June is going to be a huge month for metal releases and it starts with a bang today, the month’s first Tuesday. New releases by Morbid Angel, Arch Enemy, Job For A Cowboy and Amorphis are the biggest hitters, while new ones from Origin, Engineer, Gigan, Khann and Tombs are sure to put some hair on your chest. And that’s just a small sampling of all that comes out today. Vic Vaughn on each and every one of ‘em after the jump.

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Congrats to the winners of last week’s Funny Photo Caption contest, our most popular one ever, and with good reason: these two lucky cats each get vinyl copies of Protest the Hero’s Fortress and Kezia:

Alex: “Over A Billion Faces Melted.”

TedTedPoleyPoley: “A typical band rehearsal day… as seen from the eyes of Vinnie Paul.”

This week we’re giving away a four-pack of Metal Blade CDs; Overcast’s Reborn to Kill Again, Falconer’s Among Beggars and Thieves, One Way Mirror’s self-titled debut and Austrian Death Machine’s Total Brutal. Just come up with a funny caption to the below photo and they’re all yours. [Thanks to Sammy for the pic.]

I guess technically this isn’t a “dreadful demo” since this band is at least somewhat known… but the video alone alone is worthy of a “dreadful demo files” post. As one YouTube commenter put it, “OMG the low-budgetness burns.” Yes, yes it does. As do the cheesey ego-poses, fists to the sky, and camera-point-and-winks. The music actually isn’t that bad (until the cheese-ball chorus) — but the video is pretty much a lesson in what not to do. Aspiring bands, take note.

-VN