How to make a band logo
- Type your band name. Up to 30 characters; long names wrap onto two lines.
- Pick a style that matches your sound. Each one uses its own typeface, outlines and ornaments.
- Choose one of the colour options under the preview.
- Tick Transparent background if the logo will sit on a photo, a shirt or a video, then press Download PNG.
Because the logo is drawn from fonts rather than generated as an image, the band logo creator works in a second, never misspells your name and never uploads anything.
Metal and death metal band logos
Metal band logos are a genre of their own. Classic heavy metal logos use sharp, slanted letters with chrome or fire colours and blades shooting out to the sides, so the name looks like it is moving fast. Death metal logos go further: thorny, dripping letters that are almost hard to read, usually pure white on black. Black metal logos borrow from medieval blackletter and keep things stark, white on black or black on white.
Pick Metal for a heavy metal or thrash look, Death metal for a gnarlier, spikier logo, and Black metal for a cold blackletter feel. Hardcore and deathcore bands often go with the Death metal style in a single colour.
Punk band logos
A punk band logo should look like it was made in five minutes with a marker, and that is the point. The Punk style uses rough capitals that tilt in different directions, with loud colour combinations and a hard offset shadow like a cheap screen print. It suits punk rock, pop punk and garage bands, and it looks right on a photocopied flyer.
Rock band logos
Rock band logos lean on bold block capitals, bars above and below the name, and metallic or sunset gradients, the kind of logo that fits a kick drum head and a tour shirt. Choose Rock for that classic arena feel, or Country for a vintage western sign.
Pop, K-pop, indie and hip-hop logos
- Pop and K-pop: wide-spaced capitals with a soft glow and small stars on each side. Clean enough for a fandom light stick.
- Indie: a chunky, friendly script with a retro shadow, like an old record label.
- Hip-hop: a graffiti-style tag with thick outlines and a drop shadow.
- Synthwave and 80s: neon tube lettering for electronic acts and retro producers.
Band logo ideas
The best music band logos are simple enough to draw on a notebook. A few ideas worth trying before you settle:
- One word, one colour. Short names make the strongest logos. If your name is long, the initials can work as a second, smaller mark.
- Match the logo to the cover. Pull the colour from your album art so every release looks like part of the same world.
- Think in black and white first. Shirts, stickers and stamps are often printed in one colour, so a logo that only works in a gradient will let you down.
- Check it small. Shrink the logo to the size of a profile picture. If you cannot read it, fans scrolling past will not either, unless you are a death metal band and that is the plan.
Where to use your band logo
Put the logo on your streaming profile banner, the first frame of every video, merch, gig posters and the front of the kick drum. Keep the transparent PNG in one folder with your press photos so it is ready whenever a venue or a blog asks for it.
Need a name or a video?
Still deciding what to call the band? The Band Name Generator comes up with names for every genre. Once the logo and the first song are ready, find the tempo with the BPM & Key Finder, and AIMusicVideoGen turns your song and one photo of the singer into a lip-synced music video cut to the beat.