Both relentlessly demonised by the intolerant religious right throughout the 1980s, scapegoated for everything from teenage suicide to drug-use to swelling the ranks of Satans army in preparation for the End Times, Heavy Metal and gaming carved a counter-cultural niche of the dark and fantastic and entrenched themselves into the fabric of society. Zhu Industries has taken names of the key gaming genres, Wargaming and Roleplaying, in German, and reforged their graphemes in the style of extreme metal logos aligning them as a natural, troo and kvlt celebration of the blasphemous fusing of immortal cultural viruses.
Rollenspiel
Rollenspiel, or Role Play, in a frost-bitten runic forest, evoking the tangled antlers and knotted briar roots of a dark and sinister wilderness hex-crawl through ancient forbidding woodland.
A t-shirt featuring the Rollenspiel design may be acquired here: Rollenspiel Black Metal T-shirt
Kriegspiel
Kriegsspiel, or War Game, in a brutal heavyweight splatterpunk doom grind crust thrash skate style. Das Kreigspeil ist Krieg, let's smash skulls ...again.
The original concept was to honour French Stuationist and games designer Guy Debord Kriegspiel, but the correct German Kriegsspiel extends it's universality whilse staying troo to the situationist roots. The video features Pieter Bruegel the Elders highly influential painting from his Empire vs. Undead battle report "The Triumph of Death" (1562).
A t-shirt featuring the Kriegsspiel graphic may be acquired here: Kreigsspiel Black Metal T-shirt
Free shipping until AUG 20th on all t-shirts in the ZHU shop including the classic Oldhammer and Rogue Trader designs using code FS0817
This is amazing.....not going to lie, tempted to do my own.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Yes. The world needs more of this sort of thing. Although, be warned, once you start, it is quite addictive.
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