Why do most Death Metal fans wear distinctive Tshirts?
In the underground death metal subculture, the shirt you wear — bearing the logo of a favorite band or organization or concept — defines which strata of social accomplishment to which you belong within the death metal community. Your taste identifies your level within an intellectual hierarchy based on what its members are able to comprehend, or withstand, perhaps, musically. For example, a guy in a Cannibal Corpse tshirt might be neglected by someone wearing a Beherit tshirt because Beherit has a more esoteric and theoretically-adventurous audience than the low-brow blockhead churning of Cannibal Corpse; tshirts determine what bands your brain can accept and thus often, a type of caste identification within the hierarchy of fans. Those who try to forge this identity often find themselves answering difficult questions under unpleasant circumstances. In the inverse situation, someone in an Atheist tshirt might laugh off someone wearing a Sarcofago tshirt as a philistine. This allows m
