A Breakdown of Band Logos

[@crustbag]

I hope you enjoyed the video!!! 🖤 By the way, I did a behind the scenes for the making of this video over on my Twitch! So go follow me over there if you want to see occasional glimpses into the editing process! www.twitch.tv/crustiebag Edit: I totally forgot to include the artists I sampled for this video! So here they are (go support them): Big Chef, Occhiolist, Sugar Wounds, Industrial Forest, Bodyrot, Haircuts for men, Necessary Death, Heretoir, and Holy Grinder

[@deltaarune]

youre the best and funniest youtuber ever

[@Mickkelly6]

What's the song name at 2:35? Excellent video!!

[@KiIIua_]

It was dope to watch you work on the editing. You explained your thought process and how to add some of the effects which was pretty cool. Keep up the great content man, I'm sure the algorithm will bless one of these videos again soon!

[@tmp1k]

Did I miss something. But during the talk about the Rihanna logo attributed to riddick art, the press release you cited mentions Christophe Szpajdel as the illustrator; not riddick.

[@crustbag]

@@tmp1k Yep, there's a disclaimer at the bottom of the screen when I said that. He was an illustrator for the shirts, but Christophe did the logos.

[@theoriginalemissary422]

We appear at 7:36, very nice. We ARE stealing your girlfriend while wearing Pit Vipers, BTW.

[@Pagefire]

I love unreadable logos, cause it can either be artistically pleasing or a weird game of 'connect the lines' with bragging rights. but it looks dope on merch, ngl.

[@EvelynSucksAtLife]

Oh hi pagefire. Love your videos

[@Colin-ch6zh]

yo dude you literally how i started making grindcore

[@A-man1998]

Oh it's my favorite band! Anal Grenade!

[@ThreadBomb]

In a way, readability doesn't matter if you can recognise the _shape_ of the logo. You can often recognise a band's name on a poster without actually reading it.

[@twitchynosesam]

​@@ThreadBombsucks when U don't know the band, and U are trying to find the band to listen to

[@signsoftheswarmband]

Thanks for highlighting our insectual logo. We will refrain from sending a swarm of insects your way for the time being.

[@xandergarcia6757]

I need more breakdowns like this in my life. Hilarious, incredibly insightful, educated and quick witted

[@geopoliticskenya]

Astounding how skyfire is known

[@geopoliticskenya]

Astounding how skyfire is known

[@wornouttrends]

Astounding how skyfire is known

[@wornouttrends]

Astounding how skyfire is known

[@jasujokelainen5073]

Astounding how skyfire is known

[@Katuulu]

Gojira's logo is underrated IMO, it's not very flashy but really heavy looking, it looks like huge animal bones

[@crustbag]

Oooh animal bones is a GREAT way to put it!

[@amaramurray682]

yess!!

[@CursedT04st]

It also has a "tribal" look which fits gojira's lyrics about nature

[@Bruufield]

Can't forget the trend in Stoner-Doom bands where you just take the font from a black sabbath album cover and roll with that.

[@descalzitao6779]

Personally, because I'm a huge language nerd, I love when bands will use logos not in the latin alphabet and showcase letters we aren't used to see. I'm thinking about bands like Zuriaake and Muqali from China, Gevurah from Quebec (but they use a Hebrew logo), Mait Sar and Weizador from Myanmar, Akvan from Iran or Chthonic from Taiwan. Those kind of logos definitely are my favourites.

[@charlieboone1298]

You might like the logo for the crust band World Burns to Death then. It's the Hebrew tsadi, which is apparently what the Israeli military print on their munitions.

[@descalzitao6779]

@@charlieboone1298 I checked and it indeed looks very cool. Kinda reminds me of the Novae Militiae logo which also use Hebrew in a similar circular arrangement

[@yari9166]

ooh, Mizmor did that very effectively as well

[@hermesbandofficial8551]

@@yari9166 I was thinking the same thing

[@DS-ib8ih]

somewhat unrelated and also very late but these reminded me a bit of the album covers for nyc hardcore band haram that incorporated arabic calligraphy into their designs

[@messenger5205]

"ill be experimenting with new types of videos" ok so crustbag boyfriend asmr rp when????

[@crustbag]

I mean, I think the Farquaad ASMR vid counts tbh!

[@livohmygod]

LMAO

[@bloodyassault803]

One example I love is Party Cannon. I fucking love them so very much. Their Toys R Us logo stands out the most, and I love their songs, with "I Believe in Dani Filth" and "There's a Reason You're Single" being my absolute favorites. Why? Because usually at the beginning of their songs, they'll play a Audio Clip

[@partycannon-official]

🎉🎉🎉

[@bloodyassault803]

@@partycannon-official Thank you so fucking much guys!

[@user-gp8kc5xq6l]

i feel like a logo that needs to be mentioned is the carcass logo. i think it's one of the most balanced logos: like it's kinda legible but at the same time it's fuckin nasty. it doesn't necessarily have symmetry but how the scribble "tails" at both ends blend with the letters on both sides just works so well and are so satisfying to look at imo. i like to imagine how the sharp font resembles their technical playing while the scribbles stand for their gruesom imagery. love this one a lot.

[@crustbag]

I originally planned to include it (along with the Sick Sinus Syndrome band logo that is a direct reference to their logo) but I totally forgot haha

[@user-gp8kc5xq6l]

@@crustbag it somehow felt like the logo was missing :D dude honestly great vid still. i enjoy those metal design breakdowns a lot!

[@rodrigoxnevesx]

As an artist and graphic designer i love this kinds of videos and also lots of cool artists and bands to check out! Thank you for the content!

[@LuciusVulpes]

I love Tech Death logos, like the ones commonly found in bands from The Artisan Era (Demon King, Symbolik, Inanimate Existence), because they're really artistic.

[@commisargamerson1666]

Yeah, they are in that "unreadable" ballpark, but still often readable and the lines aren't distressed. Take Archspire and Soreption for example.

[@oliverdown6287]

I’m an illustration student and, until recently, a professional graphic designer. Making metal logos is so therapeutic for me. There’s no expectation, so I can just zone out and sculpt out something that I think looks neat. I love that metal as a genre has this goofy and fun spin on graphic design all to ourselves.

[@michaelphillips8885]

my favorite type of logo is what i call "a bunch bars and lines" ie bands like disorder, chaos uk, enzyme. there so simple yet effective they really hit the right spot for a messy punk band. the "i just scratched this into a wall"look. they go to the opposite end of artistic logoing. super minimalist. i also like the amount of crust band that make there own doom logo rip for merch just like the "dis" tribute logos

[@ienjoymetalandhaveautism]

are u talking about enzyme from Australia!? If u are then that’s crazy how far the Naarm (Melbourne) scene is reaching. It’s cool to see in American people’s KZbin comment sections bands that my small local band has played with haha

[@charlieboone1298]

Wormrot's logo is probably my favourite. Eye-catching, aesthetically pleasing, vaguely ominous, doesn't look like it was shat out the back of a mule with norovirus.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Them and Bathtub Shitter do very well incorporating the faux Kanji lettering in a way that is genius because "We can do that because we are Asian ourselves."

[@kaidupree3564]

@@viscountrainbows2857 my favorite thing avout metal fans is that we can be talking avout whatver, and you cand say shit like “my favorite thing about treefucker is definitely their song asshole stench”

[@epimetrius7348]

I really like the Bolt Thrower logo, direct, iconic, apparent. Summoning's logo is iconic, literally in some ways. I also really like Scald's logo, the lettering being in russian, it looks really stylized, especially when they drop the edges to act as a frame on their album art.

[@Butter_115]

The amount of work and detail you put into your videos is insane, like a student trying their best to get a perfect grade on a PowerPoint presentation, much respect keep up the high quality 🖤

[@SJdrumz]

I love drawing band logos on schoolwork and other stuff and I really hope to do it as a business sometime

[@SoloDX]

God, I am so glad you brought up Party Cannon. I love their logo.

[@papajawn]

The logos of Atheist and Dark Angel are two of my favorite designs. Atheist's looks like it was cut from stone a thousand years ago and Dark Angel's, with its geometric lettering and huge demon wings sorta ties together in a way that I can't quite explain but it just works. Also, some bands will have a signifying illustration that is not part of their logo but is used on album covers and merch, like Coroner and Lorna Shore. The illustration for Coroner (my pfp) looks really cool with the the triple-jointed fused skull (to represent their three piece lineup) and the sawblade behind it is just dope to me

[@riddickart4911]

This was so much fun to watch! I appreciate the time and analysis you put into creating this video. Metal logos have a long and detailed history but you’ve summarized it extremely well in a brief, humorous, and enlightening way. Thank you for giving this art form some additional exposure as this approach to design is genuinely pushing the envelope of typography and branding…also, thank you for the generous shout-out. Keep up the great work with your channel!

[@fuji3018]

I was not expecting the Skrillex shoutout in this at all as a huge Skrillex fan but that was so sick, ur hella based

[@DPerez3573]

I'm a teacher and I have to say that way you laid out your video with reasoning and really fantastic context was actually fantastic! It really made view these logos with a new light and allowed me to see that sometime the general rules for logo might not be the best way to go. I'm totally subscribed to your channel now. Awesome job!

[@z0mborg8]

Öxxö Xööx is one of my favorite examples of the "just looking like art" logos, really takes advantage of the band name basically just being a bunch of symmetrical SHAPES.

[@rebeccaward2152]

Love that Inferi got such a big mention, been loving their logo and music for a while now. I wish Vale of Pnath would have gotten a mention too since I think they're logo, while not exactly unreadable, is still cool and unique. Still an awesome video!

[@bitsy00005]

This is one of my favorite types of video on your channel. I have a new appreciation for the logos that merge calligraphy and illustration and ones that sandwich and merge words. Seeing the Black Tongue logo split apart and put back together kind of blew my mind. It looks so cool.

[@linnknutson9523]

Loved this video, it 's fun to see you talk about stuff you're passionate about :D

[@anastasiab1066]

as someone that made a lot of patches for their battle jacket when they were younger to save on money, it definitely gave me a different appreciation for logos, like even something that looks simple can take a surprising amount of effort to make

[@barrywalker673]

Wow that was incredibla. Good job man. That took a massive amount of work and is greatly appreciated! The dedication of Metalheads is unmatched by any other genre of music and you are living proof. Love the channel.

[@Pygmyer]

Man, I love your videos. It's been a couple of shitty weeks and what you're doing here always makes all that more bearable. Your work is highly, highly appreciated. Take care, stay safe and healthy.

[@aaroninlatin]

One of my favorites is Xasthur. It’s more of a image than a word, but it’s excellently designed. Also Mark Riddick has a band called Fetid Zombie.

[@kzbernabeu3674]

The kind of discussion I've been dying to see from someone, ANYONE for too long. I'm an artist - not a logo artist(!) - and I just love and appreciate how the logo really sells and embodies a band.

[@evilexpert]

one of the few video essays that kept my attention the full video lol.

[@sasasasasch5687]

I'm generally an artist, however I haven't really looked into logo design before. It was really interesting to see what you had to say, I might look into this more

[@f41thxx]

LMAOO POG FACE GOT ME DEAD. am currently waiting to see which manson face you went with lol

[@SPZ_Bionaks]

The REVENGE logo is a piece of art.

[@JesterWDE]

Incredibly well thought out and well spoken video. Keep up the great work.

[@ambernsen94]

I only just started watchng this dude and holy fucking hit, he's so underrated, he rlly needs more subs

[@Regulatethespot]

This video was awesome. I love the diversity in all the logos you shared and the graphic designer shoutouts.

[@strappadork]

I love this video, no one talks about extreme band logos enough and how crazy and experimental they can get. Hacksaw, Undeath, and Undergang probably have my favorite logos when it comes to modern bands while Napalm Death, Autopsy, and Brutal Truth are probably my favorite older logos. I'm all for band logos becoming more distinct and less recognizable. The part about Darkthrone's logo never becoming old regardless of how often we see it is so true too.

[@lead_sommelier]

Today I had nothing to do, it's the first really warm day this year, I took a little acid a while ago and now crustbag uploaded a new video, this day just couldn't get any better

[@Nikko_mon]

Oh dude this is such a cool video!! As a graphic designer who's writing a typography essay on metal logos rn, I really appreciate you covering the typographic aspects of the logos too

[@guitarsforcuttlefish]

Thank fuck someone is willing to make super niche videos like this and having it be so good. I love deep dives into subcultures or super niche discussions of a particular art but harsh, alternative music is so starved for that sort of thing. I can't tell you how many "Top ten punk bands" or fucking "(popular song) but metal??!" videos I've watched because it was the only thing on youtube discussing that kinda stuff.

[@kristennification]

The inner cool nerd in me loves your videos like this. I used to be a graphic designer for a few years and I enjoy these. Your descriptions of the logos crack me up lol

[@kristennification]

Also I always find new bands to listen to from you so, thanks man! ❤

[@Shade.85]

I agree the Dark Throne one is a timeless classic. For me, if I think of "Metal logos" that is the first one that comes to mind even though it is not a band in my personal playlists, that's saying something.

[@lenabeanyy]

Party cannon standing out in the crowd for the colourful silly logo

[@Duuhvis]

I’ve never understood why, but I always looooved the old Acacia Strain logo. Felt dirty, sharp, and full of “ouchies” I dont know why but it’s my favorite

[@parachutes6288]

One of my favorite logos is the logo for the Blackgaze band Sadness. The way the letters form the roots of the flower while still actually being readable is super cool. It’s both an artistic photo yet readable.

[@MielaDarling]

I'm a graphic designer and an artist and this video brought me so much joy because all i ever want to do with logos/graphics is to make them as artistics as possible. It was like the more artistic I tried to be the more my teacher would be like "yeahhhh nooo, remember less is more" 💀

[@sommelierofstench]

based off of the examples you used, i can tell you listen to a ton of rad stuff. well done on being knowledgeable and exploring some deeper cut bands logos. some are insanely creative indeed. sometimes when coming across a new band, the logo will scream out to be listened to. i’ve noticed a lot of times that when a logo catches my eye, i tend to generally enjoy the band too. when browsing for new music it’s one of the things that can pique your interests for sure. if they have great art and a great logo, the music has a good chance of matching.

[@garlicenthusiast2285]

the joy i feel when ye upload is immeasurable. the effort ye put into yer videos is worth every second, dude. even the "lower effort" videos are so very enjoyable!

[@сергейполяков-ч6ф]

Broooo, huge respect and love from Extirpate Humanity Logos!!!

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

You should check out the logo for late '80s thrash/speed metal band Toxik. The logo shifts and retreats between the first and last letters, there's a couple good intersecting parts which also retreats back as if it's holding the logo in place. Their music is also a good listen if you are into fast music with high-registered vocals that could make your dog upset.

[@GLeonhardt]

Great video. I wish you could talk more about the logo application on album arts it can even be a entire new video of how the logos can make or ruin the art

[@SlyHikari03]

I love black metal logos. Grand Belial’s Key and Profanatica are my favorite logos imo. Ps, Christophe Szpajdel’s book lord of logos is a good book, has so many good logos in it. Also, the font thing is exactly why I need to hire an artist instead of doing it myself.

[@hellaradusername]

I don't know the name of the Black Flag font but I've seen someone use it for a sushi restaurant probably unintentionally, it was great

[@d-fens1612]

Great video dude! It's a crime how underrated you are!

[@telexghoulie]

im so glad i clicked on this video, the effort and interest you put into so many different parts of it shows, A+ video joy to watch

[@Hyperenealogical_Genesis]

This shit is what keeps the music alive thank you for this generous and genuine dive into band logos and just art itself

[@oldzoulart]

This video is actually helping me tremendously. My buddies and I are just getting back into making music and as a tattooer I have somewhat of a skillset to be able to make promotional material for us. Videos like this give me a third person perspective on how certain aesthetics are perceived

[@billfroug]

I'm not even that much into metal or band logos and yet I've watched this video til the end. The way you present it and the passion you show just makes this so entertaining. Greetings from Germany!

[@reverendfink779]

graffiti logos: Just one step out of the genre focus here but I always liked that Dead Kennedys' "DK" logo was designed specifically to be easy for delinquents to spraypaint and carve everywhere!

[@javieraguilera2064]

as a graphic designer/tattoo artist/metal enjoyer this is sum really peak quality content, keep the good work man 🦇

[@dlvnmedia]

I dabble with pencil and ink logo redesigns for fun so this is right up my alley

[@WhileAKyle85]

I love how passionate , really into all of this you are. Makes it fun to watch your videos.

[@ondrejkarel7614]

This video made my day. Ive been waiting for this and it paid off. You dd a great job on catching my attention with all the flashy stuff and animations, my gen Z brain surely appreciates that. Take care

[@backoffpeer]

Some of my fav band logos are the Agalloch logo, Carnifex logo and the Gatecreeper logo

[@DESARD12]

Despite not being into pretty much any of this, the passion and excitement that is shown towards the bands' logos by this guy is just so nice to see, it truly shows that he cares and loves it. I may not know a single speck of what he's saying, but man, do I want to keep listening...

[@InariAlchemist]

Just discovered your channel today, and having you gush over logo design (one of my favorite topics and technically one of the things I got a degree for and sometimes get paid for), gush over Vampire The Masquerade, and take the piss out of misogynistic metal lyrics... oddly and fittingly has made you one of my favorite YT channels. Subbed and looking forward to more! Your passion and S-Tier nerd deep dives are fucking awesome 🤘

[@kianr2200]

bro you articulated that shit insanely well, absolutely loved the video

[@nessearthbound3107]

A logo that people don't seem to talk about but I think is actually super sick is the Oasis logo. The lower case font, the black box with a white outline, just instantly recognisable.

[@Grindermetalhead]

Did you know that Steve Harris used the font from the poster for the 1976 movie called "The Man Who Fell to Earth", staring David Bowie, as the inspiration for the Iron Maiden logo? The font from the movie poster is called "Busk", and the guy who created the "Metal Lord" font based on the letters from the Iron Maiden logo only later realized that he inadvertently plagiarized the "Busk" font because he didn't know the backstory behind the Iron Maiden logo at the time.

[@KyrosT_]

What is the song at 2:35? That sounds so majestic.

[@bradenmeyer7465]

Finally, another charismatic metalhead covering niche metal topics that actually has something interesting (and funny) to say.

[@saudade347]

Not metal related but I think it's still worthy of mention; Nine Inch Nails instantly comes to my mind when it comes to loges, instantly recongizanble, simple yet stylish, just a great logo imho, and hey it has backwards letter thing going on too! It also has that "box" thing that was brought up. Might be biased cuz I'm wearing NIN shirt with that fuckin' logo as I type but oh well!

[@VileMisanthrope]

I have no idea who Skyfire is. Until I watched this video I've never heard the name nor seen that logo.

[@annafridrichova9014]

I love this! It really puts together my love for art in general with more technical stuff, which is great to talk about! Also, Dark Fortress has a pretty neat logo in my opinion.

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

My band, The Quagaars, have had a few different logos over the years, all using fairly standard fonts. But last year, I was making some t-shirts to sell on tour and was drawing everything by hand for which I came up with a new logo. There was a band that I loved (I still love them but they broke up) called Glitoris and their guitarist who goes by Andrew Glitoris always signed her name using the anarchy symbol as the A which I thought was really cool, so I used that idea and then turned the Q into a peace symbol. The idea of "peace through anarchy" kinda fits with who the band is so it made sense. From that point on, the version that I drew by hand on a t-shirt has been our logo and I think it really suits the band more than our previous ones. It's messy as it's my awful handwriting, but we're very much a DIY band, we're lo-fi and weird, space grunge/prog punk...so it fits. I added some effect to it on the computer but other than that, it's how I drew it on a t-shirt.

[@lopilkderlll]

I appreciate your videos so much. You really do an amazing job of breaking down various aspects of heavy or extreme music.

[@jeshuggah7325]

Daaamn I was waiting for you to make this video and I'm glad you actually did! Great stuff!

[@amaramurray682]

NIN has a border around their logo too and it looks super symmetrical and really cool- Ghost is a good example of the shading and coloring- the yassification i guess of simple logos, as well as Sabaton, and gloryhammer has a funky logo!!

[@salamanderavem3782]

The logo for “The key of the astral gates and the mystic doors” Is pretty fun Fits the theme a ton

[@ben2jumanji956]

The 200 stab wounds logo reminds me of those opening credits to stars wars. As in texts appears at the bottom, crawls up the screen and the gets smaller, fading out of the screen

[@seccsycabbage2979]

Absolutely amazing video, I sometimes make logos for fun and there aren't that many good videos about logos out there. Chefs kiss!

[@zombne]

I don't think I've ever loved a video more. I just started logo design. This is like a full inventory of inspiration ON TOP OF showing me just some of the best fucking metal I've ever heard from some of these guys. I give your channel a solid gold telephone signed by Toki Wartooth. 100/10 dude

[@Mitch-tw8sv]

Man, I do love that alternative cult leader logo. I have a backpatch with that on it

[@crustbag]

Same!

[@dudeudontknow341]

I wish I still had the drawing from the first band I was in. It was like a mean looking pig. We were metalcore but we wanted him to be our “Eddie”

[@ForLorNVuLgaR]

Excellent video dude! Your content is top notch

[@Harpotos]

the band logo you showed before Mare Cognitum was sick! 1:48 great video, loved it :)

[@PGCStudio]

This is probally one of your best vids. You have eye for beauty (or in that case design). I'm taking notes man ✍

[@loversspit]

ahh i love love love your videos! i would gladly watch hour long content from you. ty for tackling this topic :) the work that goes behind metal logos feel a lot more intricate and personal than other genres do- which is fine! but it definitely adds to the entire experience that is understanding a band. kudos!! loved this one

[@astrid_rc]

new upload right before bed. hell yea

[@SnortThePuddle]

Unreadable band logos are legit amazing. Im currently working on one and it looked ok and this really helped. Thanks!

[@wanderer314]

One of my favorite logos that I don't think was in this video Borknagar, mainly because I love how the "N" in the name becomes a two-headed battleaxe in the logo

[@Keessette]

Appreciate the pageninetynine shoutout for their textured logo on the physical release. Great video

[@Enshadowed]

Great breakdown, and I love that there are so many incredibly intricate and awesome logos in this video

[@JonathanEbling6]

I was thinking of Black Tongue’s logo the whole video lmao, glad it got mentioned.

[@gorgonm3208]

Sick video! Some of my favorite logos are ones that are primarily abstract sigils: like Andavald, Arnault Pavle, Skáphe, or Only Now. Urfaust's is pretty simple but I love the wrought-iron stem ornamentation. I love Botanist's logos, too - the knotted gnarled wood on the cover of "Ecosystem" or the blooming illuminated flowers of "Selenotrope."

[@do_yohomework]

It’s always a good day when crustbag uploads