# Headbanging Music Blankets Sleep with the Heavy Metal Quilts & Throw Up the Devil Horns By Matt Ho | Published 2011-07-11 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heavy-metal-quilts References: [animalnewyork](http://animalnewyork.com/2011/07/heavy-metal-quilts/) & [benvenom](http://www.benvenom.com/index.html) Fans who love heavy music as much as I do will sleep happy at night with the Heavy Metal Quilts courtesy of Ben Venom. The San Francisco-based artist has hand-sewn a variety of Heavy Metal Quilts that encourage you to throw up the devil horns while you sleep. The graphics are a collage of popular metal band images that form what you see before you. With this genre, you can expect skulls, devil horns and a sinister goat, the latter of which represents how Satan was depicted in medieval literature. Quilts are probably the last thing you'd expect metalheads to receive as a reflection of their personality, but as Venom puts it, “even the beasts of Metal need a [warm blanket to sleep with](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tortilla-throw-blanket).” ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 15% | Activity: 12% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/media) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Heavy-metal Home Decor:** Opportunity for businesses to create more heavy-metal themed home decor, beyond just quilts. - **Customized Quilts:** A trend towards personalized and custom-made quilts with unique designs and themes. - **Nostalgic-inspired Design:** A trend towards using vintage and retro design elements in modern products, as seen in the use of classic metal band imagery in these quilts. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Home Decor:** Innovative home decor businesses can capitalize on the demand for unique and personalized products. - **Textile Manufacturing:** Opportunity for textile manufacturers to create niche, specialized products with unique designs. - **Music Merchandise:** Opportunity for music merchandise companies to expand their product lines beyond just t-shirts and posters to include more unique and functional items like blankets. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Artist-Designed Wool Blankets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eike-konig.md) - [Fashion-Forward Blankets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bold-blanket.md) - [Iconic Band Apparel Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/freaks-store-2.md) - [Optimized Heavy Metal Headphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heavys-headphones.md) - [Astrologically Finished Weighted Blankets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/astrology-weighted-blankets.md) - [Artistic Metal Band Turntables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/metallica-turntable.md) - [High-End Sound System Beds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/savoir-x-kef-seventy-five.md) - [Metal Band Virtual Worlds](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knotverse.md) - [Nostalgic Tech-Themed Blankets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apple-macintosh.md)