The diacritical mark of The Beast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_umlaut
"The use of umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band's logo a Germanic or Nordic quality."
"The use of umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band's logo a Germanic or Nordic quality."