corpsepaint

See also: corpse paint

English

Alternative forms

• corpse paint

Etymology

From corpse +‎ paint.

Noun

corpsepaint (uncountable)

1. A style of black-and-white makeup used primarily by black metal musicians and fans, intended to make the wearer appear inhuman, corpselike, or demonic.
   • 2007, Ronald Bogue, Deleuze's Way: Essays in Transverse Ethics and Aesthetics, Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 45:

     Many black metal musicians dress in black robes and wear exaggerated white-and-black “corpsepaint” on their faces, […]

   • 2012, Joel McIver, Machine Head: Inside the Machine‎, Omnibus Press, →ISBN:

     You get kids over there in corpsepaint going to a death metal show, but then are going to go to [a] Darkness show. […]

   • 2014, Donna Weston, Andy Bennett, editors, Pop Pagans: Paganism and Popular Music‎, Routledge, →ISBN:

     Far more Pagan metal bands appear in the traditional black metal corpsepaint.

Translations

Translations

Norwegian: liksminke m

Further reading

• corpsepaint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia