Skate legend Ed Templeton’s Toy Machine brand has officially unveiled a new pro board for Jereme Leabres, and it leaves little doubt about its inspiration.
The graphic pays tribute to heavy metal Satanic icon King Diamond, an artist whose career has long been associated with Satanism, occult imagery, horror, and theatrical performances.
King Diamond has spent decades building his image around dark subject matter. His music, corpse paint, album artwork, and public comments have made him one of the most recognizable figures connected with Satanic imagery in the underworld.
His interest in the occult began before he read The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey, a book that later became part of his personal philosophy.
Now that imagery has found its way onto one of Toy Machine's newest pro models for Jereme.
The board continues the company's long history of using horror inspired graphics, dark artwork, and themes that stand apart from Christian messaging within skateboarding.
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The release also comes at a time when more skateboarders have been openly sharing their Christian faith and speaking about Jesus through contests, social media, brands, and local events.
While that movement continues to grow, Toy Machine appears comfortable staying with the nefarious style that has been part of skateboarding’s identity for many years.
To accompany the release, Toy Machine shared a caption that fully embraced the theme.
"A dreaded sunny day, so let’s go dark —-—-> deep into a full pipe darkness —-> night time ditch-bitchery. @jeremy_leabres knows the darkness, it lives in him. JEREMEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYY!!!!"
The wording matches the artwork and the overall direction of the release, giving core heads another graphic that leans into darkness and blasphemous inspired nature instead of religious themes that have become more visible throughout parts of the skateboarding community.
With many Toy Machine graphics over the years, the new Jereme pro board is likely to get more discussions among MAGA Christians in the skate community.
But some will simply see it as another tribute to one of heavy metal's most recognizable figures, while others may view the use of Satanic imagery differently based on their own beliefs.