Initial searching almost had me convinced there was not a name for it, but alas, it is called corpse paint or corpsepaint. From wikipedia:
Corpse paint or corpsepaint is a style of black-and-white makeup, used
mainly by black metal bands during live concerts and photo shoots. The
makeup is used to intensify the bands' imagery of evil, inhumanity,
and corpse-like decay. It is most commonly worn just on the face, but
in some rare occasions is also applied on arms and torso and in even
rarer occasions, some musicians use other colors than just black and
white.
If you do a google image search for corpsepaint you get lots and lots of examples! Here is Brendon Small, the creator of Metalocalypse who occasionally tours as Dethklok, in corpsepaint:
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