METALCORE WORD-ASSOCIATION, PART 2

AKA 6 DEGREES OF SHITTY METALCORE BAND NAMES
(check out the first one here.)

Because almost ALL "metalcore" bands have really stupid, generic names with too many words in them, but also because their band photos are usually hilarious, I present the second installment of this series. I'm gonna open it up a little here and turn it into a point-based game. Can YOU beat me at Metalcore Word-Association? I doubt it. But you should try.

THE RULES:

Bands must be linked by a word in their name (plurals OK). The words "a", "the", "and", and "of" don't count. Link 6 metalcore bands and add up your totals. You can go beyond 6 bands, but any points accrued by these bands will be halved. Also, the perameters of the term "metalcore" are flexible.

THE POINT SYSTEM:

-A guy in the band photo is wearing a beanie: 5 points
-A guy in the band photo is wearing a hood: 5 points
-A guy in the band photo is wearing a baseball cap tilted to one side: 5 points
-Hood/beanie combo: 10 points
-Hood/cap combo: 10 points
-The band is Christian: 15 points
-The singer is the only guy in the band with visible arm tattoos: 5 points
-The singer is the only guy in the band with short hair: 5 points
-The singer is the only guy with short hair and tattoos: 15 points
-Someone in the band photo is wearing an Affliction T-shirt: 5 points
-Everyone in the band has weird bangs swept off to one side: 10 points
-Someone in the band photo is wearing a cape: 30 points
-Any sort of visual reference to "hyphy" in a band photo: 5 points
- 5 points for each neck tattoo visible in a band photo.
-10 points for each hooded T-shirt visible in a band photo.

That being said--
TODAY'S CHALLENGE: Haste The Day >>> As I Lay Dying


HASTE THE DAY:
Arm tattoo = 5 pts.
Tilted cap = 5 pts.
Christianity = 15 pts.
TOTAL = 25 PTS.



A DAY TO REMEMBER:
Beanie = 5 pts. (Ballcap isn't quite tilty enough)



REMEMBER AUGUST:
0 points.



AUGUST BURNS RED:
Christianity = 15 points



AS CITIES BURN:
Christianity = 15 points




AS I LAY DYING:
Christianity = 15 pts.
Arm tattoos = 5 pts.
TOTAL = 20 PTS.



LAST ONE DYING (half points, 7th degree):
2 hood/cap combos % 2 = 10 points



That makes my total score exactly 90 points. Not bad.

Surpass 90 points and win a prize. In the words of Michael Angelo Batio: "I'm giving you the keys to the Lamborghini". Email submissions, including links to band photos and final score, to illogicalcontraption@yahoo.com.

Godspeed.

Need a kick-start? Check out this Christian metalcore Myspace page.