How We Design Horror-Inspired Apparel at DethNote

Where riffs meet rot, and every shirt tells a twisted story.

At DethNote, we don’t just print shirts—we summon them. Our designs aren’t about chasing trends or throwing random skulls on fabric. They’re about building a visual language for the freaks, misfits, and maniacs who live for heavy music, horror movies, and the sacred art of not giving a damn.

This is how we take an idea—from a blood-soaked whisper in the void—and turn it into a piece of wearable rebellion.

⚰️ 1. Inspiration Starts in the Graveyard

Our ideas start in the same place our audience lives—the underground. That means:

• Obscure horror films from the ’70s, ’80s, and beyond

• Death metal album art that terrified your parents

• Occult symbolism, sigils, and the darker side of mythology

• Live show photography—the sweat, the blood, the chaos

• That one VHS cover you remember from the video store that still haunts you

We're always digging through the dirt to find visuals and themes that feel dangerous. If it looks safe, clean, or polished—we burn it.

🩸 2. The Art: Every Design Must Bleed

Once we lock into a concept (say, “what if a Victorian plague doctor was also a deathcore vocalist possessed by a demon?”), it gets handed off to our artists, who are basically equal parts:

🎨 Illustrator
💀 Necromancer
⚡ Graphic assassin

These aren’t stock images or outsourced boilerplate mockups. We work with underground illustrators who understand the vision and know how to weaponize a graphic tee.

We give them weird references. We give them riffs. Sometimes we give them lyrics or movie dialogue. And then they return with something that looks like it crawled out of a crypt and demanded to be worn.

🔥 3. Style That Screams

Yeah, we love all-black-everything. But DethNote designs are built for impact—and that means fit, feel, and freak factor matter.

We craft drops that:

• Look killer on stage, in the pit, or at 3am in a graveyard

• Mix horror aesthetics with streetwear silhouettes (oversized tees, crop tops, distressed cuts, techwear-inspired pieces)

• Layer seamlessly with leather, denim, spikes, and chains

• Feel worn-in, but still hit hard as hell

Our goal? Make gear that feels like a favorite band tee, looks like a horror poster, and hits like a blast beat.

🕷 4. Quality That Survives the Apocalypse

Every piece we put out has to meet the mosh test. It can’t just look good—it has to survive. That means:

• Heavyweight fabrics

• Discharge and water-based inks that don’t crack

• Fade-friendly textures (aging = more evil)

• Construction that can take beer spills, blood splatter, and crowd-surfing wear and tear

Because if your tee looks better after a gig? You’re doing it right.

💀 5. The Drop Process: No Filler. No Fluff.

We don’t do 24/7 generic merch. We drop like we’re releasing an album:

• Limited runs

• Killer themes (think: Possession, Cosmic Terror, VHS Gore)

• Concept-to-closet design storytelling

• Every piece tells a story—and once it’s gone, it’s buried

That keeps our gear rare, raw, and real. No restocks. No mainstream BS. Just the good stuff. For the real ones.

🧛 Final Word: Our Clothes Aren’t Just for Fans—They’re for the Cult.

Every DethNote piece is a tribute to the dark things we love. A black flag for horror fiends, pit warriors, and anyone who ever felt more at home in the shadows.

We don’t just want you to wear our designs.
We want you to feel like you earned them.

So when someone asks, “Where’d you get that shirt?”—you don’t just say a store. You say:
👉 DethNote Apparel.
🩸 You wouldn’t get it.