Defender Of Steel - Epic & Heavy Metal Vest | TShirtSlayer TShirt and BattleJacket Gallery

DanteTue, 07/06/2022 - 23:18

I'm into metal for over 30 years now, but never wore something that was truly worth to be called a battle vest. So I decided to start my personal covid project during the first lockdown in april 2020. Since "Fighting the world" was the album that brought heavy metal into my live, it is not surprising that I chose Epic & Heavy Metal to be the theme for my vest.

What started as a task that made me visit eBay once a week, slowly went to being active in forums, TSS, bandcamp and FB. I bought, traded and sold and got to know a lot of fine people from all over the world. Some of them I already met and some I hope to meet at a concert or a festival to have a beer with them.

When I couldn't find a patch, I contacted the bands. Every single band answered, everyone was amazingly helpful and supportive. Some even checked their private collections for long sold out patches and sent them to me, many asked for fotos of the final vest. What a great experience!

Yesterday I sewed the last patch onto my vest, just in time for the Up the Hammers festival in Athens. A worthy event to wear it for the first time! When you recognize me there or at another festival or concert and like to chat and have a beer, just come over and say hello!

Battle Jacket

Not for sale or trade

Bands:

Defender Of Steel - Manilla Road Wytch Hazel Manowar Iron Maiden Atlantean Kodex Doomsword Eternal Champion Vendel Smoulder Seven Sisters Candlemass Ashbury Gatekeeper Sanhedrin Herzel Sortilege Sorcerer Pagan Altar Procession Black Sabbath Saxon Solstice Screamer Ostrogoth Satan’s Hallow Thronehammer Witchtower Blade Killer Black Knight Rainbow Achelous Monasterium Evangelist Warrior Path Wishbone Ash Legendry Tygers Of Pan Tang Griffin Grand Magus Possessed Steel Crypt Sermon Sabïre Randy Demon Roky Erickson Haunt Old Mother Hell Visigoth Isen Torr Warlord Omen Bathory Wheel Dexter Ward Dark Forest Morgul Blade Knight & Gallow Scald Green Lung Old Season Metal Inquisitor Dust Throne Of Iron Megaton Sword Jethro Tull Lady Beast Riot Thin Lizzy Dio Heavy Load Stray Gods Battleroar High Spirits Traveler Masters Of The Universe

In Group: "German-Style" - Kutten

Defender Of Steel - Epic & Heavy Metal Vest

From the tomb on Tue, 07/06/2022 - 23:38

With He Man and Skeletor, epic!!

Dante on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 15:17

By the power of Greyskull, yes!

bad_american1992 on Tue, 07/06/2022 - 23:51

Wooooah momma this is too much epic heavy metal for me to handle! Stunner of a vest dude. I love he crammed aesthetics, the matching border colors and the symmetry!

Dante on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 16:31

Thanks for the kind words! ⚔️

StarTaiger on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 00:13

Nice story, the journey was worth it, the result is awesome, its epicness is beyond charts !!
Like the swords & armors of legends, it now needs a name... Defender of Steel !!
Hails & cheers !!

Dante on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 16:12

Hail brother, raise the horns! 🍻

Deathtattooguy

on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 01:06

Very awesome

Dante on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 15:25

Thanks mate!

fauzan big on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 02:15

Awesome vest!!!! Really nice layout and bands selection

Dante on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 16:38

Much obliged! 💪🏼

Thane on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 04:51

Holy hell this is beautiful. Amazing killer layout.

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 08:24

Thanks, really appreciated!

FOAD on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 06:13

Da hat jemand auf die Symmetrie geachtet, finde ich gut!
Ein paar nette Bands dazu sind auch mit drauf. ;-)

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 08:25

Mein innerer Autist konnte nicht anders. ;)

FOAD on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 20:54

Ich kenne das. Bei mir ist es evtl. nicht ganz so extrem, aber ein totales Chaos will ich auf der Kutte auch nicht haben.

metalCRUSTbarbarian on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 08:52

FIVE FLAMES!!

Dante on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 16:17

Tausend Dank! 🔥

MC Sauerkraut on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 17:49

Und zur Einweihung nen Kurzen für jede darauf abgebildete Hieb- und Stichwaffe ;)

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 01:26

Hahaha, schöne Idee, aber das würde böse enden. 😅 Prost! 🍻

Into Glory Ride on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 17:55

Nahezu perfekte Kutte!
Ich muss immer lachen, wenn ich quasi nahezu meinen gesamten Musikgeschmack auf einer Weste wiederfinde.
Aber auch sonst in Komposition, Farben, und vor allem Symmetrie: Absolut stark.

Mir gefällt, was du mit dem Kodex gemacht hast, sehr geil.

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 08:36

Herzlichen Dank! :) Wahrscheinlich haben wir uns schon bei unzähligen Konzerten gesehen! Cheers!

Faber on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 18:07

Sweet piece mate! Damn what a nice tribune! No way I'll gonna miss ya at KIT Rising

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 01:28

Really looking forward to it! The first beer will be on me, mate! 🍻

Whispers of Death on Wed, 08/06/2022 - 20:09

Amazing vest!! Cool to see some of mine on there too!

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 08:39

Thanks for contributing to my vest, always a pleasure to order from you!

Halo of Flies on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 03:33

Looks great. Glad to see some old school stuff from my day like Number OT Beast, Riot and my all time favorite album Mob Rules

Dante on Thu, 16/06/2022 - 13:28

Thanks, there can't be a heavy metal themed vest without these!

Heavy Metal Chemist on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 08:44

Wow Dante, this is an absolute stunner! There is so much 'epicness' here 💪😫🤘 This vest should be in the dictionaries to show what the word Epic means 😅 I hope to once see this vest in real life. I will definitely make a chat with you!

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 16:37

Awesome, looking forward to meeting you! 🤘

TKALVIS on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 10:48

Beautiful layout! I'm off to check out some of the bands you have on here I've not heard of.

Dante on Fri, 10/06/2022 - 09:58

That's one thing I really loved during the process of creating my vest - looking at other designs and discovering some awesome bands! Have fun! 😊🤘

Cardboardcity on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 10:51

Tonnes of great pieces on here and a really thorough and thought out layout - great work! One of the best modern back patches for one of the best modern bands too!

Dante on Sat, 11/06/2022 - 10:37

The moment I saw the back patch I instantly knew that it would be the centre piece for my vest!

Boss the Ross on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 10:56

Masterpiece!

Dante on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 17:11

Thanks mate!

Black Frost on Thu, 09/06/2022 - 18:52

Perfection!

Dante on Fri, 10/06/2022 - 00:01

Really appreciated, thanks!

Metalmate on Sat, 11/06/2022 - 16:23

And what a beauty it has become!!! Stunning vest mate. Nice touch with He-man and Skeletor. Big fan of the symmetry

Dante on Thu, 16/06/2022 - 10:47

Thank you, mate!

Sickdog on Thu, 16/06/2022 - 14:39

Yeah, richtig gut geworden! Was n Schmuckstück!

Dante on Thu, 16/06/2022 - 19:12

Nicht zuletzt dank deiner Patches! Merci!

Ymir on Thu, 16/06/2022 - 22:37

Holy moly, that's the definition of epic and the stuff I came here for! Insane vest!

Dante on Fri, 17/06/2022 - 13:06

Making it look epic was the main goal, thanks! ⚔️

zilin on Fri, 17/06/2022 - 05:49

Sick!!! One of the best in 2022~!!

Dante on Sat, 18/06/2022 - 01:31

Thanks a lot! 😊🤘

Rise_above on Fri, 17/06/2022 - 14:34

The best, period!

Dante on Sat, 18/06/2022 - 13:15

Thanks mate, hope to see you again soon! 🍻

Rise_above on Sat, 18/06/2022 - 13:23

That would be awesome of course!

HermanTheGerman on Fri, 17/06/2022 - 18:04

Hammergeil! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Dante on Sat, 18/06/2022 - 18:22

Up the Hammers! 🔨 Thanks!

stepand on Fri, 17/06/2022 - 22:49

Has to be top 3 vests I've seen on ts

Dante on Sun, 19/06/2022 - 22:21

That's a huge compliment, thanks!

HolyDriver on Sun, 19/06/2022 - 12:08

If Conan had listened to metal, he would have worn this vest.

Dante on Sun, 19/06/2022 - 18:42

Haha, thanks! 🤣 Would have been hard for him to squeeze himself into a size-M vest!

KayLuca on Wed, 22/06/2022 - 16:49

Great Work! Love it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Dante on Wed, 22/06/2022 - 20:37

Thank you! 💪

ManOfSteel on Sat, 25/06/2022 - 19:29

This is perfection! Theme, patch choice, layout, symmetry - I would sell my soul for a vest like this!

Dante on Sun, 26/06/2022 - 17:46

Thank you! I didn't sell my soul, but spent quite some money on it. ;)

Hárbarðr on Sun, 26/06/2022 - 19:20

Absolutely stunning!!

Dante on Sun, 26/06/2022 - 21:02

Thanks, mate!

Kenny Powers on Mon, 27/06/2022 - 14:11

Superb design and symmetry, great band selection. 100% my taste... perfectly done.

Dante on Mon, 27/06/2022 - 23:26

Much appreciated, thank you! Taste in bands is indeed very similar!

Heiliger Veit on Tue, 28/06/2022 - 13:57

Great design and awesome selection of bands! Love the Vendel and Herzel patches

Dante on Tue, 28/06/2022 - 18:29

Thanks for the flames! Herzel's "Le Dernier Rempart" was one of the best releases of 2021 imho. 🤘

PowerPlautze on Sat, 02/07/2022 - 21:54

One of the best vest i've ever seen. The layout is just great and i love the screamer patch on the back. Still searching this one for my vest.

Dante on Sun, 03/07/2022 - 11:26

Thanks a lot! Bought the Screamer patch from Komplott here on TSS, great guy!

frederic-schulz... on Sun, 03/07/2022 - 12:12

sure the best way to spend the Lockdown, i started my Vest in 2018 with the thought in mind to add only patches of Bands i would see live, so that thought went overboard pretty quick

Dante on Sun, 03/07/2022 - 20:28

Yeah, I know some people who follow the same approach. But for me a battle vest is more about paying tribute to the bands I love, not about my personal concert history. Trying to see as many as possible live nevertheless. ;)

The Clairvoyant on Thu, 07/07/2022 - 10:16

Outstanding vest with a great back story too! Extra kudos for Seven Sisters. 🤘

Dante on Thu, 07/07/2022 - 23:24

Thank you, I had the pleasure of seeing them twice in the last months, not only a fantastic live band but also very nice guys! 🤘

Komplott on Thu, 07/07/2022 - 12:17

Musste gerade zu meinem Entsetzen feststellen, dass ich dieses Prachtstück noch nicht mit Lobeshymnen bedacht habe. Es freut mich außerordentlich, dass ich meinen kleinen Beitrag zu diesem Glanzwerk deiner scharfen Nadel und deines stabilen Geschmackes leisten konnte. Möge Dir diese Kutte viele Freibiere auf den kommenden Gigs und Festivals bescheren! \m/

Dante on Fri, 08/07/2022 - 16:13

Danke dir vielmals, zählt man den halbierten Kodex doppelt, dann haben es fünf deiner Patches auf die Kutte geschafft! 😉🤘 Und das erste Bier geht definitiv auf mich, wenn wir uns mal live sehen! 🍻