Congrats to readers Eva Nemec and “Rod Bender” (LULZ). They each correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Nylithia — a group Vince has rightfully praised right here on MetalSucks — and for their troubles, Eva and Rod each win a copy of the CD booklet for Stone Sour’s Audio Secrecy that has been signed by the band. Cherish them forever, Eva and Rod!

This week, we have another awesome prize, again courtesy of the nice folks at Roadrunner Records:  a copy of the CD booklet for Soulfly’s Omen that has been signed by Max Cavalera and company. Pretty sweet, right? And we’ve got TWO of ‘em to give away!

All you gotta do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select two winners and announce their names one week from today.

This week’s logo was once again suggested by reader Melissa Stern… thanks, Melissa!

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Horns up for readers John Steib and Jake Jones. They each correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Rote Roué. Here’s what they get for their troubles: John, our grand-prize winner, will receive a copy of Shadowside’s new album, Inner Monster Out (out now SHP Records — order  here), PLUS a sweet Shadowside shirt, while Jake, our runner-up, gets the CD. Enjoy those, fellas!

This week, we have another awesome prize, again courtesy of the nice folks at Roadrunner Records:  a copy of the CD booklet for Stone Sour’s Audio Secrecy that has been signed by both the band. Pretty sweet, right? And we’ve got TWO of ‘em to give away!

All you gotta do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select two winners and announce their names one week from today.

This week’s logo wasn’t suggested by a reader — but regular visitors of MetalSucks oughta find it familiar…

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Mazel tov to readers Kevin Castaneda and Lucy Martin. They correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Klizmatorture, and for their troubles, they each win a copy of the CD booklet for Times of Grace’s The Hymn of a Broken Man that has been signed by both Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach. I hope you kids take those booklets all up and down your block, gloating to your friends about how awesome you are for having those, Kevin and Lucy!

This week, we have another chance for you to win some killer swag, this time courtesy of SHP Records: in celebration of the August 30 release of Brazilian melodic power metaller’s third studio album, Inner Monster Out, we’re giving one grand prize winner a copy of the CD PLUS a sweet Shadowside t-shirt, and one runner-up a copy of the CD. Pretty frickin’ cool, right? You can get more info on Shadowside and pre-order the album here, or, of course, just enter this contest!

All you gotta do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select a grand prize winner and a runner-up, and announce their names one week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Melissa Stern… and hol-ee shit, is it ever hard. Best of luck to ya!

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Horns up for reader Kimberly De Simone. She correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Introrectalgestation. For her efforts, Kimberly wins  a copy of the CD booklet for Opeth’s Watershed that has been signed by the entire band. I hope you get that framed, Kimberly!

This week, we have another awesome prize, again courtesy of the nice folks at Roadrunner Records:  a copy of the CD booklet for Times of Grace’s The Hymn of a Broken Man that has been signed by both Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach. Pretty sweet, right? And we’ve got TWO of ‘em to give away!

All you gotta do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select two winners and announce their names one week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by the reader known as “Utmu,” and it is a fucking doozy… best of luck reading it, ’cause I sure as shit can’t!

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Congrats to reader Peter Eisenberg. He correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Aposepsy, and for his troubles, he wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion archives. Enjoy ‘em, Pete!

This week we have a really super awesome prize: a copy of the CD booklet for Opeth’s Watershed that has been signed by the entire band, courtesy of the nice people at Roadrunner Records. I only have one of these, and, obviously, it’s pretty bad-ass. So you best be enterin’ this weeks contest, ya heard?

All you gotta do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by the reader known as “Black Shuck.” Thanks, brutha!

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Congrats to the reader that asked he be identified only as “Ball Cheese Sandwich On Rye” (charming). He correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Drug Lust, and for his troubles, he wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Enjoys those, Mr. Rye!

Don’t be too sad if you lost, though, ’cause we’re doin’ it again this week –  get five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. The winner will be happy.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

Thanks to Tim Bartolini for suggesting this week’s logo…

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Raise your invisible oranges to the sky for readers Chris McClain, Wendy Chung, Joe Heredia, Jamie Cluchey, and Kelsey Matson. They all correctly identified last week’s logo as beloning to the band Nidrike, and for their troubles, they each win a copy Ringworm’s latest, Scars, which is out now on Victory. Turn that shit up and MOSH you guys!

This week we’re back to emptying our coffers, so to speak. The winner will get five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. The winner will be happy.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

Thanks to John Villegas for suggesting this week’s logo…

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Horns up for reader Alex Goldberg. He correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Harrow, and for his troubles, he wins a copy of Unearth’s new album, Darkness in the Light, PLUS a killer Unearth beer bong. Alex, I sincerely hope you use that beer bong until you puke everywhere, preferably while cranking that Unearth CD!

This week we have another killer prize for you: five — yes, FIVE — copies of of Ringworm’s killer new slice of metallica hardcore, Scars, which is out today on Victory Records. Ringworm have been a major force in the scene for years now, and, apparently, they can party like no one else. In other words: you want this album… you NEED this album! And here’s your chance to win a copy.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select five winners and announce their names a week from today.

This week’s very, very challenging logo was sent in by Kraghen… thanks, dude!

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Invisible Oranges way the fuck up for readers Kassandra Aguero and Jeanene Maddox. They were two of only three people to correctly guess the logo for the week of June 28, which belongs to the charmingly monikered band, Anal. For their troubles, Kassandra and Jeanene each win ultra-limited edition (only 150 copies pressed!) white-vinyl-with-a-black-swirl copies of Based on a True Story, the latest album from legendary hardcore band Sick of it All. Enjoy those,you crazy kids!

This week we have another super-duper-awesome prize for you, this time courtesy the very nice folks at Metal Blade: a copy of Unearth’s moshtacular new CD, Darkness in the Light, AND one of those special Unearth beer bongs I raved about awhile back. They are frickin’ SWEET, dude. You can still order both the album and the beer bong (NOPE! The beer bongs were super-limited-edition, made just for pre-orders of the album, so you’re shit outta luck there. Sorry!) for yourself here, or, of course, just enter this contest and keep your fingers crossed!

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by a reader named Aaron. It always makes my life easier when you nice people send logos in, so keep ‘em comin’!

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Horns up for readers Alexis Taylor, Kyle Palmer, Eric Josi, and Andy Kiss! They each correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Nihlotep. For their troubles, they each get a copy of Turbid North’s kick-ass album, Orogeny, which is out now on Ironclad. Crank that shit up, guys!

This week we have another super awesome prize for you: two ultra-limited edition white-vinyl-with-a-black-swirl copies of Based on a True Story, the latest album from legendary hardcore band Sick of it All. Think Fast! Records is producing a variety of different vinyl editions of the album, all of which can be pre-ordered here — but this is the rarest, with only 150 copies being pressed. So either order yourself one ASAP, or enter this contest to make sure you don’t miss out!

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select two winners and announce their names a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Dan Anderson… thanks, Dan!

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So remember a couple of weeks back, when Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas attempted to see how many illegible band logos their employees could actually identify or, better still, just plain read? Well, now they’ve done it again, this time with members of Tombs and Kill the Client. And at first, the band dudes are all cocky, probably because whomever selected these logos somehow thought that these guys wouldn’t know who Slayer, Emperor, and Nachtmystium are. But then they start to break out some actually difficult-to-decipher logos — including several we’ve used for Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week — and, well, these guys start to have just as much trouble reading ‘em as anyone else might.

Check out the video below. It’s worth watching almost entirely for Kill the Client’s Champ Morgan, who is apparently a very opinionated, facetious, funny motherfucker, that I will now begin pursuing to write a column for MetalSucks, although based on this clip I’d guess he thinks we blow.

There’s still about twenty-four hours left to enter this week’s Completely Unreadable competition for a chance to win a copy of Turbid Norther’s Orogeny; then, tomorrow, we’ll start a new competition, in which we’ll be giving away some sweet vinyl copies of Sick of It All’s Based on a True Story. Get stoked.

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Thanks: Slippy MacNeil

Congrats to reader Camille Schwabe! She correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Gortuary. For her troubles, she gets five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Enjoy ‘em, Camille!

This week, we have another killer prize for you fine folks: four copies of Turbid North’s excellent album, Orogeny, which comes out today on Ironclad. Reviewing the record when it was still a self-released affair last year, I said that Turbid North “play muscular yet melodic modern death metal… [that] kicks all kinds of ass.” And the album has only grown on me since then — it’s a really, really good fuckin’ record. You can order Orogney here, or, of course, just enter this contest for a chance to win your copy!

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select four winners and announce their names a week from today.

This week’s logo was sent in by read MikeForbid. Thanks for the help, Mike!

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Big ups to readers Matthew Brignola and Travis Bellmare. They both correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Orisha Shakpana. For their troubles, they each win a copy of The Oculus, the new album from Sweden’s Inevitable End. Crank that shit, you lucky bastards!

This week we’re back to emptying our coffers, so to speak. The winner will get five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. The winner will be happy.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was very helpfully suggested by the reader known as Black Shuck… thanks, dude!

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Hey, here’s a neat idea : show people a bunch of difficult-to-decipher metal band logos and see if they can identify the band who use that logo. Someone should really take that idea and turn it into some kind of contest… hmm…

While I ponder that notion, check out the below video, in which employees from Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas attempt to decipher various metal band logos. They start out super-easy (Slayer… as if anyone couldn’t read their logo!) and then become increasingly illegible, although I don’t think they’re ever as challenging as some of the ones we’ve used in the past. But we’ve definitely used the last two in contests before.

Come back tomorrow when we’ll have an actual new edition of Completely Unreadable Band Logo of the Week, with some chance for you to win some cool shit, natch.

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Hats off to reader Sandy Dechter, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Slumber Death. For her troubles, Sandy wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Yyyyaaaayyy, Sandy!

This week, we have another super-duper-awesome prize to give away: not one, but two, count ‘em two, copies of The Oculus, the new album from Sweden’s Inevitable End. This record is fucking CRAZY, man. The A.V. Club recently called it “a spastic, intricately wiry mechanism of technical head-fuckery that rips apart any reassuring formula and leaves it oozing on the floor,” which is a glowing recommendation if I’ve ever read one. The album is out now on Relapse; you can order it here, or, of course, just enter this contest!

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly two winners and announce their names a week from today.

As was the case last week, this week’s logo was suggested by Kraghen… thanks, again, brutha!

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Mazel tov to reader Will Underwood, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Anguished. For his troubles, Will wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Congrats, Will!

Don’t be sad if you lost, though, ’cause we’re doing it again this week: the winner will get five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. We have lots of cool shit just laying around here, so there’s bound to be something in the package that you dig. And if not, well, that’s what eBay is for.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by Kraghen… thanks, dude!

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Mazel tov to reader Chris Schott, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Jenovavirus. For being such a smart fella, Chris wins a package from Black Market Activities, featuring vinyl test presses (pic here) of three of the label’s most highly anticipated forthcoming releases — Engineer’s Crooked Voices (out June 7), Khann’s Erode (also out June 7), and Ed Gein’s Bad Luck (out June 21). Chris, those are going to be serious collector’s items, brutha — cherish ‘em. Or hock ‘em for heroin money. Whatever you need, duder.

This week we’re back to emptying our coffers, so to speak. The winner will get five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. The winner will be happy.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by a reader with a kind of racist user name that I’d rather not repeat. But it’s a good logo.

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As we revealed yesterday, the answer to last week’s logo was Iwrestledabearonce, or IWABO (both answers were considered acceptable). A surprising amount of you got the wrong answer, but a lot of you got it right, too. Alas, there can be only two randomly-selected winners, and in this case, those winners are Andrew Hamblin and Jillian McClure. They each get a special prize pack from Century Media. Three cheers for Andy and Jill! (You guys don’t mind if I call you “Andy” and “Jill,” do ya?)

This week we have another awesome prize to give away: a package from Black Market Activities, featuring vinyl test presses (pic here) of three of the label’s most highly anticipated forthcoming releases — Engineer’s Crooked Voices (out June 7), Khann’s Erode (also out June 7), and Ed Gein’s Bad Luck (out June 21). If you already know these bands that you already know that these albums are worth getting excited about, and if you don’t, well… you should educate yourself. These albums are going to rule, and these are vinyl test presses, so they’re definitely gonna be collector’s items!

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select a winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Jason Apoch Weiss. Thanks, brother!

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So, uh, no one got correctly identified last week’s logo. A couple of you got close, but no one stuck the landing. That makes me perversely happy, since I do get quite a kick out of stumping you cats. And I’d tell you the band’s name now, but I’m not that nice a person. Instead, I’m gonna tuck it in my back pocket and re-use that logo at a later date. Get ready for the re-match.

In the meantime… this week we’re giving away two special prize packs from Century Media! Honestly, even we don’t know what’s in them! But that label has a stupidly impressive roster, so there’s bound to be some cool shit!

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly two winner and announce their names a week from today.

I will be curious to see how many of you actually get it right this week.

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Well, I fucked up and forgot to post this yesterday. Sorry.

ANYWAY, mazel tov to readers Eleazar Valdez and Joel Pospychala, who each identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Internal Evisceration. Eleazar and Joel each win an awesome awesome MetalSucks Fan Pack! And if you lost, don’t forget that you can still buy one of these bad boys at any f.y.e. for just ten bucks. Get the location of your closest f.y.e.here.

This week we’re back to emptying our coffers, so to speak. The winner will get five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. The winner will be happy.

All you gots to do to win is identify the name of the band whose logo appears below, then shoot me an e-mail at axl AT metalsucks DOT net with your answer, your name, and your address. ALL ENTRIES WITHOUT AN ADDRESS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly one winner and announce his or her name a week from today.

This week’s logo was suggested by winner Eleazar Valdez… which means Eleazar is really the coolest dude on the block this week.

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