A few decades there was fury and fire over the fact that a couple of thrash Metal Titans had cut their hair, fucked about with a bit of eye liner and used back beats… Fast forward to 2025 and in some ways little gas changed.

A band’s visual identity is important for a few reasons. Primarily it shows unity of intent, but it’s also the foundation for its marketing and merchandising.

So, it’s naturally understandable that certain looks can be expected for particular genres and sub genres. However if your not even in the band but have been brought in only to contribute sonically in terms of your contribution on a creative level, should you be expected to dress a certain way simply to complete a session and share your work with permission from the bands only to be “torn a new one” by the “Peanut gallery” in the comments?

Here follows the short tail of a session drummer getting a shalacking from an average Joe death metal fan…