Black band or Blackband may refer to: * Black (Bangladeshi band), a Bangladeshi rock band *

Black armband In Western culture, a black armband signifies that the wearer is in mourning or wishes to identify with the commemoration of a family friend, comrade or team member who has died. This use is particularly common in the first meeting following the lo ...

, a signifier that the wearer is in mourning *

Black Band (landsknechts) The Black Band was a formation of 16th century mercenaries, largely pikemen, probably serving as Landsknechts. They fought in the French army for ten years, seeing service in several notable engagements, including the Battle of Marignano and the ...

, a formation of 16th century mercenaries * Black Band (resistance group), a German anarcho-syndicalist paramilitary organization * Black band disease, a coral disease *

Black Bands The Black Bands ( it, Bande Nere), sometimes referred to as the Black Bands of Giovanni, was a company of Italian mercenaries formed and commanded by Giovanni de' Medici during the Italian Wars; their name came from their black mourning colors fo ...

, a company of Italian mercenaries formed and commanded by Giovanni de' Medici during the Italian Wars *

Blackband, Ohio Blackband is an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of n ...

, an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County

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