otm

lol
https://loudwire.com/death-metal-band-backlash-over-decibel-magazine-cover-look-issue-response-tomb-mold/

JFC, metal fans are worse than Star Wars geeks.

godflesh cover is good!


not wanting to make assumptions

(got it - I was reading that as the “people” and couldn’t parse)

check out these indie rockers!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eejq3R9WsAAw5GW.jpg

Tomb Mold look like they're friends with Oozing Wound
https://i0.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Oozing-Wound-by-Evan-Jenkins-1.jpg

the other band look like dorks

yeah i truly don’t understand why a band needs to show off except via their skills as a band.

Bowie wept.

― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 bookmarkflaglink

Bowie was a pop star and he wanted to be one. This metal group...don't want to be that and clearly want to just make music and work hard at their gigs.

So basically this is like indie rock, sonics aside. They just want to be successful within their world.

Anybody remember the Jackie-O Motherfucker Wire cover shot kerfuffle? I just recall there was one, no idea what the details were. Seemed like a big deal at the time though.

Anyway, nice to see Akercocke made good use of the location, needs more Scanlan though:

https://img.seekr.cloud/cover/670/3/g9yx.jpg
https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/770x0/8fe5fc95a7a0468799b3026f7c3134ae.jpg
https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/avatar170s/ff6ae2707f39a6567e755ea8d4c32e89

"We are literally wearing just t-shirts and shorts in that photo. Why does anyone care. Wait until you see the whole feature." "Why would I want to be something that I'm not," asked Power, who also directly addressed the commenter who questioned their look. "If this is how you feel about Tomb Mold after seeing what we look like, by all means, stop listening to our band," he stated, adding, "That cover photo is a completely authentic portrait of who we are. Why would you want us to be anything but? This is no judgment towards the mighty Akercocke, one of the most interesting and ambitious extreme metal bands of our time. I believe they’re just as sincere as we are."

Haha hell yeah unperson's random Twitter complaint started a loudwire story, that's what I call posting

mods!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IT3A2eY08

I like how clusterfuck summaries are now news stories

was not expecting this to be a multiple-day affair; glad we still have it in us

so otm. personally trying to work up a real froth about it

You gonna invoice Tomb Mold for the consulting and viral marketing unperson? Or was this one pro-bono

(This is so great overall)

they shouldve tried to look more moldy

Like I said above, if you wanna be a faceless schmuck, indie rock is right there.

but you are talking about 90s indie rock. indie rock bands now are pretty curatorial about their looks

Akercocke has had, like, fifteen members. I guess things just got too extreme for most of those dudes.

I prefer Tom Mould’s brother Bob

that’s a crisp clean t-shirt for a classic game. probably would command a hefty price in the vintage market if it’s official merchandise. probably a prized possession only worn for special occasions

otm. if that shirt came with a preorder for a classic PS1 game, it's way more of a flex than people might realize.

also, I dunno, tomb mold play (a now very proggy and extra-nerdy style of) death metal, right? so, aren't there tons of ancient anus.com posts from edgy black metal bands talking about how much they are/were reacting to death metal slobs in sweatpants and wearing corpsepaint and spikey wristbands and stuff to bring romanticism back to _their_ vision of metal? is this really anything new?

Ya’ll better believe my original FFXII official merchandise shirt is getting washed and ironed for my inevitable Wire magazine centrefold

it honestly kills me that I somehow lost my donkey kong country shirt somewhere in a series of moves

https://sabbaticalvintage.com/cdn/shop/products/46_1512x.jpg?v=1605646642
https://sabbaticalvintage.com/cdn/shop/products/49_1512x.jpg?v=1605646642

Repping that hard for video game shit is inherently uncool.

I will concede that the Fido Dido shirt is cool tho

Whatever grandpa

Repping that hard for video game shit is inherently uncool.

correct. if what you want to seem cool for is… this.

Real ones know Fido Dido had a video game too.

Akercocke has had, like, fifteen members. I guess things just got too extreme for most of those dudes.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 bookmarkflaglink

They look like a bunch of 1930s Conservative party club members who like appeasement with fascists. How is this a good look?

they look like inception cosplay tbqh

They're undercover.

Vampire: The Masquerade LARPers.

I remember playing a cool spot game

decemberists heel turn

Based off their current promo image on Metal Archives, Akercocke has taken a page from the Tomb Mold aesthetic look book and gotten a lot more casual in how they present themselves in press photos. Though I guess they are all at least clad in black and one guy has a bullet belt.
https://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/7/0/7/2707_photo.jpg

in all fairness, it's really hard to take a good band pic. it's possible that literally no good band pics exist (except for the tomb mold one).

that pic looks like they've shopped them in individually so hey

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6f25ngWEAAjiiD?format=jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuVSZmKWsAYJuU1.jpg

Please clappost.

"You know . . . I am considered dateable by female singers . . ."

“You and I should date. You’re America’s sweetheart, and I’m the world’s richest man. People will love it."