Find a friend with explosive diarrhea, punch him in the stomach, and deftly catch the resultant  on a few black t-shirts. What do you get? Yes! The latest crop of illegible metal logos! AC’s first illegible metal logo post was really popular, so I thought I’d compile a second list of the finest, splattery examples of the art form.

Drawn from the cartoonishly twisted world of extreme metal, goregrind and related genres, these band logos try their best to hide their names from the viewer–after all, only sell-out bands have names that you can actually “read” or lyrics you can actually “understand”…..

Xasthur

Wolves in the Throne Room

Waking the Cadaver

Vomitory

Summoning

Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition

Spermswamp

Senthil

Nightbringer

Nagaroth

Methadone Abortion Clinic

Korgonthurus

Katharsis

Gutrot

Goat’s Ass Trumpet

Embryonic Depravity

Bosque

Bloodbath

Bestial Summoning

Abyssmal Nocturne

Be sure to check out Illegible Metal Logos Part I

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Extreme metal logos have become a genre in themselves, spawning creative and sometimes baffling designs. The bands that adopt them are usually far from mainstream and cover a range of styles: brilliant riffs and technical chops at one end, and a chaotic mass of noise, squeals and pointlessness at the other.

Many base their existence on trying to visually outgross and vocally outgrunt their peers. This attitude continues into logo design as can be seen in the later examples on this page.

The list begins with the the influential and groundbreaking band Death, whose image has a straightforward design. As the list goes on however, the logos devolve into illegibility and madness. Keep in mind, these are not merely images, but fonts which spell out the band’s name.

20. Death

19. Emperor

18. Cradle of Filth

17. Napalm Death

16. In Flames

15. Mayhem

14. Cryptopsy

13. DarkThrone

12. TorsoFuck

11. Enslaved

10. Blasphitized

9. Defeated Sanity

8. Goratory

7. Crepitation

6. Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra

5. Waking the Cadaver

4. Biological Monstrosity

3. Prosanctus Inferi

2. SorrowStorm

1. Triste

Ok, I saved the best for last, and by that I mean I saved the worst for last. This one was beyond the number one spot, so it deserves to be in the #0 spot. (And no, I am not making the band name or logo up). Drumroll please for the one and only…

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0. Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis

Are you starting a goregrind or extreme metal band? Well save some time and use this tongue-in-cheek metal band name generator

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