Metal bands Slayer and Rammstein have both launched their own bike designs. Straight up! We’re not sure whether this is the start of something big or just a strange coincidence.

Slayer has teamed up with US BMX brand Subrosa to offer a six item range: a 12in balance bike, a 20in BMX, a 26in BMX, a 700c cromo urban bike, a BMX frame and a saddle.

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“We wanted to create bikes that BMX riders could use and abuse, and we had to do justice to Slayer and their fans by creating a look that would represent their brand, and stand out from anything we’ve done before,” said Subrosa brand manager, Ryan Sher.

Prices on the Slayer x Subrosa range have yet to be released.

Meanwhile, Neue Deutsche Harte band Rammstein is offering a singlespeed, designed and built in collaboration with Berlin’s Schindelhauerbikes, a brand that we covered on road.cc a couple of years ago when it launched a Berlin Bike Show version its Thinbike. Like that bike, the Rammstein model is a limited edition – check it out in the not over that top at all vid above.

It is built around a triple butted 6061-T6 aluminium frame and uses a Gates Carbon Drive belt system rather than a chain.

The head tube is milled with a Rammstein logo and there are black reflective Rammstein logos on the down tube.

More on the Rammstein bike here.

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RammsteinBike (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

We’re struggling to think of other bands that have launched cycle related stuff. Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine released a jersey and cap with Militag a couple of years ago, and Talking Heads’ frontman David Byrne published his Bicycle Diaries book

Of course, German electronic band Kraftwerk has a long-standing love affair with cycling.

Have you ever heard of anything like Simon and Garfunkel trouser clips or Kanye West chamois cream?

Let us know about any band/bike crossovers down below. Don’t mention Katie Melua though. Please.