The hype train was well and truly on the rails for about 5 days since receiving the notification that my gift had shipped, the excitement honestly overshadowed Christmas!

I truly couldn't have been more pleased with my gifts!

My Secret Satan knocked the nail right on the head, he read my interests to a tee, and just so happened to share in some of them too, I got so lucky!

When my package arrived though, I was filled with pure dread, it came with a damage notification. I was heartbroken. (Spoiler alert, it was all perfect!).

When I ripped through the awful damage notification, I saw something poking through the top of the package, and I knew straight away I was in for a real treat. It was the head of a drumstick (hype increases). I could tell it was used (Hype INCRESES). I felt around and could only feel one (HYPE OVERLOAD). I opened the package, (stopped myself so I could take a picture obviously) and I saw a truly beaten Vic Firth drumstick, belonging to Mathias Gergeta, the drummer from a band called Noctiferia (Guess what I'm listening to), I'd never heard of the band before, but I didn't care, it was my first true piece of drum merchandise that wasn't from a magazine, I loved it. I was blown away that my secret Satan would go through all that effort for my gift, it was fantastic!

Next there was a poster for the same band with the album art for the album Death Culture, which I am listening to, and certainly enjoying right now!