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Varkensstad
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Riffs, blast beats, coffee and cigars. Varkensstad is my music project and I’m probably a poser.

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Stabbing - Eon of Obscenity

Nothing screams brutal death metal like purple vinyl. All jokes aside, really digging this band got CDs of their EP and debut coming later in the week.
February 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Everyday you get up and find out people are somehow shittier than they were the day before.
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Got my tax return so I did some frivolous spending after using half of it for some grown up shit. Got Stabbing’s new record and the first 2 Deicide albums on vinyl.
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Cheer up Patriots fans it could always be worse.

The Flyers haven’t had a championship in 18,521 days.
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I’m getting real fucking sick of every guitar discussion being injected with “but the price” motherfucker everything is expensive and getting more expensive. It sucks but a guitar going up a couple hundred bucks is pretty low on my priority list of things that need to get cheaper
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
It appears Gibson quietly discontinued the Dave Mustaine signature Flying V. I suspect production cost is a factor since it’s their only 24 fret 25.5” scale non custom shop guitar. The Epiphone and Kramer guitars are available but that may be NOS. Weird.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I’m 100% there is a blue hair, blue Honda account on twitter that has people absolutely fooled it’s a metal loving gym girl. It’s very obvious the pictures are fake but the power of boners is strong for some I guess.
February 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Listened to this on the way to work, admittedly it was kind of a passive listen but I was liking what I was hearing. “Aeon’s End” stuck out to me. Can’t wait til my copy shows up so I can really dig into it.
🎶MAYHEM 🇳🇴
«Liturgy of Death»

Lacerated by Teloch, Ghul and Necrobutcher's riffs, crushed by Hellammer's drums, haunted by Attila Csihar's sinister vocals... I finished listening to the album with the same expression on my face as the one on the cover : dead, but amazed. Excellent modern/old Mayhem.
February 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
My biggest problem with social media is how confidently wrong people are. In this case I’ve had the guitar since November and my video went up on November 30th.

NAMM was last week.
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Epiphone SG Custom ebony. Solid guitar for $699 and perfectly useable as is but I just wasn’t digging the gold. Put chrome hardware, had to ream the tuner holes to accommodate new modern tuners, and put a set of DylanTalksTone 8 Ball pickups in. Tuned to D standard.
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I am far more frivolous with $40 cash than I am with a $40 gift card and I have no idea why.
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The 40th anniversary Darkthrone box intrigued til I realized it’s basically all the Darkthrone albums I have on vinyl already.
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"Ashes Of The Dead" Black Metal Demo
YouTube video by Varkensstad
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January 30, 2026 at 3:21 AM
If your guitar brand has been around for 10 years but nobody heard of you until you threatened to sue Phil McKnight you orally don’t have the brand recognition to survive the fallout of these actions.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 AM
No shade towards James LoMenzo but David Ellefson would have made that RTL cover thump.
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Epiphone put out a more accurate 70s style V, a more accurate 80s style explorer, and an RD. The fuck we need Gibson for?
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Epiphone was so close to perfection with their 2026 lineup then they did this. Are they afraid of money?
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
They lied.

Although I find it funny the guitars are being called “too perfect” after decades of being told how Dave and whoever at the time are better technical guitarists than James & Kirk.
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I don’t remember this much snow dropping in my adult life.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
10” at last check, more now I’m sure. Hasn’t stopped since I got up. Also getting sick so that’s fun.
January 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The most interesting thing about Megadeth is that Dave’s voice both kneecaps that band and makes that band what it is.
January 25, 2026 at 12:56 AM
An album called Arctic Thunder just feels appropriate for this fucking wicked ass cold.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
When your daughter throws up in the middle of the night and you have to harsh the stuffed animals that were in the blast zone…
January 24, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Halestorm’s Ride The Lightning cover > Megadeth’s Ride The Lightning cover
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Megadeth is so metal they’re doing Walmart and Target commercials on their socials to sell albums. Fucking hell how the mighty have fallen.
January 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM