metalocalypse - What style of make up does Dethklok wear when performing? - Movies & TV

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On the show Metalocalypse the band
Dethklok usually wears a specific make-up style when performing their shows. It appears
as white skin tones with blacked out eyes and ash around the eye black. Is there a name
for this style of make-up? It seems similar to other real bands like Cradle of Filth but
not quite as influenced by the band Kiss

Answer

Initial searching almost had me convinced
there was not a name for it, but alas, it is called corpse paint or corpsepaint. From
wikipedia:

Corpse paint or corpsepaint is a style of black-and-white makeup,
used
mainly by black metal bands during live concerts and photo shoots.
The
makeup is used to intensify the bands' imagery of evil,
inhumanity,
and corpse-like decay. It is most commonly worn just on the face,
but
in some rare occasions is also applied on arms and torso and in
even
rarer occasions, some musicians use other colors than just black
and


white.

If you do a
google image search for corpsepaint you get lots and lots of examples! Here is Brendon
Small, the creator of Metalocalypse who occasionally tours as Dethklok, in
corpsepaint:

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