Skaters (and hypebeasts) will be getting some company from metal heads in Supreme’s Lafayette Street line come Thursday. This morning, the legendary skate brand announced that its newest capsule collaboration will commemorate iconic British band Black Sabbath.
The release coincides with the band’s final world tour, the culmination of its nearly five-decade-spanning career redefining rock and roll. Supreme’s commemorative collection draws on the pioneering band’s compelling visual history, reimagining some of its most iconic, occult-inspired graphics. There’s a denim trucker jacket patched with the eerie cover of Sabbath’s 1970 self-titled debut album and a parka screenprinted with the inverted cross inside the record’s sleeve. Both images were designed by Marcus Keef, the artist behind other iconic 70s albums including David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World. Hoodies featuring both early graphics are available in three colors.
The Supreme collection alludes to other Sabbath albums, too. Paranoid — the band’s second release, also with Keef cover art — appears on a crewneck sweatshirt. And two of the collection’s four t-shirt styles draw on the massively influential album: one reads “War Pigs” — a single from Paranoid — while another features a still from the lead single’s video. There’s also a hockey jersey printed with the iconic monochrome graphic of Osborne that formed the cover of the band’s fourth album, Vol. 4.
A larger release than Supreme’s usual capsule projects, this collection rivals Black Sabbath’s own merch offering. In addition to the aforementioned styles, the Supreme drop also includes a long-sleeve t-shirt style, a baseball cap, and a cross-shaped rug by Japanese brand Gallery 1950. The only thing that’s missing are a few pairs of Ozzy Osbourne’s purple-tinted circular lenses, or, you know, a headless dove.
Supreme/ Black Sabbath will be available at the brand’s New York, LA, London, and newly opened Paris outposts — as well as online — on Thursday, March 31. More information here.
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Text Emily Manning