Ben Varon
- January 5, 2024
- Guitarist
Quick Facts
Ben Varon Biography
| Name | Ben Varon |
| Birthday | Nov 18 |
| Birth Year | 1983 |
| Place Of Birth | Helsinki |
| Home Town | Uusimaa |
| Birth Country | Finland |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
Ben Varon is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on November 18, 1983 in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland. Guitarist and co-founder of Finnish metal group Amoral. He was a part of the album Wound Creations, Decrowning, Reptile Ride, Show Your Colors and Beneath.
Pantera along with Damageplan guitar player Pantera and Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell was one of his biggest influences. is one of the greatest influencers.
1997 at the age of 14 Varon started to play with Juhana Karlsson (drums), with whom he went to the same school. They started by jamming on a couple of Metallica songs. That was the first time Ben played together with another musician. They went jamming as often as possible. Silver Ots joined soon after. Amoral was founded 1997. Amoral played technical, progressive, melodic, hardrock oriented metal. The band’s 4th album was an about-turn, replacing the dominance of quirky death metal with an exemplary display of riff-driven, heavy, yet melodic power groove and the occasional sing-along chorus. Amoral performed extensively in bars, clubs, festivals and other venues in Finland, Europe, Japan, China, Philippines and USA. The band split up in 2017 after 20 years together.
Varon is mostly self-taught, but he has taken some lessons over the years. First, when he got started to learn to tune the guitar and to form a power chord. Then, a few years later when he started actually to practice, he took lessons for a while at Pop & Jazz conservatory in Helsinki. Ben was taught also by the Finnish legend Roope Latvala around 2001 about scales and modes including some of Stone licks, in which he was very interested at that time.
He has not made any public statements about his family’s life.
Ben Varon Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Guitarist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ben Varon is one of the richest Guitarist from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ben Varon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a guitarist in high school with buddies.
He was in an Young Guitar Magazine video giving guitar lessons.
Ben Varon (born 18 November 1983) is a Finnish guitarist. He is known as a member and one of the founders of the Finnish metal band Amoral 1997–2017. In the beginning of 2018, he founded a new heavy metal band, Oceanhoarse.
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2013, after ending Amoral’s fifth album Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows, Varon went on composing the summer long material that didn’t fit to Amoral’s style, 90’s rock and acoustic-driven sound of the 70’s. 2014 he founded a new group Alcyona Sky to play this music. The other members beside guitarist Varon are Micko Hell (Denigrate, Million Dollar Beggars) in vocals, Rale Tiiainen (The Black League, The OHO, Ancara) in drums and Jyri Helko in bass. AS has released one album Alcyona Sky in April 2017. The band told after the album was released to leave it as a one-off project. The album can be listened on Spotify.
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Ben Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Ben Varon celebrates birthday on November 18 of every year.
2016, once Amoral’s closing decision was made, Ben started with a new band from zero. After 2 years work with its music, in the beginning of 2018, the new heavy metal band Oceanhoarse was announced. Oceanhoarse has told they will not use any backgrounds or synthesizers in their upcoming music. The emphasis would be on live-oriented heavy metal. The other members beside Ben Varon are Tommy Tuovinen (MyGrain) in vocals, Jyri Helko (For The Imperium, Warmen) in bass and Oskari Niemi in drums. The debut single The Oceanhoarse was played first time on Radio Rock Jan 17 and the video was published Jan 18 2018.