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How Did the ‘Devil Horns’ Become the Universal Metal salute?
How Did the ‘Devil Horns’ Become the Universal Metal salute?
How Did the ‘Devil Horns’ Become the Universal Metal salute?
This weeks 'Ask The 'Creep' comes from Kristina, and she's looking for the origins of "devil horns" in the metal world. Long before the devil sign was used to piss off the parents and teachers of budding Metalheads, it was used to piss off superstitious Italians, for whom the 'corna' (Italian for "horns") was either a vulgar gesture or a way to throw someone the "evil eye.