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Metal-inspired Disney merch range launched featuring new fonts for ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and more
Disney has released a heavy-metal-inspired merchandise collection centred on its classic villains, using styles associated with black metal, doom metal and thrash metal. The range matters as it repackages familiar Disney characters for fans of alternative music aesthetics, expanding the company’s themed retail offering at its parks and online store.
Items include a Maleficent ‘Mirror Mirror’ T-shirt in a black-metal-style typeface, a Hades ‘Lord of the Underworld’ design styled after doom metal, and an Ursula logo resembling that of a progressive doom band. The collection also features Yzma and Kronk merchandise linked to Disney’s planned Villains Land, plus apparel, accessories, drinkware and collectibles featuring Cruella de Vil, the Evil Queen, the Headless Horseman and Vanessa.
In short
- Disney has launched villain merchandise styled after heavy-metal graphics.
- Designs feature Maleficent, Hades, Ursula and other Disney villains.
- The range is available at Disney Parks and online.
Explained simply
Disney’s classic animated films feature villains such as Maleficent, Ursula and Hades, whose stories and designs are familiar to generations of viewers. The characters now appear across a wide range of merchandise sold through Disney’s parks and online shop.
Heavy metal is a broad music genre with substyles including black metal, doom metal and thrash metal; each has its own visual traditions, often reflected in band logos and lettering. Disney’s collection draws on these styles for designs featuring its villains, alongside clothing, accessories, drinkware and collectibles.
The range also includes Yzma and Kronk, characters from The Emperor’s New Groove, in merchandise connected with Disney’s planned Villains Land. It brings together characters from different films and eras for fans interested in both Disney stories and metal-inspired design.