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goth

We love gothic weddings so hard. Black wedding dress? Check. Halloween weddings? Check. Haunted venue? Check. Horror weddings? YES. Corpse Bride? Check. Tim Burton? Of course. Skulls? Always.

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Susana & Carlos’ gothic-inspired wedding (with tango!)

Some traditionally-minded guests and a last-minute dress swap didn’t dissuade this couple from creating their dreamy gothic candy buffet wedding. And you’ll love their choreographed tango (with video)!

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Fire and ice and everything nice (and a hint of naughty)

The Offbeat Flickr Pool was sporting some icy drinking, fire dancing, and all things cute and sweet. It was quite the contrary mix of photos. Check out the dinosaur luges, ball and chains, and paper flower explosions in this week’s Monday Montage.

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DonnaMarie & Ricky’s unholy union and heavy metal cabaret wedding

These metal heads know how to rock. They also know how to make an amazing heavy metal cabaret afterparty on a budget. Board games, ear plugs, lighters, and metal horns were required and provided. Oh, and you’re going to going to freak over the most awesome light-up Ghostbusters cake evar!

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Lauren & Johnny’s rockin’ seaside aquarium boda

An authentic taco bar, a garage rock band, and the most awesome hand-illustrated invitation… need I say more? This South-of-the-border-influenced bash boasted lots of fun details and a gorgeous seaside ceremony. And you’ll love the bride’s Burning Man-inspired flaming copper flower bouquet!

D&D, costumes, & epic music at this heavy metal wedding in Utah

Heavy metal love songs🤘75 tracks we played at our metal wedding

On my wedding profile, I got a question from one reader who asked “what type of metal did you play that the guests could tolerate all night?” The answer is, well, EVERY TYPE! You have to play all types of metal for those non-metal heads to the pros. We also used our laptop and rented the PA equipment because we could not get a DJ that would cooperate with what we wanted to be played. Here is a list of the main songs we used that night.

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Stephanie & Peter’s technicolor candy house wedding

Surrounded by a technicolor wonderland house, a bride in a purple and black dress fits right in. She and her top-hatted groom had a witness-by-lottery, Pixy Stix centerpieces, and somehow overcame a major bus malfunction to rock the night away in New York.