We’re back! And congrats to reader Mike Tyrrell, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Xeöhl. Mike wins a whopping TEN CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives! GO MIKE!

This week we have an extra-special-super-duper prize for you: two copies of the totally awesome MetalSucks Fan Pack, which is nowavailable exclusively at all f.y.e. stores! Not only does this limited edition box full o’ metal come with a CD featuring twenty brootal tunes by twenty brootal bands (including Kvelertak, Trap Them, Believer, Napalm Death, TesseracT, Thomas Giles, Deicide and a bunch more) but it also comes with that HOLY SHIT THAT IS SO KILLER t-shirt you see above, which was designed by our friend Rodney Githens from Vertebrae 33 (you might also recognize his work from this sexy t-shirt and this Louvre-worthy poster that he did for us). It’s only $9.99 in stores (get the location of your closest f.y.e. here — you can also enter a contest to win this custom guitar!), but if you’re somehow too broke to pay ten bucks, or you don’t live near an f.y.e., well, here’s your chance to win one for free!

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 next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Brian Kessler… thanks, Brian!

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Congrats to readers Kenn Garza and Kirby Aquino; they each identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Slechtvalk, and for their troubles, they each win a copy of Red Fang’s new album, , which is out today on Relapse. Congrats, fellas! Make sure you crank that shit when you play it, it really does just sound better when you’re pissing off the neighbors.

Which brings us to this week’s competition! Vince and I are actually taking another bidness trip next week, which means there will be no unreadable band logo (two other inhabitants of the MetalSucks Mansion will be running the site in our absence). That means that this week’s contest will actually end on 4/26! And to really make the extended deadline count, I’m giving away TEN CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives! Who loves ya, baby?

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 on April 26.

This week’s logo was suggested to us by reader Andreas Kragh Jacobsen, and while I (obviously) know what it says, I still can’t believe that it says that. So, yeah, this is a hard one. Hey, I gotta make those ten CDs count, y’know?

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Congrats to reader Ross Hodo, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Arboris Mortuus. Ross wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives! GO, ROSS, GO!!!

This week we have another super-duper-awesome-fun-time prize for you, courtesy the fine folks at Relapse Records: two, count ‘em two, copies of Red Fang’s latest scorcher, Murder the Mountains. It comes out one week from today, on April 12, and you can pre-order it here, or, of course, just enter this contest. And if you’re too stupid to know how badly you want a copy, you can now stream the entire record here and get educated.

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 next week.

This week’s logo was sent in by reader Amelia Rupp, and it’s a doozy…

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Congrats to reader Nick Kitson, who correctly identified last week’s logo as beloning to the band Syny Severa. Nick wins five CDs from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Yaaaaaayyyy Nick!

And we’re doin’ it again this week! I’m gonna send the winner FIVE CDs from the MetalSucks archives!!!  And there’s some good shit in here, too. You will be happy to have it (or at least re-sell it on eBay).

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 next week.

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

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Congrats to reader Monika Alexander, who correctly identified last week’s logo as beloning to the band Bile Nephrosis. Monika wins any three CDs or DVDs of her choice from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Hoo-ray for Monika!

So I’m upping the ante a little bit now, but I’m also changing the rules: I’m gonna send the winner FIVE CDs from the MetalSucks archives… but he or she will not get to choose. Sorry, it’s just getting to hard to keep an accurate inventory all the stuff we have lying around. But I promise, I’m not just giving away shitty demos by bands you’ve never heard of, and with five CDs in there, something will tickle you.

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 next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Jeremy Shaffer. Thanks for sending all the logos you guys! Keep ‘em comin’!!!

Reader Amelia Rupp suggested this week’s logo, and, uh… all I can say is, “Fuck.” Whomever wins this week is gonna really earn that shit.

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Congrats to reader Steven Ming, one of the very few readers who correctly identified last week’s logo as beloning to the band Klan MuvaM. Steven wins any three CDs or DVDs of her choice from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Hoo-ray for Eliza!

But don’t be too sad if you didn’t win, ’cause we’re doin’ it again this week: I’ll e-mail the winner and give him or her a list of whatever CDs and/or DVDs we happen to have here at the Mansion, and said winner can take his or her pick of any THREE 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 one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Jeremy Shaffer. Thanks for sending all the logos you guys! Keep ‘em comin’!!!

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Congrats to reader Eliza Vlasova, who correctly identified last week’s logo as beloning to the band Distorted Impalement. Eliza wins any three CDs or DVDs of her choice from the MetalSucks Mansion Archives. Hoo-ray for Eliza!

But don’t be too sad if you didn’t win, ’cause we’re doin’ it again this week: I’ll e-mail the winner and give him or her a list of whatever CDs and/or DVDs we happen to have here at the Mansion, and said winner can take his or her pick of any THREE 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 one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Dillon Lyons. Keep sending me those logos, guys, it makes my life way easier!

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Congrats to reader Andrew Sares, who correctly identified last week’s logo as beloning to the band Lacerated Entrails. For his troubles, Andrew wins a blu-ray copy of Lemmy: The Motion Picture. Enjoy it, Andrew!

This week I’m back to trying to clear space from the over-stuffed shelves here at the MetalSucks Mansion. So, once again, I’ll e-mail the winner and give him or her a list of whatever CDs and/or DVDs we happen to have here at the Mansion, and said winner can take his or her pick of any THREE 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 one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Gerry Dreher. Thanks, Gerry!

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Congratulations to reader Cody Coates, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Anencephalic Phallopagus. Cody wins a copy of the new Abaddon Incarnate/Phobia split 7″! Three cheers for Cody! Hip-hip-hoo-ray! Hip-hip-hoo-ray! HIP-HIP-HOO-RAY!

This week we have another super-duper special prize for you, courtesy the nice folks at Megaforce: a Blu-ray copy of the new documentary Lemmy: 49% Motherfuckker, 51% Son of a Bitch. I just watched this bad boy over the weekend and it’s a really, really in-depth and fascinating look into the life and mind of one of metal’s most influential icons. And the Blu-ray comes with a metric TON of extra features. It hits shelves today (and entered this week’s Soundscan video chart at #1) — you can order a Blu-ray copy here or a DVD copy 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 select one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was provided, yet again, by the great David Foust. David, I really appreciate you scouring the internet for these things so that I don’t have to!

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Hats off to reader Derek Navardauskas, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Antediluvian. Derek wins some random shit of his choice from all the random shit we have laying around the MetalSucks Mansion right now. Yyyyaaaayyy, Derek!

This week we have another awesome prize for you: a copy of the new Abaddon Incarnate/Phobia split 7″, which is coming out on February 25 on Underground Movement. It features three new tracks from Irish grinders Abbadon Incarnate and four new songs from the already-legendary Phobia, so, yeah, you know you fucking want this. Only 500 copies of this bad boy will be pressed! You can pre-order it via PayPal by sending payment to ianlawless@gmail.com ($8.82/£5.50 in Ireland, $11.50/£7.20 in the rest of the world, and specify if you want a black vinyl or a white vinyl — the white ones are rarer, and are avail only via preorder). Or, of course, you can 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 select one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Gary Dreher. Thanks, Gary!

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Congrats to readers Doug Klein Jr., Aldon Miller, Jacob Archuleta, Rob Holt, and Josh Link! They each correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Rogers Met an Iranian. For their troubles, they each win a bottle of Metalliance Hot Sauce, the new sauce from GiddyUp! Sauces created to celebrate the Metalliance Tour Helmet, Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa, Red Fang, Howl, and The Atlast Moth. Enjoy the hot sauce, fellas, I just know it’s gonna rip you a new one. And don’t forget that you can buy tickets to the Metalliance Tour, including special VIP packages, here.

This week I am once again giving away some extra goodies we have laying around the Mansion, because holy shit do we have a lot of awesome stuff just laying around collecting dust, and I’d rather one of you cats be enjoy than it just sit on our shelf. So, once again, I’ll e-mail the winner and give him or her a list of whatever CDs and/or DVDs we happen to have here at the Mansion, and said winner can take his or her pick of any THREE 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 one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by Richard Liew, and it is re-goddamn-diculous. So at least we know whoever wins next week will have earned that shit.

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Hats off to reader Michael Teague, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Decrepit Depravity. Michael wins an awesome Lamb of God/Splatterhouse prize pack, which includes a copy of the Splatterhouse game, a Splatterhouse t-shirt, a Splatterhouse set of iPod Speakers, and a Splatterhouse logo statue. Michael, don’t forget to play that game as loud as possible, ’cause not only is it fun to kill digital pixels, but the soundtrack features not just Lamb of God, but also Mastodon, Goatwhore, The Haunted, Municipal Waste, High on Fire, and Cavalera Conspiracy. Niiiiiice.

This week we have another awesome prize for you: five bottles of Metalliance Hot Sauce, the new sauce from GiddyUp! Sauces created to celebrate the Metalliance Tour, an KICK-MOTHERFUCKING-ASS new package trek featuring Helmet, Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa, Red Fang, Howl, and The Atlast Moth. Holy shit, that’s a great line-up. And since GiddyUp! Sauces is the brain child of Steve “Buckshot” Seabury, author of Mosh Potatoes: Recipes, Anecdotes, and Mayhem from the Heavyweights of Heavy Metal and bassist for Moth Eater, you know this sauce is gonna be all kinds of delicious.

Below is the super-evil-looking poster for the Metalliance Tour; you can get dates after the jump, and tickets, including special VIP packages, here.

So how do you get the sauce? 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 up to five winners (less, if fewer of you get the right answer!) and announce their names next week. Please note that the sauce has not yet entered production, and will therefore take 2-3 weeks to ship.

Thanks to Dillon Lyons for this week’s logo…

And here are those Metalliance Tour dates…

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Hats off to reader Michael Teague, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Decrepit Depravity. Michael wins an awesome Lamb of God/Splatterhouse prize pack, which includes a copy of the Splatterhouse game, a Splatterhouse t-shirt, a Splatterhouse set of iPod Speakers, and a Splatterhouse logo statue. Michael, don’t forget to play that game as loud as possible, ’cause not only is it fun to kill digital pixels, but the soundtrack features not just Lamb of God, but also Mastodon, Goatwhore, The Haunted, Municipal Waste, High on Fire, and Cavalera Conspiracy. Niiiiiice.

This week we have another awesome prize for you: five bottles of Metalliance Hot Sauce, the new sauce from GiddyUp! Sauces created to celebrate the Metalliance Tour, an KICK-MOTHERFUCKING-ASS new package trek featuring Helmet, Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Kylesa, Red Fang, Howl, and The Atlast Moth. Holy shit, that’s a great line-up. And since GiddyUp! Sauces is the brain child of Steve “Buckshot” Seabury, author of Mosh Potatoes: Recipes, Anecdotes, and Mayhem from the Heavyweights of Heavy Metal and bassist for Moth Eater, you know this sauce is gonna be all kinds of delicious.

Below is the super-evil-looking poster for the Metalliance Tour; you can get dates after the jump, and tickets, including special VIP packages, here.

So how do you get the sauce? 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 up to five winners (less, if fewer of you get the right answer!) and announce their names next week. Please note that the sauce has not yet entered production, and will therefore take 2-3 weeks to ship.

Thanks to Dillon Lyons for this week’s logo…

And here are those Metalliance Tour dates…

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Congrats to readers Brock Morgan, Sean Prosser, Pablo Gonzalez, and Hunter Shepard, each of whom correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Medic Vomiting Pus. For their efforts, they each win a copy of Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, the new album from legendary punkers Social Distortion! Congrats, dudes!

This week, we have an extra special prize, courtesy the nice people at Sony Music: a Lamb of God/Splatterhouse prize pack. In case you hadn’t heard, Lamb of God’s “Walk with Me in Hell” appears on the soundtrack for the latest installment of the horror video game, along with music from a bunch of other awesome metal bands, including Mastodon, Goatwhore, The Haunted, Municipal Waste, High on Fire, and Cavalera Conspiracy. Plus, the game is about, like, murder n’ stuff. In other words, it’s the most metal video game ever!!! So here’s what’s in the prize pack, which is also pictured below:

• One (1) copy of the Splatterhouse game (on either PS3 or Xbox 360, your choice)
• One (1) Splatterhouse T-Shirt
• One (1) set of Splatterhouse iPod Speakers
• One (1) Splatterhouse Logo Statue

Pretty sweet, right?

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. Also, please be sure to specify if you want a copy of the game for your Xbox or PS3 should you win. From everyone who gets it right, we’ll randomly select a winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by the great logo suggester, David Foust. It’s, really, really hard, but for a prize this kick-ass, it’s worth the extra effort…

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Congrats to reader Michael Curbo, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Putrid Carnage, or, as I know it, Thanksgiving at the Rosenberg House. Michael wins a bunch of shit that I have lying around. Thanks for helping me clear some shelf space, Michael!

This week the nice folks at Epitaph records are supplying us with four copies of Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, the new album from legendary punkers Social Distortion! I honestly have not had a chance to check this one out yet, but it’s Social Distortion, so it’s hard for me to imagine that it doesn’t kick butt all up n’ down the boulevard. You can order a copy 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 select four winners and announce their names next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by reader Devin Garvin, and it’s a doozy…

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Congrats to reader Alice Guspie! She correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Goat Ass Trumpet. For her troubles, Alice wins three CDs and/or DVDs of her choice from the current MetalSucks Mansion Shit We Have Lying Around Pile. Congrats, Alice!

This week I am once again giving away some extra goodies we have laying around the Mansion, because holy shit do we not need fifteen copies of Sanctity’s first and final album (don’t worry, we have some good stuff here, too). So, once again, I’ll e-mail the winner and give him or her a list of whatever CDs and/or DVDs we happen to have here at the Mansion, and said winner can take his or her pick of any THREE 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 one winner and announce his or her name next week.

This week’s logo was sent in by The Grand Poobah of Unreadable Band Logo Suggesters, David Foust…

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So I promised that I’d announce the winner of the last Completely Unreadable Band Logo of 2010 before the New Year, and then I didn’t. I apologize. In my defense, I remembered, but I was drinking heavily and couldn’t be bothered.

ANYWAY, Pat DeFrancisci got the right answer — the band was called Thy Slaughter — and he was the only one who got the right answer, so shame on the rest of you. Pat wins a Long Livebundle from The Chariot that comes with a CD copy of their awesome new album (Long Live – duh — out now on Good Fight) as well as t-shirt. Enjoy it, Pat!

This week we’re back to giving away some extra goodies we have laying around the Mansion, ’cause you guys seem to be really into it when we do that. So I’ll e-mail the winner and give him or her a list of whatever CDs and/or DVDs we happen to have here at the Mansion, and said winner can take his or her pick of any THREE items. I’m a nice guy like that.

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 next week.

This week’s logo was suggested by a reader calling himself “Viking,” and it’s completely fucking ridiculous. But I’m curious to see who can get it. Consider the gauntlet thrown, motherfuckers.

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Congrats to readers Samuel Formato and Brad Maddox. They correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Portae Obscuritas. For their troubles, they each win of Lamb of God‘s Hourglass box set on vinyl! Congrats, fellas!

For the final Unreadable Band Logo of 2010, we have a very special prize for y’all: a Long Live bundle from The Chariot that comes with a CD copy of their awesome new album (Long Live – duh — out now on Good Fight) as well as t-shirt. If you’ve been reading MetalSucks regularly, you know that Vince and I both think this album rules, so if for some reason you don’t already own a copy, well… get on that 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 select a winner, andI’ll announce his or her name next week, even though we won’t be doing a new contest until January 4.

This last logo of the year was suggested by reader Curtis Mann…

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Congrats to readers Jimmy Fondren and Suraj Patra, both of whom correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Insan Iblis. (Also, congrats to all the readers who noticed I’ve used this logo before. Whoopsie.) Jimmy and Suraj each win a grind prize pack from Relapse Records, containing the latest releases from Murder Construct, Kill the Client, and Phobia. Enjoy those, fellas! And if you didn’t win, don’t forget that you can order each of the albums directly from Relapse here.

This week we have another killer prize to give away: two copies of Lamb of God‘s Hourglass box set on vinyl! The set includes all six of Lamb of God’s studio albums (Burn The Priest, New American Gospel, As The Palaces Burn, Ashes of the Wake, Sacrament, and Wrath) on 180 gram vinyl, encased in a linen-wrapped collector’s box. Pretty awesome, right? You can order one of these bad boys 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 select two winners and announce their names next week.

This week’s logo was suggested to us one of this week’s winners, Suraj Patra. And I’m quite sure we’ve never used it before!

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Congrats to reader Christian H. McClain, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to Ishitrobots. Christian wins an awesome prize pack from Eagle Rock Entertainment, including new DVDs from Heaven and Hell, Velvet Revolver, Black Sabbath, and Rush. Congrats, Christian!!!

This week we have another super-sweet offering for you lucky cats — two grind prize packs from Relapse Records, containing the following albums:

• The self-titled debut from death-grind all-stars Murder Construct (which we’re currently streaming here!)
• Kill the Client‘s Set for Extinction
• Phobia‘s Unrelenting

All three of these releases are guaranteed to flatten your brain like a kitty under a steamroller. You can order ‘em directly from Relapse 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 select two winners and announce their names next week.

This week’s logo was suggested to us by reader John Lindmeier. Thanks, J-Lin!

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