Last week we offered up three copies of Revolver’s shiny new Pantera issue for our funny photo caption contest. Without further ado, the winners are:

• Schenkeltown: “For just $50, Lars Ulrich and Dani Filth will stand on your wedding cake too!”
• Sacajawea: “Not realizing that this was actually the cake from his bachelor party, they accidentally killed the midget stripper hiding inside.”
• akeldama: “We’re level 70 White Trash.”

This week we’re offering up two CD copies of Buzzov*en‘s Violence From the Vault, a collection of 5 previously unreleased tracks recorded by the Sore lineup in 1995. Just come up with a funny caption to the below photo (sent in by Eric C.) and remember to use a real email address to comment (not Facebook connect) so we can contact the winners.

Los Angeles psychedelic-doom drivers Ancestors are already back with another new album after last year’s acclaimed two track debut Neptune With Fire, and this time around they’re  arguably even more ambitious. On the eight track Of Sound Mind, the band expands their scope and continues their doom-laden trip down nostalgia lane, with plenty of prog rock inspirations. And lots of guitars.

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16 is a fucking brutal band on Relapse that doesn’t get nearly enough coverage here, largely due to the band’s apparent refusal to embark on a lengthy tour to promote its latest collection of furious violent outbursts Bridges To Burn, which our own Satan Rosenbloom reviewed back in January. I actually dig this album way more than my colleague, and it ranks among my favorite records released this year thus far. In order to express my love for this band, in the hopes that you’ll check 16 out and become a fan of its de-motivational music, here’s an update on the group’s current goings-on.

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