HORSE the Band are almost as well known for horsing around as they are for their acrobatic time shifts and brain-toasting music. So we kinda figured they'd waste their "Bang of the Day" plug on something like Poison or Faster Pussycat.

But guitarist David Isen is pretty serious about his feelings for As I Lay Dying's "Nothing Left."

"I play that main riff on my guitar during soundcheck every night," he insists. "It sounds like Metallica's 'Blackened,' but it still rules. Watching this video is purifying because it makes you realize the emptiness of life on earth. Once you see that you have nothing left, you can move on to something more -- something eternal."

There's that life-affirming metal spirit we rely on to make it from one day to the next. Now, where did we leave our box of razorblades?

We'll make any excuse to post a hot picture of Pamela Anderson. In this case, however, it's totally relevant because she's the ex-wife of both Tommy Lee and Kid Rock, who got a bit testy during Alicia Keys' performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, resulting in Rock smacking Lee and Lee being escorted from the premises.

Rock has yet to comment on the scuffle that may turn out to be the greatest rock and roll beef since Scott Weiland challenged Axl Rose to get in the ring in 2006, but Lee, as always, has a lot to say.

In a new post on TommyLee.TV, Motley Crue's drummer dismissed Rock as a "wuss" and said he was about to "knock this jealous no-career-havin' country bumpkin the f--- out" when venue security intervened. Read more...

On October 2, Eagle Vision DVD will re-release Overkill's double DVD "Live: Wrecking Everything, An Evening In Asbury Park."

Originally issued in November 2002, the first DVD captures a 21-song set recorded in Asbury Park, New Jersey in March of that year. The second disc includes the 60-plus minute documentary "Batmen the Return,"which features lots of reminiscing from singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni as well as a bunch of great archival footage that'll bring you back if you were ever there in the first place.

The DVD coincides with the release of the band's new studio album, Immortalis, which comes out October 9.

That's cool and all, but so is this classic Overkill video, "Elimination," for the band's 1989 album The Years of Decay:

The video for Divine Heresy's "Failed Creation" probably won't make you throw up -- even if you really, really hate it -- but while it was being made, practically everyone involved in the shoot lost their lunches.

Footage of drummer Tim Yeung (ex-Hate Eternal, Vital Remains) and bassist Joe Payne (ex-Nile) even had to be cut because they both suffered bouts of tummy trouble. "At one point, you see Joe walking off-camera, and the camera follows him, and he just starts throwing up," guitarist Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory) tells MTVnews.com's Metal File. "And then Tim, he's playing, and you see him stand up from the drum kit, and he starts throwing up." Read more...

photo by Lyndsay Siegel

Okay, you probably don't really care about Rihanna's or Justin Timberlake's triumphs at last night's Video Music Awards. Or that Britney Spears looked flabby and drunk during her show-opening performance, or that Kanye West was pretty pissed he wasn't invited to open the night and pulled the race card. And you're probably only mildly interested in knowing Kid Rock Punched out Tommy Lee after Lee allegedly taunted him.

But here's something that didn't make the show that you'll probably want to see. During an eight-song set at the Palms Casino Fantasy Suites, Foo Fighters performed Probot's "Shake Your Blood" twice - once with Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. Also, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian toook the stage with the band for a cover of Dead Kennedys "Holiday in Cambodia." Finally, Mastodon performed "Colony of Birchmen."

Watch it all right here.

The correct answer to yesterday's Indecipherable Logo is : d) Leprosy.

As printed on their MySpace page, hyperbole, grammatical errors, misspellings and all:

Leprosy is a death/splattergore Metal group that was exumed in 1988. Leprosy has performed with many local and national acts. Bands included but not limited to: Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Forbidden, Entombed and many more. Leprosy members are from in and around the Steel City Pittsburgh, PA.Leprosy has a wide range of musical backgrounds, ranging from jazz to Death Metal.This broad spectrum of musical influences enables Leprosy to have an edge on the competition. With the combination of powerful chord progressions, shredding solos, in your face vocal destruction, cannon like drums, surgical-like bass precision and post-apocalyptic sounds of the keys and samples, Leprosy gets their original and necro-energizing sound. Categorizing Leprosy music is no easy task, but could be possibly compared to Death and Cannibal Corpse.

From genesis to present, Leprosy has grown musically as a whole, incorporating more complexity and feeling with each new composition. With each performance, Leprosys fan base has grown considerably; proving that Leprosy is real and here to stay. Leprosys live on stage performance, has an energy that draws the crowd into the world of pop-deconstruction. Leprosy caters to even the most particular critics.

Leprosy as a whole, works together as a fine-tuned machine. This is due to mutual short and long term goals. All Leprosy members have 10+ years with their chosen instruments. Leprosy are very optimistic and excited for the future and will continue to strive for musical excellence and notoriety both locally and nationally.

And now, something that has nothing to do with Leprosy, the video for Nile's "Sacrifice Unto Sebek":

Here's the new video by Washington D.C.-based hardcore metal band Darkest Hour, "Demon(s)." The clip was shot in a junkyard in Bowie, Maryland and the first day of the shoot singer John Henry suffered a painful bike spill and separated his shoulder. Pumped up on Vicodin, he probably had far more fun on the second day of the shoot.

The song comes from the band's most recent album, Deliver Us, which came out in July.

To see "Demon(s)" on the big screen, check out this week's Headbangers Ball.

For your further viewing pleasure, he's a clip about the making of the "Demon(s)" video:
Darkest Hour Webisode: Making the video Demons Part 1.

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The loudest things at this year's MTV Video Music Awards show -- besides kids screaming for Kanye West and 50 Cent -- will be Foo Fighters and Fall Out Boy. Not terribly metal, we know.

So, we take you back now to 2003 when Metallica took the stage twice and rattled the rafters with two performances. First, they played a medley of award winning songs: Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit," The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" and Michael Jackson's "Beat It." Then, the band ripped into "Frantic," from St. Anger, which came out that year.

Watch it here, but since we want to keep out jobs, we beg you anyway to tune in to the Video Music Awards, which take place Sunday night live from Las Vegas.
Metallica at VMA 2003-Frantic (live)

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Apparently "It's a Small World" and "Aesthetics of Hate" just don't mesh.

The day before a September 7 Machine Head concert at the Anaheim House of Blues on Disneyland's turf, Walt Disney Properties pressured promoter Live Nation to pull the plug on the show, claims Machine Head. The concert was scheduled as the launch of the Black Tyranny Tour, which also features Arch Enemy, Throwdown and Sanctity.

The Disney corporation insisted the the band's "violent imagery, undesirable fans and inflammatory lyrics" were inappropriate for the Magic Kingdom's positive, family-oriented entertainment and, starting last Saturday, Disney expressed their views to Live Nation, which eventually caved. In addition, Disney has pressured the promoter not to book any other heavy metal concerts at the venue.

Rather than canceling the Machine Head show altogether, Live Nation changed the venue; the September concert will now take place at The Glass House in Pomona 70 miles away. Original tickets will be honored and fans unable to make the trek will receive a full refund.

The Black Tyranny tour will continue as scheduled on September 8 in Las Vegas. Dates run through October 13 in Hollywood.

Now, unless you've got something better to do watch, watch Machine Head's "Seasons Wither" video:

This death metal band has been around for almost 10 years. You'd think in that time the members would be able to find someone to draw them a legible logo, but it seems they were busy spending too much time on their music, which is savage, raw and deftly executed.

If you look real close, you can probably make out some of the letters without a magnifying glass, but only an expert in top-secret military codes (or obscure band logos) should be able to figure this one out. There's nothing really artistic going on here -- just lotsa jagged dripping letters wrapped in scribbly circles -- so don't spent too much time admiring it. Here are your choices:

a ) Cervix   b) Suppurate   c) Mandy Moore   d) Leprosy   e) Satanist