Let’s cut to the chase: the winner to last week’s funny photo caption contest, hands down, is this golden comment submitted by “(required)”:

As bad as he is at stealing band names, Dino proves to be even worse at stealing second base. This can be at least partially blamed on the distracting reminder of his favorite meal, strategically placed on the pitcher’s shirt.

For his/her wit, “(required)” wins a big package of CDs from Earache Records. This week the good folks at Relapse Records are providing us with two prize packages, each containing the latest CDs by MetalSucks approved bands Man Must Die and Howl. Just come up with a funny caption to the below photo, and they’re yours. If you’ve been following the past several weeks of funny photo caption contests (last week excepted), this fine young chap should look familiar…

I’ve always wondered who actually reads those press quotes companies put on album covers and ads and takes them seriously. Like, who actually sees a poster for some movie they’ve never heard of and goes, “Gee, Gene Siskel said it’s ‘Thrilling!’, maybe I’ll check this one out!”? That is until Relapse Records booked a banner ad with us for the new Man Must Die album No Tolerance For Imperfection which comes out tomorrow. According to the ad, Terrorizer called the record “An unrelenting tech-death firestorm”; little bells went off inside my head whilst entering the banner into our system. Tech-death? I like tech-death. Firestorm? I like firestorms. Who is this techy, deathy, firestormy band I have never heard of? Man Must Die. I must know more. CLICK.

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