A recent trip to the Mall yielded this Metallica tee from Hot Topic for $15. I’ve been a Metallica fan for years, and it’s refreshing to see a tee that’s a little lighter than the Pushead-style skulls and whatnot. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got my fair-share of classic Metallica tees, but this is a pleasant change of pace.

Whiskey in the Jar is of course a Thin Lizzy cover Metallica did in the late 90′s with their Garage, Inc. album. I believe it was an old Irish drinking song to begin with. Anyways, I think it does well for a one-color, almost text-based design. I wore it to a Hurt concert the night this photo was taken, and I’m actually wearing it as I write this. It’s a very comfortable tee, and it’ll be making my regular rotation.

Design by Humans is running a promotion currently, free shipping on order of 4 shirts or more. Here are a few that caught my eye.

And Then I Just Got Tired

This shirt reminds me a little bit of the work Pushead does for all the Metallica albums and shirts and stuff. The jacket is suede and it’s a clear 5-color design. It’s pretty sweet if you ask me, and describes my mood yesterday pretty well.

And Then I Just Got Tired is $19 from Design By Humans.

Blackbirds Attackin’ in the Dead ‘O’ Night

This is a pretty striking design, I love how it’s only two colors. The print goes onto the collar and hemming, keeping it from looking like a ringer. It’s like the Beatles meeting Alfred Hitchcock. I can’t talk about this shirt without making the obvious AH allusion anyways. The female model DBH used in their newsletter looked better in this shirt than the dude you see above, of course.

 Blackbirds Attackin’ in the Dead ‘O’ Night is $19 from Design by Humans.