corpsepaint
Noun
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.
Usage- Uncountable
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Many black metal musicians dress in black robes and wear exaggerated white-and-black “corpsepaint” on their faces, […]
You get kids over there in corpsepaint going to a death metal show, but then are going to go to [a] Darkness show. […]
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Far more Pagan metal bands appear in the traditional black metal corpsepaint.
Word forms
corpse paint