#Vampire sweden

[borninwinter81]

Another t-shirt mod

Because it's impossible for me to buy a shirt without doing something to make it more interesting 😁

Vampire is a Swedish thrash/death metal band, but although they were formed in 2011 they have a very old-school sound, more like death metal was back in the 80s. Slight shades of Black Metal too, but again in its earlier Bathory era form. Originally their material was only released on cassette and vinyl, and they were one of the first modern bands I came across that did that. I've been a fan since their first EP, and I have a tattoo of their logo, but only just managed to get one of their shirts.

I would usually get a man's/unisex, but on this occasion I got the "girlie" fit. It originally looked sonething like this (official website photo as i didn’t take a picture before I started messing with it).

However the print was way lower on the body than is shown here. I've mentioned before that I dislike the look of low waisted shirts on me, so I usually crop them. However in this instance as there was so much space at the top what I did instead was cut the length from there, re-sew the shoulders and re-shape the neckline (removing the sleeves at the same time).

At that point although it *just* fit it was a little too tight to be comfortable, probably because I'd moved the original waistline up my body so it was sitting around my ribcage. I had some of this extra wide lace trim that I bought ages ago on sale for pennies.

I cut up the side seams and sewed a panel of this down each side.

This meant it fit perfectly in the chest, however it was now slightly too loose in the waist area. I have quite a v-shaped upper body with a wide chest and shoulders and a narrow waist from having been a weight lifter for a few years!

But, rather than taking in the sides again, instead I did a cut and weave on the back, but I only wove the bottom part, just leaving plain slashes at the top. This pulled in the shirt slightly at the waist area and now it fits perfectly! I like my shirts fitted without being *tight* tight.

There are tons of tutorials for doing cut and weave stuff on youtube, this was a really basic one.

I hope this might have given folks a few ideas if you have a shirt you love that is too tight for you. Any fabric could be used for the side panels, I just used the lace because I had it to hand and it works with the overall style. I would say a slightly stretchy fabric is probably better for this kind of mod though.

I'll sign off by sharing a track by Vampire, the first one I ever heard which I got on a random YouTube recommendation. Since I love Vampire related stuff and extreme metal I had to give it a try, and was really glad I did.

The name makes them a little difficult to search up online, so if you're interested here's their bandcamp 😉 You can also try searching "Vampire the band" or "Vampire metal band Sweden".

Edit: I should have also included the t-shirt link: right here, it is official not knock-off as I found it via their instagram. There is slightly different merch here than what is available on their bandcamp:

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Comic - Chock #01 (1972) (Swedish)

[luthoniel]

Maneater 🦇🥀

[theradioghost]

i rewatched chapter 4 for the 10th time and felt compelled

[in-kyblogs]

Levan Akin mentioning Maneskin and being surprised at the american interviewer not knowing them truly is peak European representation. Do you think he watches Eurovision? Because I do

[eepymonstrr]

YEAHHHHHH HE’S PICKING ME UP FROM THE AIRPORT LETS GO

[rkxrina16]

[kattangeln]

I did not get any burn scars or worse than a concussion from my parents somehow. I was 10 when I saw inglorious basterds. Also guys, titanic is overrated

[chiropterx]

This might have been asked before (if so sorry) but what are Man-Bat’s favourite and least favourite seasons?

Not at all, nobody's asked yet so please don't be sorry about doing so! I'm actually quite glad you asked because Man-Bat's favourite season is different from Kirk's? Whereas he loves winter and the beautiful northern lights of Sweden, Man-Bat prefers the warmth of summer, even if the night hours are shorter. Vampire bats originate from South and Central America where the climate is much warmer and while Gotham's tolerable due to his immense size and naturally high body temperature, rain can quite literally put a dampener on his activities. If it's a very rainy cold night, Man-Bat will prefer staying inside somewhere dark and cozy over venturing out unless he''s very, very hungry.

[idontdrinkgatorade]

HELP I TOLD MY MOM I HAD A MEMORY OF VISITING ROMANIA (where my bio mother is from) AND SHE CAME BACK TO MY ROOM AND WAS LIKE. WHAT SPURRED THIS MEMORY? HAVE YOU CONTACTED YOUR GRANDMOTHER? HAS SHE CONTACTED YOU?

[midnightclaw]

Georg Rydeberg could have been - and is in my head - Dracula.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

SUMMARY: Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

The mod hasn't seen it but according to IMDb it won a bunch of awards so it's worth checking out.

[luthoniel]

Sucker 4 U 🦇🥀🖤

[collinsportmaine]

Here’s a link to an interesting analysis of “Let the Right one In” - a terrific 2008 vampire film from Sweden.

[lalilaloli]

Oh, this was fun!

To all the Tumblr users who tend to use tags very liberally:

Let’s play a game.

Type the following words into your tags box, then post the first automatic tag that comes up.

you, also, what, when, why, how, look, because, never

[emilyscastlevania]

THE BIGGEST GHOST WORLD TOUR 2025