[Shadow17]

Username: Shadow17
Name: SLK Immortal Thread // Mack
Name Meaning: Mack is named after the composer, John Mackey.
Gender: Male
Prompt: There’s an album of songs from John Mackey, called Wine Dark Sea (Symphony for Band). Mack’s show name specifically is named after II. Immortal thread, so weak. The album itself is about the Odyssey, but this specific movement is about Kalypso finding Odysseus, nursing him back to health for 7 years, only for him to leave her. How after all that time, she still loved him and gave him the tapestry she made as a sail for his raft, a final act of love.

[wolfhaunt]

Username: wolfhaunt
Name: WH The Death Waltz // Nightmare
Name Meaning: Inspired by The Death Waltz - Tobias Lilja, from the soundtrack of a horror game called "Little Nightmares". 'Nightmare' was taken from the name of the game, since the song has no lyrics.
Gender: DMAB
Prompt: I decided to name this collie after The Death Waltz because I wanted a song that was slightly eerie, but not brutal or violent. Something about this collie's bright eyes against their dark coat reminds me of a watchful spirit or guardian, and I can see such a creature ghosting along to this song, which sounds haunting and lilting as if it's drifting and dancing through a haunted house.

[Queen Vivane]

Username: Queen Vivane
Name: Moon Halo
Name Meaning: The song was originally used for the animation about Honkai Impacts Herrscher of Flamescion!
Gender: Female
Prompt: I found this song a few days ago when looking for slowed reverb songs and fell in love with Vocals and the animation it backs, I thought the title was a fitting name for this pupper

[Kunilamew]

Username: Kunilamew
Name: CL's don't ever laugh|| hearse
Name Meaning: in prompt
Gender: female
Prompt: decided to name this collie after rusty cage's 'hearse song ', specifically, 'don't ever laugh as a hearse goes by'

[certified]

Username: certified
Name: Veles || BA's Unholy Heathen
Name Meaning: "Veles, also known as Volos, is a major god of earth, waters, livestock, and the underworld in Slavic paganism. His mythology and powers are similar, though not identical, to deities such as Loki and Hermes. Veles. God of the earth, waters, forests, underworld, music, magic, trickery, cattle and wealth." as quoted by google
Gender: male
Prompt: song - though there isn't a direct correlation between the song & Veles' name, the song symbolizes his huge trickster personality and his constant need and love of pranking.

[Dr. Paine]

Username: Dr. Paine
Name: SSV’s Somber Resplendence // December
Name Meaning: -
Gender: Male
Prompt: After a pair of AFI songs- Silver and Cold (Show name & general design vibes), while his call name comes from Love Like Winter/the December Underground album in general.

[harvestberry]

Username: harvestberry
Name: FTRK The Man Who Sold The World // Nirvana
Name Meaning: Named after “The Man Who Sold The World” which was written by David Bowie and famously covered by Nirvana!
Gender: Male
Prompt: No reason specifically relating to this collie. This song, specifically the Nirvana cover, has just been. Hanging in my mind for so long,,, I absolutely love it, it’s such a great song in my opinion. You can listen to it here!

[HoundedHorizon]

Username: HoundedHorizon
Name: Covered In Chrome // Chrome
Name Meaning: Names after Covered in Chrome by Violent Soho
Gender: Male
Prompt: when trying to think of a song that I could relate to this collie, Covered in Chrome was the first thing that I could think of. Mainly because the patches of merle and well chrome always is that silvery grey.

[Zentropy]

Username: Zentropy
Name: ZG Athilr Rikithir | Riki
Name Meaning: Translates to "the noble Rikithir"
Gender: Male
Prompt: Anoana is a song by Heilung. The lyrics are taken from bracteate, which were gold coins printed with portraits of Germanic kings, mythological characters, and runic inscriptions. These coins were typically worn as jewelry or used in divination as an amulet of protection. This song is a collection of these encoded spells from the Dark Ages, during a time where the northern region was quite prosperous and rich in gold. Perhaps not as "dark" as we may have been led to believe.

[Penultima]

Username: wolfhaunt
Name: WH The Death Waltz // Nightmare
Name Meaning: Inspired by The Death Waltz - Tobias Lilja, from the soundtrack of a horror game called "Little Nightmares". 'Nightmare' was taken from the name of the game, since the song has no lyrics.
Gender: DMAB
Prompt: I decided to name this collie after The Death Waltz because I wanted a song that was slightly eerie, but not brutal or violent. Something about this collie's bright eyes against their dark coat reminds me of a watchful spirit or guardian, and I can see such a creature ghosting along to this song, which sounds haunting and lilting as if it's drifting and dancing through a haunted house.

This competition was INCREDIBLY hard to judge. I love that you all picked songs and artists that aren't super common/pop-y and have such interesting and unusual origins and meanings! I found a lot of great music from y'all <33 (shoutout to aexer for picking my favorite band, San Fermin!) But in the end there must be one winner, so congrats to Wolfhaunt!