In Episode 16 of Loudwire's ongoing "50 Years of Heavy Metal" video series, we explore who really invented corpse paint. Though synonymous with black metal's second wave that emerged primarily in ...

First things first, I think we can all acknowledge that "corpse paint" in the vein of black metal is properly understood to refer to a particular style of facial makeup, that being the type that is ...

First things first, I think we can all acknowledge that "corpse paint" in the vein of black metal is properly understood to refer to a particular style of facial makeup, that being the type that is ...

Smeared black-and-white corpse face-paint (with a little red blood spatter thrown in for good measure) is synonymous with extreme metal. Whether it’s to enhance a demonic theme or carry on cultural ...

Music portrait photographer Jeremy Saffer — whose numerous credits include shooting bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Korn, Ghost, and Hatebreed for various magazine covers — is releasing a new art book ...

Look. We know. Big companies have been using subcultural fashion to market consumer goods since before any of us were born. Also, Norwegian black metal, with its extreme backstories and its ...