OK, I’ve known about Rock & Republic’s ‘Death Metal’ jeans for a few months now, so now that I have a place to riff I can do so.

A little background: Rock & Republic is an American designer clothing company. Their motto goes something like this: “Rock & Republic means edgy, progressive design inspired by Rock & Roll and with an emphasis on modern silhouettes and a sleek fit. Each piece in the collection is designed for sexy, confident men and women who live the lifestyle and really understand the look.” I pulled that from Rock & Republic’s website.

So, now that we have a jean branded with the music genre of ‘Death Metal’ and a company slogan that appeals to ‘sexy, confident men and women who live the lifestyle,’ one has to wonder what the designers at Rock & Republic were thinking. I mean, they approved Victoria Beckham to design her own branded jeans. So, next in line was ‘Death Metal’? Either they’re too hip, clueless, or someone, like Michael Ball, has a secret love affair with Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, and Morbid Angel and the fashion world is too narcissistic to notice. Green light mama Becks. Next? Green light ‘Death Metal!’ Not sure I understand the logic.

Anyway, the point of this here blogenstein is to show metal dudes/dudettes have been dressing for excess for millenia. Unless you’re Dani Filth or Oscar Dronjak, maybe it’s OK to get some of these suckers. I mean with names like “Breakthru Grey Darkness,” “Chaos Blue Bruise,” Lethal Black Heat” (for the ladies), “Ricochet In Xtreme Blue,” and “Accomplice Foe” (again for the chicas), Rock & Republic did some homework by consulting About.com. They probably cheated. If they really wanted authenticity, they should’ve called us, paid us huge sums of greenbacks (well, we prefer GBPs or Euros, at the moment), and then they could officially brand the jean ‘Death Metal.’ Hear us R&R? Oh, and ‘Death Metal’ refers to the back pocket design. Not the jean.

The jeans, at the cheapest, will set you back around $300. Ouch! That’s a frickload of import CDs. But if you’ve bought into the ‘Death Metal’ concept and are, in fact, a modemensch then click here.