Bloodbath - T-Shirt Controversy
Bloodbath - T-Shirt Controversy
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Arcesse Eum December 10, 2008
"We have just learned that our latest shirt design [Front, Back] has run into some controversy. Actually, It's been a bit of a rocky road from the start with this one. Back at the sketch board, some of our art direction ideas were met by hesitation and according to the designer would feel "uncomfortable to do". However, the design went through and obviously with such a fantastic piece of artwork and beautiful symbolism the t-shirt has hit home with Bloodbath's audience all over the world, but apparently a demon vomiting on Jesus on a cross, surrounded by snakes, vultures and skulls was over the line for some confused " death metal" fans. Perhaps they should ask themselves if it was really death metal they were searching for in the first place.
Here are examples of some Dr Phil approved quotes we recieved:
"Recently saw your t-shirt "Mock The Cross." It seems rather childish and immature not to mention very dangerous, to ridicule Christ. Why such disdainment for the incarnate God who died to save all mankind, even your sorry asses! If you have a problem with organized religion that's one thing. It has little to do with Christ and His life and teachings. Of course if you curse Him in apparent ignorance, then you wouldn't know the difference. Hell won't be a cool place to be. The power of the cross is foolishness to those perishing."
"I Don't care about all the satan woreshippers that are gonna flame me. But, BloodBath YOU JUST LOST A FAN. On that degrading shirt. I believe what I believe. I rather not have bands mock it. This band is done. Never again. See you on judgment day."
To top it off, we also just recieved the following message from Raw Talent, the printer of the merchandise: "I have just been informed by the owner of the company that unfortunately we will not be able to print the "mock the cross" design again for you guys. It is against the owner's moral and ethical standard for himself and also for the company. He wanted me to let you know and to send his apologies."
With that said, let's get the weak aside and the Bloodbath choir ready to mock the fucking cross again as we moved on to a new printer for our latest over the top "Iesous" shirt design. Original artwork by Alex Norman features a detailed drawing of a dead Jesus with a crown of thorns and blind eyes, bleeding crosses in the background on both sides, and his hair engulfing skulls and the Bloodbath logo. The back features a cross dripping in blood with the lyrics: "Eeso Yeshua Iesous Die By Our Rage". The design was also printed using a technique which results in the ink becoming one with the fabric, creating a soft vintage look and feel. Not a shirt to miss, grab one now!"
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PLEASE. this is very ebay-like. i bought a Nattefrost shirt on ebay and it turns out that the shirt i got was an ebay-friendly version of a much more explicit shirt. this does not amuse me.
---- Kick Ass, Die Young Less is More Stay Pure Stay Poor Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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Hah, freaking people and taking things so damn seriously. That "YOU JUST LOST A FAN" part made me laugh. Immature little bastards. I should have grabbed one of those shirts when I had the chance.
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Man, people who worship christ should not be listening to death metal. Who ever sent that complain is a f***ing retard.
---- "No guts no glory" - Bolt Thrower
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This is plain silly, it's our silly world.
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If you are listening Bloodbath carefully you would remember the song 'Bastard son of God'... I don't know what to say to this "lost fan"... You don't even deserve to talk about Bloodbath =)
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Posts: 352 Written by DoomGuard on 10.12.2008 at 22:57 Simple words, yet so much wisdom in them... 
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I love metal, i love BloodBath, so F*** You, and you dont deserve to be FAN of bloodbath!!! you know what you are? Dr.Phill...you are a poser!!!:mad:
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Oh fuckin religious talk again.. who cares... If your christian, dont lisen to them, if you dont care listen to it if you like it.. its a fuckin free world or it should be...
---- ... For years I have traveled in coldness, But my heart is warm as the darkened sun above me... Nothing can never take away What I've seen with these tired eyes
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Posts: 8292 Written by DoomGuard on 10.12.2008 at 22:57 As soon as I went to bloodbath.biz and viewed the images from there, and then went back to Metal Storm and opened those images, they work. Weird.
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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Posts: 13427 Written by Raiden on 11.12.2008 at 00:04 Exactly the same thing happened for me. Tried to load them three times and they wouldn't load, but as soon as I viewed them on the official Bloodbath homepage they do load here on MS. Very strange. Perhaps they need to be saved in your cache first or something.
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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This is great for the band: a good marketing play like these helps the sales
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Posts: 8292 Written by Lucas on 11.12.2008 at 00:07 Yeah, maybe. It's a pretty good ploy to get you to go to their homepage though lol.
---- "Scream for me Melbourne!!!!" - Bruce Dickinson "I don't see any god up here" - Yuri Gagarin (while in orbit, 1961)
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Posts: 3523 Written by Njord on 11.12.2008 at 00:10 Yes, that was my first thought!
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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Ugh... as much as I try to defend christianity... it's people like that who really get me asking why to even bother. It's a shirt, accept that people feel that way about your religion and stop caring. The "Unblessing the Purity" shirt pretty much has the same message and is much cooler looking
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Posts: 1129 Written by Jason W. on 11.12.2008 at 00:11 Much more it travels, much more the band thanks the publicity. This sort of 'shocking news' are the dream of many underground black metal bands..
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I had a good laugh at that Dr.Phil like comment.
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Hah, the trick worked for me too...btw, on their site there's an additional detailed shot of the t-shirt in the description, it's worth seeing... Overall, I don't see what's the big deal...why what people believe, and what people like to listen to, have to be intertwined...They can, of course, be, but I don't see why it necessarily HAS to be valid for everyone...I mean, God (  ), religion (or someone's hate towards it  ) is just a source of inspiration for the lyrical content as I regard it...And it's a source as good as any other, like fantasy, murders/murderers, and even porn...Sure, it all gets graphical from time to time, like this case, but I honestly don't find offensive the existence of this t-shirt...I mean, It's not like the band's threatening to rape someone's sister on the grave of her stillborn child if they don't wear it...Now that would be offensive...literally... (and it would also be a good story for lyrical content  ) How can people be so closed-minded...Luckilly we MS'ers are not, aren't we... And btw, if their belief in God makes people like DrPhill feel superior and pass judgement all over, it's very likely they end up in Hell too one day - this is soooo not christianic...  After all, it's the Lord who'll be thy judge, and instead of mocking Him by playing God(= judge), they better soon start praying for the salvation of our eternal souls, or else... Oh, and btw#2...I really don't like the t-shirt... It's not that I find it explicit or something, I just don't like the style of drawing... I like their previous shirts better...It's high-quality material though...
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One word springs to mind when reading this and the ways of SOME Christians.... PATHETIC
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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I don't really see any huge controversy in this. What I see is a band trying to boost T-shirt sales through hype and the Streisand-effect. Which is just as lame....
---- The Mao loves you all!!! **KISS**KISS**
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If you don't like then don't buy it! It's simple as that!
---- One Pound Of Flesh, No More No Less, No Cartilage, No Bones, But Only Flesh...
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Stupid, especially considering there exist a very popular T-shirt motive by a not so unknown band with the text: "Jesus is a cunt".
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When I first saw the shirt a few weeks ago I almost bought it. Its such a great shirt. Anything vomiting on anything makes a great shirt
---- Coldgrits
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Posts: 1023 Written by Warman on 11.12.2008 at 01:49 Gods ways are unpredictable... maybe he's a CoF fan!
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It's not like this is an original thing to do though. its hardly controversial. Like someone mentions the 'Jesus is a ...' t-shirt above. Should have done one of demons vomiting on Chad Kroegar (Nickleback) in my opinion that would have been wayyy more metal. How come the links don't work? Silly question. I'd like to see the shirt if someone has a copy of the link anyway.
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Posts: 4355 Written by Shadowcross on 11.12.2008 at 02:18 See here: I don't get what's so special about it.
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Still not as controversial as some of my sermons.
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