Doom: The Dark Ages launched earlier this month, and if you’ve already finished the Doom Slayer’s prequel journey through Hell and a bizarre cosmic dimension, you don’t have to stop ripping and/or tearing just yet. Bethesda and Kramer Guitars have partnered to create three guitars based on the game, and they’re every bit as flashy and intense as the Slayer–but you’ll have to be lucky to get one.
The three guitars, which appear to be functionally identical and sport different Doom-related visual designs, are classic Kramer, featuring a Floyd Rose bridge and a single humbucker. The brand was well known in the ’80s for its shred-friendly axes, and the aesthetic certainly pairs well with a game as violent and over the top as Doom.
“The unique designs were carefully applied with multiple layers of paint across several weeks, and each focus on one of the powerful weapons in your arsenal: the Atlan, Serrat the Dragon, and the Doom Slayer himself,” reads the official announcement. They were created by illustrator Luke Preece, whose other work includes Gears of War: E-Day and art for bands like blink-182 and Metallica.
Now comes the bittersweet part: You can’t buy these guitars. Instead, Xbox will be giving them away via its Instagram accounts, with residents from the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands eligible to win. Alongside the three guitars, you can win a copy of Doom: The Dark Ages, the game’s collector’s edition, or special-edition Xbox controllers.
Doom: The Dark Ages is a great addition to the legendary series, focusing on brutal counter-attacks and close-quarters chaos. In our Doom: The Dark Ages review, Alessandro Barbosa called it “a finally tuned adventure that delivers the power fantasy of ripping and tearing through thousands of demons without losing an underlying complexity that makes each encounter engaging to blast through.” For more on Kramer Guitars, check out this hot dog monstrosity, which Sweetwater has mercifully stopped offering.
