Research and Planning- Stylistic conventions within the metal genre.

For research into how my chosen band represents themselves and how we should portray our actors i have looked at the style conventions within the alternative/metal genre.
 
Looking at today's metal genre in the music industry shows a completely different image to how it was a few years back. In today's industry, many alternative bands are very conscious of their looks and have the sex appeal. Bands such as Bring me the Horizon even have their own clothing company.

Bring me the Horizon clothing company
'Drop Dead'.

Bands today also have nicer hair, with full fringes and rich colours instead of the older syles of long, curly hair. The sex appeal helps to get more of an audience as girls want them and guys want to be them, this also applies to female fronted bands just the other way round.

Kellin Quinn 'Sleeping With
Sirens' vocalist, a great example of
nice hair and clothing.

Bands prefer to wear dark band t-shirts showing their personal taste and dark jeans, with converses or boots. Where as in later periods bands would wear t-shirts or old metal bands t-shirts with khakis and army boots.



Kiss

Bands also used to be more glam or theatrical a few years back, with bands such as 'Kiss' or 'Motley Crue'. However some bands today have gone for a more theatrical look with examples like 'Black Veil Brides' or 'Marylin Manson'.

Black Veil Brides

On the other hand I think that conventions from all ages have been used and only slightly changed today as bands from the 80s-90s where inspiration to todays bands.


Looking at Ravenfaces appearance and how they fit into the convention shows that they are not a theatrical band and that their image hasn't changed much in the past couple of years. They have a miss of long hair and full fringes and wear both old and modern band t-shirts. They also conform to the whole darker look.


Ravenface a couple of years back.

Ravenface Today