That's why I stopped listening to metal. Too hot in the summer.

Just listen to ska in the summer and metal the rest of the year

I have a old Sucide Silence shirt that is the depiction of a nude woman covered with long hair hugging a skeleton that is white.

Yes! I agree 100%. That's why I buy non black tshirts nowadays. These are the latest acquisitions:

Yob

Death

Cult of Luna

Just paint your metal white and your problem will be solved.

I’ve got a good few, but they are local bands, so it was likely a cost decision, but I definitely sport them more when it’s hot.

I’ll sweat balls in my Conan shirts without a second thought, though. Because fuckin’ Conan.

All hail Volt Thrower.

My brother used to have a white kreator shirt

Preach, I quit black metal t shirts ten years ago and haven't looked back. Unless of course there is no other option, or the colour is particularly crap

That's not the problem, since she is hot anyway.

Funk, it's basically thrash but with a wah pedal. And more purple shirts. And black people 👍

So... Aesthethica by Liturgy?

White metal, the ultimate underground you haven't heard of yet, you poser

I want her to use my face as a chair.

Is it weird that I just thought about white goth aesthetic as a parallel to those all white PC builds? I don't think I've seen 'white goth theme' done before and am kinda curious if it would look good.

I listen to funk in September, metal in October and November, Christmas songs in December, and Irish music in March.

I like the punk end of ska; or maybe it's the ska end of punk....

(...) and am kinda curious if it would look good.

Spoiler: It doesn't

So long and thanks for all the shoes…

I think that's called Pantera

You're close. Not 'white goth'...

Pastel Goth:

Arguably many variants of the older, harajuku gothic lolita style can/have also been done in primarily white or lighter colors.

This is a more modern dress and pic, but I think you could find examples of similar going back to at least the 90s:

... there's also now... clown core, and clown goth, but ... just no, nope, you're gonna have to personally choose to look for that, I'm not just gonna force you to see it.

EDIT:

I suppose if we carry forward trends in PC case styling... to fashion... well, we would somehow have to end up with dresses or suits with wood grain pattern elements or accents.

... Not sure if that exists yet.

Can you make a ruffled fringe out of wood, lol?

Or like, wood grain patterned corset, you know, the trunk?

Leaf ears instead of cat ears?

Bonsai Core? Bonsai Goth?

Ok, pretty sure I'm delerious, time for bed now.

Dammit, that got me lol. That's a literal lol right there. Fuck me, that was a good one

https://youtu.be/cYQAFtkqH34?is=gN82_wotB8wDhIkG

I have a neon blue Cattle Decapitation tank with a bright yellow logo, love that shirt.

I got a bright blue cattle decap shirt and a few white lorna shore shirts

I also listen to Christmas songs in December.

And I listen to Irish music too.

Hummakavula?!

White is not very flattering to the average metalhead figure, and also does not hide spilled beer

I was very relieved by the end of that sentence.

Just one r less would completely change the meaning of your comment.

Or blood.

Nah, it's a lifestyle, I'm committed

I had no idea all those styles! Honestly, thank you. It was one of those things where I've never really looked it up or thought of it, and of course it's been done. Doesn't look all that bad. Not quite what I was thinking, but JUST white would be kinda... I dunno. Wouldn't work without a little contrast.

And then you can listen to NoComply year round.

Catholocism does slap pretty hard aesthetically but I don't personally hold to that form of idolatry.

Why does she look like a render from a 2010 era game? Took me a while to figure out it's an actual photograph.

FYI: Those are not Catholics. They were the bosses of the neo-revelationist UFO cult "Fiat Lux".

For me it's cat fur - if I so much as THINK about my cats, my black t-shirts are absolutely blanketed. No amount of brushing or lint rolling is sufficient to eliminate the problem, so I just don't wear black.

I have a colleague who’s into metal. Always wears a band shirt, always in black. As you’d expect. Except on VERY rare days where she runs out of those or if it’s indeed just too hot to wear black.

It’s downright jarring to see her in anything except black. Looks like a completely different person.

I do imagine it’s nice to be a female metal fan. Never have to worry about what to wear or what colors to match 😂

I enjoy the wool sports coat with long sleeve starched white shirt and the pencil thin black tie and fedora hat. While listening to the sweet voice of queen Ella singing the Blues and drinking a martini.

Now that's hot!

Anarchists at a summer protest: "WHY DID WE CHOOSE BLACK?! WHYYYYY"

There was a brief era in the 2000's where bands from pop-punk to metal-core released super bright coloured shirts (like fluro-bright) with over the top cartoon artwork, it was a nice change.

Also you can get pink metal shorts/jumpers that go pretty hard (i have only seen these worn by men though)

Looks like the sign is shopped, so it makes the rest of it look weird with the contrast.

Out of curiosity, aren't clothes actually heat the same under the sun? It's infrared albedo that matters after all, not the visible specturm one, no?

No, white clothing does reflect more heat than black clothing. However the answer to which is better to wear in hot weather is "it's complicated", the TL;DR is that for tight clothes white is better, for loose clothing black and white are the same.

So the fit of the clothing is actually more important than the colour. However, if you are going to be wearing tight-fitting clothing, then stick with white. Fabrics with texture – such as seersucker or pique, a fabric often used in sports polo shirts – also help to lift clothing off your skin, rather than staying snug and tight-fitting.

There are quite a lot of different styles, certainly more than I am aware of, but yeah, happy to share =D

Ella...the greatest singer of all time. Literally perfect.

Even if it's not about the heat, I want some diversity. Black gets boring at one point, so I get other colours any time I can.

I had a dope-ass cream colored shirt from my favorite band, Caligula's Horse. Was devastated when it got destroyed. Now back to all black stuff...

Colors work by which parts of the light spectrum get absorbed and which get reflected. A shirt that absorbs most wavelengths, but largely reflects green, will look green.

And in that same vein, colors will appear darker, if less light is reflected in general. So, a white shirt may reflect 90+% of light, whereas a black shirt may absorb 90+% of light.

And ultimately, absorption means that the light's energy is turned into warmth. So yeah, a darker shirt heats up more in the sun.