Category: Contests

CONTEST: PROVE YOUR OMNISCIENCE AND WIN A FREE ZILTOID PLUSH PUPPET!

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Dec.16, 2011

Yes, this is actually my tree.

INDEED, EARTHLINGS. As a small way of saying thank you for helping us reach 2000 likes on Facebook, we’ll be giving away a Ziltoid plush puppet. I was so excited when these omniscient plushes went on sale that I purchased two of them — one for myself and one for you folks to fight over! Mine is hanging out on top of the Christmas tree in my house. While it’s doubtful I could get it to you in time for Christmas, you could do some other cool stuff with him too! You could:

Walk around with him on your hand and have conversations a la Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hat.
Pretend to be Devin Townsend.
Scare a baby
Attach him to your car’s radio antenna, so you can Hyperdrive.
And some other stuff, I’m sure!

But we want to make sure that this goes to someone worthy of His Greatness, The Mighty Ziltoid. Here’s what you gotta do; after the jump, we have a trivia questionnaire that you need to fill out concerning Ziltoid. The more questions you get correct, the greater your chance is of winning, so don’t feel defeated if you can’t get them all. Email us all of your answers to mail[at]heavyblogisheavy[dot]com with the subject “I AM OMNISCIENT!” I’ll give you guys a week. How does that sound? Here are the questions:

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Tags: Devin Townsend, Ziltoid

GIVEAWAY: WIN A FREE COPY OF GOD BLESS OZZY OSBOURNE ON BLU-RAY/DVD!

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Dec.14, 2011

Ozzy Osbourne is one of the most iconic and influential figures in metal. One could argue that we wouldn’t be where we are in heavy music today had it not been for Black Sabbath‘s original lineup, and you just have to appreciate him for what he did for metal. The recent documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne details some of the inner-workings of the man’s 40 year career. Here’s the official synopsis:

Ozzy Osbourne’s four decade track record as a culturally relevant artist is unprecedented, but his personal struggles have been shrouded in secrecy, until now. Featuring never before seen footage uncovered from the archives and interviews with Paul McCartney, Tommy Lee and others, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne is the first documentary to take viewers inside the complex mind of rock’s great icon. Emerging from a working class family in war torn England, Osbourne and his neighborhood friends formed Black Sabbath and invented heavy metal. Plagued by self doubt, Osbourne the solo superstar went on a binge that lasted 40 years. God Bless Ozzy Osbourne will relive the highs of his triumphs as well as his journey to sobriety, which Ozzy regards as his greatest accomplishment

This documentary is available now on Blu-Ray and DVD, but Universal Music Group were kind enough to grant us THREE COPIES to give away in the format of your choice!

To enter, simply email your name, address, and format of your choice (Blu-ray or DVD) with the subject “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne” to mail[at]heavyblogisheavy[dot]com.

Unfortunately, this is open to those in the US and Canada only. You have until Sunday night at midnight (EST), December 18th, to enter. Tell your friends!

- JR

Tags: Black Sabbath, ozzy osbourne

What Do You Mean We Should Have Posted This Last Week??

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Jul.22, 2011

The thing about going on holiday is that it makes you complacent and you give about 0.0001 fucks about anything else but soaking up that delicious skin cancer and getting covered in corn flies.

As such, I neglected to announce the winners for the “No Place Like Home” competition with Visions from a couple of weeks ago. My bad…

So anyway, the premise was that you’d say what kind of super vision you’d like to have and what you’d do with it. I made a witty joke about finally being able to actually see your own penis, and everyone laughed heartily. They were some good times.

The first winner was Nathan Marshall, who said: “If I had super-vision, I’d have adult super-vision so I could play on the big slides..” – which was my favourite answer too!

The second winner was Marshall Snedeker, whose answer mysteriously disappeared from Visions’ Facebook wall, but was something to do with using his third eye to astral project, and there was a spiffy .jpeg included.

The Marshalls have been notified, and the competition is of course closed, but you can still pick up the awesome new album Home from Basick Records now!

- CG

Tags: Basick Records, Home, Visions

Time To Restore Some Order Up In This Bitch

Filed Under: Blog Updates, Contests

Jul.18, 2011

That’s right you bunch of mouth-breathing, gorilla-faced window lickers; I’m back! For anyone who is interested, I went to one of the rainiest places in England and had six days of solid sunshine. Suck it.

Seems like I missed some good shit. We had sixty seconds of new Mastodon that got Jimmy a bit wet in the nether regions. Aliases got covered in some sort of green Hulk-jizz. Wolves In The Throne Room released some wordy bollocks about their new album, and we learned that we are all big fucking hipsters. Big surprise.

In my eagerness to go on my first holiday in four years, I neglected to announce the winners for the “No Place Like Home” competition from a couple of weeks ago. Fear not though; the votes are in, and we’ll be announcing them a bit later.

We also started a super-exciting competition last week to win two pairs of tickets, plus a lucky meet-and-greet for Slayer and Rob Zombie‘s show in Vancouver, Canada. So, you know. Get on that.

So here we go with another week. Got some good stuff for today; enjoy!

- CG

Tags: Aliases, Basick Records, Home, Mastodon, Rob Zombie, Slayer, Visions, Wolves in the Throne Room

Speaking Of Contests, Enter To Win A Guitar Signed By Dave Mustaine

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Jul.13, 2011

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’re giving away meet and greet passes/tickets to see Rob Zombie and Slayer in Vancouver. We’ve had a couple of entries already, so if you’re in the area, you need to hit this up at some point in the next two weeks! If you’re feeling lucky, you can now also enter to win a signed Megadeth Peace Sells Dean guitar signed by the man himself, Dave Mustaine, in a contest that is being sponsored by our good friends That Devil Music. You can click the above banner graphic for more information and to enter the contest! Good luck!

- JR

Tags: Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Slayer

HEAVY BLOG’S ‘ZOMBIE SLAYER’ GIVEAWAY: WIN TWO MEET AND GREET PASSES FOR ROB ZOMBIE AND MEMBERS OF SLAYER IN VANCOUVER!

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Jul.12, 2011

Esteemed metal brethren, it is my honor to present to you the opportunity to meet Rob Zombie and members of the seminal thrash band Slayer on their August 3rd stop in Vancouver during their Hell on Earth tour, with special guests Exodus. How do you win?! It’s simple:

If all hell were to break loose and zombies came out of the woodwork, how would you slay them?!

First Prize Winner: Two (2) tickets for the show, including meet-and-greet passes to meet Rob Zombie and members of Slayer.

Second Prize Winner: Two (2) tickets for the show.

The funniest/most creative answers will win. You can make it as long or short as you want, so long as I remain amused! Send your entry along with your full name to mail(at)heavyblogisheavy(dot)com with the subject “Zombie Slayer!” (without quotes). You have two weeks to enter (winners are selected July 26th), so feel free to give your entry some thought.

- JR

Tags: Exodus, Rob Zombie, Slayer

THE HEAVY BLOG “NO PLACE LIKE HOME” GIVEAWAY: WIN TWO SIGNED COPIES OF VISIONS’ NEW ALBUM HOME, A T-SHIRT…AND SOME STICKERS!!

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Jul.04, 2011

We are really fucking good to you. All right, so you’re our favourite child (yes, I’m looking at you), but if we’re not careful you’re going to grow into the kind of wanker who sprays £120,000 bottles of champagne about like…well, a wanker.

This week we’ve got two Visions goodie bags to give away, including a t-shirt, stickers, and a signed copy of their new album Home, which is out on July 18th through Basick Records. Here’s what you have to do to get your hands on the swag:

Tag Visions in a Facebook status (you’ll have to ‘like’ their page here first) with the phrase “If I had super-vision, I’d have…” and answer the following question as creatively as possible:

If you had a kind of super-vision, what would it be, and for what would you use it?

You know, like heat vision to cook your burrito faster, or micro vision so you can see your own penis; something like that!

The results will be judged by the boys in the band, and we’ll announce the winner here at the same time next week. The deadline for entries is midnight EST on Sunday 10th July.

Check out their recently released FREE to download track “Attentive; Reverie“, and catch my review of the album later today!

Now get to it!

- CG

Tags: Basick Records, Home, Visions

THE HEAVY BLOG “TAKE A MASSIVE STEAMING POE” MAGICAL MYSTERY GIVEAWAY, DAY FIVE: THE ANSWER!

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Jul.01, 2011

From that chamber, and from that mansion, I fled aghast. The storm was still abroad in all its wrath as I found myself crossing the old causeway. Suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and I turned to see whence a gleam so unusual could have issued ; for the vast house and its shadows were alone behind me. The radiance was that of the full, setting, and blood-red moon, which now shone vividly through that once barely-discernible fissure, of which I have before spoken as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base. While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened – there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind – the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight – my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder – there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters – and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the “House of Usher .”

Well that’s a fucking creepy image isn’t it?

We’re now at the end of our big competition this month – day five! The “Take A Massive Steaming Poe” has been a blast, but it’s all down to this final clue. Yes; the entire competition is NOW CLOSED.

This time last Friday we asked you to swing by Australian post-metallers The Matador‘s Facebook page and tell us to which of famed author Edgar Allen Poe’s works does the above picture relate. Again, there was a big clue in the big ugly mug staring out from the poster, but it’s a little context dependent.

The man is Usher, which combined with our hand list of Poe’s works, could have meant only one thing: our final story is “The Fall of the House of Usher“, a frankly bizarre and very creepy story about an apparently sentient house and two super-weird siblings. Right then!

Well done to everyone who figured it out, but the final winner is none other than Matthew Richards from Surrey Downs in Australia! Details are with the band my friend, and your loot should be sent off soon.

So that’s it for this week…but keep your beady little eyes peeled next week, as we’ll have ANOTHER CONTEST for you lucky scoundrels! Damn, we’re good to you.

Until then…

- CG

Tags: Descent Into The Maelstrom, Edgar Allen Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Matador, Usher

THE HEAVY BLOG “TAKE A MASSIVE STEAMING POE” MAGICAL MYSTERY GIVEAWAY, DAY FOUR: THE ANSWER!

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Jun.30, 2011

And still the men chatted pleasantly , and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no? They heard! — they suspected! — they KNEW! — they were making a mockery of my horror! — this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! — and now — again — hark! louder! louder! louder! LOUDER! –

“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!”

We’re nearing the end of our big competition this month – day four we’re on! The “Take A Massive Steaming Poe” has been fun, but it ain’t over yet, even though the first, second, third and fourth sections of which are NOW CLOSED.

This time last Thursday we asked you to swing by Australian post-metallers The Matador‘s Facebook page and tell us to which of famed author Edgar Allen Poe’s works does the above picture relate. Well, it’s pretty obvious that it’s a heart, which could mean only one thing; but to tie it in even closer, we chose a screenshot from The Simpsons episode “Lisa’s Rival“, which follows a similar plot to the story we were hinting at – albeit less gruesome.

The story we were referring to was “The Tell-Tale Heart” – almost if not as famous as “The Raven” – in which an old man is murdered, and the killer’s guilt drives him to confession.

The knowledge wasn’t too context-dependant, so a bunch of you sent your answers in, but the lucky winner on this occasion is Eric Yanyo!

Cool swag bro. Your details are with the band, who will send you your gear.

As for the rest of you, there is still ONE final chance to win – it’s the final 24 hours, so make sure you don’t miss out! The lastwinner, for day five, will be announced this time tomorrow.

- CG

Tags: Descent Into The Maelstrom, Edgar Allen Poe, Lisa's Rival, The Matador, The Simpsons, The Tell-Tale Heart

THE HEAVY BLOG “TAKE A MASSIVE STEAMING POE” MAGICAL MYSTERY GIVEAWAY, DAY THREE: THE ANSWER!

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Jun.29, 2011

Down — certainly, relentlessly down! It vibrated within three inches of my bosom! I struggled violently — furiously — to free my left arm. This was free only from the elbow to the hand. I could reach the latter, from the platter beside me to my mouth with great effort, but no farther. Could I have broken the fastenings above the elbow, I would have seized and attempted to arrest the pendulum. I might as well have attempted to arrest an avalanche!

Day three, and the mid-week point for our “Take A Massive Steaming Poe” contest answer sheets, the first, second and third sections of which are NOW CLOSED.

This time last Wednesday we asked you to swing by Australian post-metallers The Matador‘s Facebook page and tell us to which of famed author Edgar Allen Poe’s works does the above picture relate. The clues here were twofold: any metalhead worth his salt would see the pit before the stage, and the banner on the stage itself announces the second part of the clue. There’s a pit. There’s Pendulum.

Easy peasy. The answer, of course, was “The Pit and the Pendulum“, a claustrophobic and terrifying tale of a man seemingly condemned to an excruciatingly slow and inevitable death at the hands of the Inquisition.

Loads of you got it, and the lucky winner of the third of our five prize packages is Dan Grover!

Well done, you big cuddly bastard. We’ll forward your details on to the band who will send your prize on to you.

As for the rest of you, there are still twomore chances to win – it’s getting slim, somake sure you don’t miss out! The next winner, for day four, will be announced this time tomorrow.

- CG

Tags: Descent Into The Maelstrom, Edgar Allen Poe, Pendulum, The Matador, The Pit and the Pendulum