They’ve jokingly labeled their own music Nintendocore and sarcastically referred to their new album, A Natural Death, as “the futility and arrogance of creation and destruction, the overwhelming scale of space and time, and the brutal majesty of nature, the horror of birth and the beauty of death.” And, zany experimental metalcore outfit Horse the […]

Filed under: MTVnews.com's Metal File | No Comments »

Galactic rock and metal explorers Mars Volta will make their television debut with a single song, 13-minute performance on the April 27 episode of “The Henry Rollins Show.”
In the weeks to come, the forefather of indie punk will present several other prominent noisemakers. The Stooges will act as both the sit down guests and the […]

Filed under: Metal News | 32 Comments »

Earlier in the week, when we posted a full Hatebreed set from 2006’s Download Festival, we promised there would be more to come. In an effort to not disappoint, here’s the complete Download set from Trivium.
What’s pretty wild is that, in the UK, Trivium are one of the biggest modern metal bands, and when they […]

Filed under: alive and kicking | 1 Comment »

This spiderwebby logo belongs to a sinister band that has been around since 1997 and has been through several lineup changes (there’s your hint). Actually, looking more closely at it now, the design resembles a scribbled spider with a tattoo on its back. Or maybe it’s a tick with eight legs — or a horseshoe […]

Filed under: Indecipherable Logo of the Day | 1 Comment »

MTV2 Headbangers Blog Proudly Presents the Exclusive Premiere of Type O Negative’s “Profit of Doom” video:
Their new album “Dead Again” is in stores now!!!
See the video here all day, catch it again on Headbangers Ball Saturday 4/28 10pm on MTV2!!!

Filed under: Video Premiere, Headbangers Ball, Uncategorized | 120 Comments »