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Alright people, want a super simple way to get featured on the HAH blog? I don’t care if you are a fellow blogger, a musician, a publicist, music journalist, Rock/Metal photographer, or admin for a music website. I don’t care what part of the world you are in either. This offer is open to all of you. So listen up and spread the word!

Make a video asking people that go to your site to submit stuff to HAH. Again, this could be fans of your band, readers of your webzine, or whatever. Just explain very quickly why it is important that they submit links from your website to HAH. Then upload it to YouTube and embed it into your site’s news stream. Then submit that link to HAH. We will see that and feature it on this blog. Then we will promote the direct link to your site on every social network we can.

Get us to promote your site! Again, this is open to our friends worldwide. We only ask that the video is done in English. Nothing against those who speak other languages, this is just an English speaking site. Both our users and ourselves need to understand it.

The most entertaining videos will get ranked in a top ten list as well. This contest ends June 1st.

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The Final Winners for Our March contest

Winners

This is the end…my only friend the end
So the contest here has ended. Why do I use the above quote from The Doors? Because I’m exhausted! This thing was a ton of fun, but damn am I tired! The final winners will now be announced. The only question is who will remain active? Will this site survive? Yes, this site will die if the users don’t support it. This is a 100% user driven website. Without you people we are gone. A site that is driven by content can keep putting out content no matter what. A user driven site doesn’t do a damn thing unless the users are there to keep it alive. So to say that you users are important to us is a massive understatement. We can’t stress this enough. We are only as valuable as you users want us to be. Without you we die. So we hope you have fallen in love with this site as much as we have.

First Prize Goes To…
First prize goes to cgt2099, so he can now collect $1000! Just download the legal form HERE, fill it out, and snail mail it back to us (do not email it). For legal reasons we have to have anyone who wins more than $600 to do this. Otherwise we get into trouble with the I.R.S.

Second Place Goes To…
Second place goes to rockergirl. CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your $500.

Third Place goes to…
Third place goes to symbolicdeath. Please CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your $250.

Close only counts in nuclear war
revoink came in fourth for this contest and ccortes came in fifth. Now there is no prize for 4th or 5th place, but I think it is important to give them some props for being such active users. Hell, as a way to say goodbye to this contest you two win a free cd. So CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your prize.

EVERYONE
Please do me a favor and send me a photo of you with your prize. You don’t have to, but it helps to show people winning.

We can’t send prizes to P.O. Boxes since someone will have to sign for the package. With amounts this large we need to be able to track that it was received by the correct person.

As this contest ends, this means that there are no more cash prizes. However, I still have cd’s to give away. In fact I think I will always have stuff to give away. So stay tuned for further announcements. Make sure and follow both My personal Twitter account as well as the official HAH Twitter account for more info.

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Winners For The Week Of March 29th 2010

The last full week of the campaign
So the last full week of the Heavy As Hell contest is at an end. This means that we are now kicking off the FINAL three days of the contest. Sure that is a really short week, but that just means there is no time for messing around. So if you haven’t won yet, I would start going nuts right away and not stop until the clock strikes April 1st . Before that though, let’s announce last weeks winners!

First Prize Goes To…
First prize goes to Northend, so he can now collect $1000! Just download the legal form HERE, fill it out, and snail mail it back to us (do not email it). For legal reasons we have to have anyone who wins more than $600 to do this. Otherwise we get into trouble with the I.R.S. Use the Heavy As Hell message system to ask what the address is. If you can’t figure that out you can email me. The email address is mark@HeavyAsHell.com.

Second Place Goes To…
Second place goes to bonehead. CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your $500. Or you can email me at mark@HeavyAsHell.com

Third Place goes to…
Third place goes to beccasbiz. Two things shock me about this. First I’m shocked it took her this long to win! With as active as she is on the site I’m blown away she didn’t win until now. The other thing that shocks me is that she didn’t get first place! I have always thought she was one of the most active. Anyways, please CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your $250. Or you can email me at mark@HeavyAsHell.com

Close only counts in nuclear war
XTRMDave came in fourth for this contest and babynarwal came in fifth. Now since 4th and 5th place doesn’t win anything, these people are still in the running for our three day week (Remember this contest is for March only). Can they pull ahead? Only time will tell. Remember that you can’t win twice. So there are a ton of active users who are not eligible for this final three days. I can’t win either. Neither can my wife VaporRub. So don’t give up if you are at the bottom of the chart. You might still be in the running!

EVERYONE
Please do me a favor and send me a photo of you with your prize. You don’t have to, but it helps to show people winning.

We can’t send prizes to P.O. Boxes since someone will have to sign for the package. With amounts this large we need to be able to track that it was received by the correct person.

As this contest ends, this means that a new contest has been launched. If you have won already this month you can’t win a cash prize again (follow HAH on Twitter to win cd’s). So if you haven’t won yet, your chances are even greater. Bring it on! Who will take my money next?

CLICK HERE to get started trying to win this week!

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Heavy As Hell community, please post this in as many places as possible as soon as possible. Feel free to post a link in the comments to where it was posted. Thanks.

For Immediate Release:
Thursday March 25th 2010

Nuclear Blast America Gets Heavy As Hell

Thursday March 25th is Nuclear Blast America Day on Heavy As Hell! What does that mean? Well, it means that because Nuclear Blast America is a sponsor of the month long campaign to giveaway over ten thousand dollars in cash and prizes (mostly cash) at HeavyAsHell.com, the site is going to be giving away physical copies of several of the latest and greatest releases from this fine label.

• Avantasia - Lost In Space
• Immolation - Majesty And Decay
• Annotations Of An Autopsy - II: The Reign of Darkness
• Mnemic - Sons Of The System
• Arsis - Starve For The Devil
• Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimensions
• Ex-Deo - Romulus
• Epica - Design Your Universe
• Threat Signal - Vigilance - Claimed

The rules of this contest are simple. Send out the message below on Twitter. HeavyAsHell admins will be tracking this and will contact the first 9 people to send the message below through their Twitter account.

The first 9 people to ‘Tweet’ “Today is Nuclear Blast Day at #heavyashell Go to http://www.heavyashell.com/blog/tag/free/ for details on how to win free music!” gets a free cd from Nuclear Blast America from the list above! It has to be those exact words. Change anything and you get nothing! Once they are gone, the contest is over. It is first come first serve. So don’t you dare hesitate!

Sorry, but this contest is also only for the US. Otherwise shipping costs will kill us. I hope you all understand.

So everyone send a Twitter message RIGHT NOW that says “Today is Nuclear Blast Day at #heavyashell Go to http://www.heavyashell.com/blog/tag/free/ for details on how to win free music!”

http://www.heavyashell.com/blog/tag/free/

http://www.heavyashell.com

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/

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In case you are wondering, these Twitter contests can be won more than once. This is unlike the contest we have going for tons of cash. If you have won cash, you can still win cd’s. If you have won cd’s, you can still win more cd’s. In fact it saves us in postage to send more than one at a time. So let’s kick this thing into gear already. Cool?

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We Are A Force To Be Reckoned With
So another week of the Heavy As Hell contest is at an end. This means that we are now kicking off the FINAL full week of the contest. Sure we have that tiny week, but this is now the last week of the contest. Things could go a little insane so I recommend anyone who wants to win, to go into the upcoming section and vote like crazy to get started. Before that though, let’s announce last weeks winners!

First Prize Goes To…
First prize goes to Warpt_666, so he can now collect $1000! Just download the legal form HERE, fill it out, and snail mail it back to us (do not email it). For legal reasons we have to have anyone who wins more than $600 to do this. Otherwise we get into trouble with the I.R.S. Use the Heavy As Hell message system to ask what the address is.

Second Place Goes To…
Second place goes to someone we only know of as leenga. All I know is they have been very active on this site this week. Thanks leenga! CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your $500. You earned it! I hope you still stick around.

Third Place goes to…
Third place goes to illninoese, who did not submit a single thing! All they did was vote for the most part. They made one comment on one submission. So go into the upcoming section and vote like crazy! That is what gains sins faster than anything else in this contest. There is a fix being worked on for future contests, so take advantage of this while you can! I don’t have a clue who illninoese is, so please CLICK HERE to go to the message center and send me your full name and address so I can send you your $250.

Close only counts in nuclear war
XTRMDave came in fourth for this contest and BeccasBiz came in fifth. Now since 4th and 5th place doesn’t win anything, these people are still in the running for this week. Can they pull ahead? Only time will tell. Both of them are users who we know will be part of the site long after this contest no matter if they win or not. So I figured I would showcase their profiles.

EVERYONE
Please do me a favor and send me a photo of you with your prize. You don’t have to, but it helps to show people winning.

We can’t send prizes to P.O. Boxes since someone will have to sign for the package. With amounts this large we need to be able to track that it was received by the correct person.

As this contest ends, this means that a new contest has been launched. If you have won already this month you can’t win a cash prize again (follow HAH on Twitter to win cd’s). So if you haven’t won yet, your chances are even greater. Bring it on! Who will take my money next?

CLICK HERE to get started trying to win this week!

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Ok, so this is a time sensitive contest. As of this posting going live, the first ten people to ‘Tweet’ “#heavyashell is giving away free music at http://www.heavyashell.com/blog/tag/free/ still!” gets a free copy of the latest Psychostick cd “Sandwich”! It has to be those exact words. Change anything and you get nothing!

Sorry, but this contest is also only for the US. Otherwise shipping costs will kill us. I hope you all understand.

For those of you that don’t know, we are giving away cd’s along with the tons of cash. Go HERE for info on that. The only cd from that list that has been claimed is Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was. Everything else is up for grabs. So we need to get the word out. Little help finding these FREE cd’s homes? We just love giving away music and cash.

So everyone send a Twitter message RIGHT NOW that says “#heavyashell is giving away free music at http://www.heavyashell.com/blog/tag/free/ still!”

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Ok, so I want to see how many of you Sinners I can get to start using Twitter to get people to check out your submissions here on HeavyAsHell. So here is the deal, below I have a list of cd’s from our great sponsors. There is some pretty cool stuff in there, right? I know you want one of them. So I will be watching for people using the hash tag #heavyashell all day Tuesday March 9th. It is first come first serve. So the first ones to promote their new (as in that day) submission through Twitter with the hash tag #heavyashell get the cd’s. Cool?

So to be clear, your Twitter message needs two things. A link to your submission on this site and the hash tag #heavyashell.

I also want to make it clear that this contest is not part of the main contest. So just because you already won that contest, does not mean you can’t win this contest. You can win both contests. However, just like with the main contest, you can only win this one once.

If that doesn’t make sense just know that this contest is open to former winners too. And that with each contest on this site, you can only win once.

As with all our contests, you must be at least 18 years of age. You must also be a legal resident of the United States Of America. Both of these are for legal reasons. We encourage everyone to participate in the site. Even if they can’t be part of the contests.

So you ready for the list?

• Through The Eyes Of The Dead - Malice (2 copies)
• Beneath The Massacre - Dystopia (2 copies)
• Carving Desert Canyons - Scale The Summit (2 copies)
• All That Remains - Overcome (has no cover)
• All That Remains - Overcome
• Testament - Demonic Reissue (2 copies)
• Avantasia - Lost In Space
• Immolation - Majesty And Decay
• Annotations Of An Autopsy - II: The Reign of Darkness
• Eluveitie - Everything Remains As It Never Was
• Mnemic - Sons Of The System
• Arsis - Starve For The Devil
• Scar Symmetry - Dark Matter Dimensions
• Ex-Deo - Romulus
• Epica - Desiggn Your Universe
• Threat Signal - Vigilance
• Psychostick - Sandwich (10 copies)
• Evacuate Chicago - Veracity (10 copies)

most importantly make sure and follow both the official Heavy As Hell Twitter account and my personal account. I tend to update my own account more often.

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Starting at 9 am pacific (until 7 pm pacific) I will be picking one person an hour to win a
copy of the latest release from the band Mongrel. We will call this
“Mongrel Monday”.

The rules are simple. You use Twitter to encourage your
friends and fans to vote for your stories/submissions on HeavyAsHell.com. Send out
the url with the hash tag #HeavyAsHell so I can track everyone. I will pick one
person an hour and send the announcement of the winner out through the official HAH Twitter
account (not my personal one) to be sent the Mongrel cd Revenge.

As with most contests, we can only accept people who live in the United States. Sorry, but it’s a legal thing.

Never heard Mongrel before? Go to http://www.myspace.com/mongrel and
take a listen! Also make sure to thank the band for being a sponsor of this contest. They are the only unsigned band (or any band for that matter) with enough balls to do so!

This will be considered a separate “mini contest”. Which means, that winning a copy of this cd DOES NOT bar you from winning anything from the main contest at http://www.heavyashell.com/contest.

Don’t forget to folow both the official HAH twitter account at http://twitter.com/HeavyAsHell and my personal account at http://twitter.com/MarkCarras. I tend to respond from the personal one quicker. Plus I give updates more often on that one.

So how big can we make Mongrel Monday?

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Who really gives a crap about the Academy awards other than people who work on movies, gay guys, women with no lives, and just plain sheep with their heads shoved so far up their backsides that they couldn’t see the light of day if their lives depended on it? Seriously, what people should have really cared about was who would win the first week of the Heavy As Hell Ten Grand Giveaway.

Well, first prize went to the fan favorite. Many people were rooting for this guy to win, so I’m glad he did. threaper13 you now get to take $1,000 of my money. So download the PDF and send it to me as soon as you can. For legal reasons I can’t send the money until we have that legal form. Second place goes to drvondoom. Since the legal limit for being forced to use that annoying form is $600 and you won $500, all I need is your real name and the street address I need to send it to. No P.O. Boxes since someone will have to sign for the package. With amounts this large we need to be able to track that it was received by the correct person. Fourth prize goes to a long time supporter of the site Mortalwind. Same rules as 2nd prize go for your $250 prize.

Can I ask a favor?
There are some that question if this contest is legit. So can I ask a huge favor of the winners? Can you pose with your prizes when you get them and send me the photo as soon as possible? We would love to feature you winners if you’re cool with it. You don’t have to, but it would really help us out.

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Oh yes, the end of another contest is here. Although I loved being able to have 3 first prize winners this time, this comes with some lame news as well. It looks as though one person might have put some time into trying to win without reading the rules. Nothing sucks more than having to disqualify a user, but if I don’t it would leave another user shafted. So please know that we here at HAH debated and discussed this endlessly. We did not make this discussion lightly and we know that there could be repercussions for us. So here is the deal…

The winners are “noneck”, “XTRMDave”, & “mcphranklee”. User “Metalgasm” is a user we wish could be a winner, but he is from Canada. Now of course we have no problem with our metal brothers and sisters way up north. They gave us Devin Townsend! Our rules however clearly state that “We are very sorry, but only winners from the United States are eligible due to legal reasons.” Now without going into some big debate on this, you have to understand that we are a very tiny company. We don’t have the funds to pay lawyers to find out what we can do over international borders and what we can’t. So we have to play it safe. However, I have an offer that I hope will make Metalgasm feel he is still welcome here at HAH. Get me your address and I will send you a small stack of cd’s to add to your collection. This is out of my own personal stash. Now this is not something I can do all the time, but I have a ton of cd’s and might feel presured into doing it whenever a user puts in the effort Metalgasm has. Cool? I hope so. The last thing I want is for our international users to feel unwelcome. We love you all. We just can’t afford to include you in any official contests. As you can probably tell, we feel pretty bad about that.

So the three winners mentioned above will be sent an email asking them to get us their snail mail address. As soon as we have that the packages will be sent out. A new contest will be launched soon as well. As always, if you have any idea on what prizes we should giveaway post them in the comments. The only rules for contests is that they be something very recently released, something a wide range of people will want, and something within our $100 per month prize budget. That’s a maximum! We have found that it doesn’t matter how much we spend on the prize. It only matters if we can figure out what you users want the most. So that is what we will try to do. Thanks everyone. Vote up the good stuff with the passion only Hard Rock, metal, and punk fans can!

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