Even with multiple choice options, we don't think you would have been able to crack this crazy logo.

Give up? It's the Finish outfit Korgonthurus , a trio featuring singer and guitarist Corvus, bassist Necron (Serpent of Wisdom) and drummer Kryth.

Korgonthurus' history is as tangled as their logo. Kryth and ex-guitarist Sedit, who were originally in Everlost, started writing on the side in Helsinki in early 2000 under the name Soulless. They were soon joined by Corvus, but Kryth got into a serious car accident and needed time to recuperate, so the band broke up.

The same members got back together in mid 2000 as as a doom/death band, then during an unproductive practice session, they started jamming on some Darkthrone-style riffs, and Korgonthurus was born.

In 2001, five weeks after their formation, they recorded the demo Root of Evil. Enter bassist Fyrgo, who recorded was onboard for the group's second demo that year, Black Wings of Hate. Soon after the recording was made Kryth left to dedicate more time to a different band and Korgonthurus broke up until 2002 when Corvus convinced Kryth to reform the band. They hired Necron (then a guitarist) and bassist U666 and recorded the 2003 demo Ikuisuuden Arvet But in 2004 U666 quit to focus on other endeavors and Necron switched to bass.

Korgonthurus redid the Root of Evil demo in 2005 and recorded their self-titled debut EP, which came out on Obscure Abhorrence Records later that year. In November, the label will release a new Korgonthurus seven-inch Ristillä Mädäntyen picture disc.

When it comes to spooky, epic metal, no one weaves a wicked tale like King Diamond. As the frontman of Mercyful Fate in the '80s, he brought a new painted face to sinister music and helped paved the way lyrically for countless death and black metal bands.

And as a solo artist, Diamond created a new genre of epic, conceptual and operatic horror metal, starting in 1986's with the much-overlooked Fatal Portrait. Each of Diamond's 12 albums has combined heavy, progressive riffs, complex arrangements and atmospheric textures to form concrete horror stories, many of which would make killer movies.

His 12th and most recent opus, Give Me Your Soul... Please, is loosely about two children -- a brother and sister -- who are killed by their father and fear they're going to hell. So the sister crosses back to earth to try to find a soul that's free of sin, with the hopes that, if she brings it back to the underworld, her brother can go free.

Such is the stuff that Halloween is made of -- which is why we asked the Danish-born metal legend to take part in an special podcast about All Hallows Eve, the night when ghosts and demons play tricks on the living and children celebrate the dead as they travel door-to-door in search of treats. Diamond graciously accepted the podcast offer, and, during our 40 minute conversation, we discussed the meaning of Halloween, why children never used to come to his house, how he would like to freak out the conservative parents in his neighborhood, his favorite horror films, who would win in a fight between werewolves and vampires, and how, for him, every night is Halloween.

So, step into the darkness and join us for the HBB Blog Halloween podcast interview with King Diamond (also available on iTunes).

Since we posted King Diamond's video for "The Family Ghost" a couple days ago, here's Mercyful Fate's clip for "Nightmare be Thy Name":

Sometimes, bands that write crazy music are made up of perfectly normal guys who are friendly, rational and down to earth. And some folks who write nutty music are just plain bonkers. The jury's still out on HORSE the Band, whose blend of videogame music, avant-jazz, hardcore and metal is so bizarre it's pure genius. As for the bandmembers, well... We thought we'd put keyboardist Erik Engstrom to the test by giving him a guest blog, and, after some especially intense shock treatment, here's what he came up with. It presents us with the perfect opportunity for us to state: the following thoughts and opinions do no necessarily coincide with those of the Headbangers Ball Blog, MTV, Viacom, or any mentally stable individual anywhere on this planet. Now, here's Eric.

Censorship, illegal downloading, war... whatever. It's all an afterthought.

What we face right now is the end of humanity as we know it, at the hands of technology. All the shit people are complaining about today will be the romantic memories of 100 years in the future (wars with explosives, funny presidents, terrorist attacks) That's the kind of s--t we literally live for. Who doesn't like to look back on the assassination of Lincoln with a glimmer in their eye, thinking about how cool that f---ing theater must have been. Who wishes the Civil War didn't happen? It was awesome and people died for a cause and something better came out of it. We re-enact that s--t. Humans will always struggle and some will always try to do right. Right? So far we are generally prevailing against ourselves. Right? Ha-ha, sure. But guess what, it doesn't matter. One thing we've never had is foresight, and right now we're backing ourselves into a hole that we'll never come out of.

The Singularity: the moment in time that an artificial intelligence is created that is more clever than the most clever human. Idiots like Ray Kurzweil look forward to this day. That is because they're f---ing dumb. Read more...

Hey, good luck with this one. Now that we're no longer giving you the option of choosing an indecipherable logo from a multiple choice list, you're not gonna be able to figure this stuff out by process of elimination anymore. You'll have to rely merely on your detective-like powers of deduction.

So, give it your best and try to figure out who the hell could have concocted such a scribbly mess that looks more like a bed of undersea corral than a heavy metal band name.

Post your educated guesses in the comment box below, bangers.

A precocious reader who goes by the name Szatan Dziwki Techno wrote in today to ask, in regards to the new Behemoth video "Prometherion, "What is Prometherion?"

Good question, and after 30 minutes or so of exhaustive research, here's what we uncovered. There doesn't seem to be a place, real or mythological, called Prometherion -- at least, Google doesn't seem to think so. So we delved a little deeper.

First, we found out P.R.O.M.E. is short for passive range of motion exercise, which doesn't reveal much. However, Prome is also a district in the Pegu division of Lower Burma, and while it's has a scant population today, in ancient times Prome was a flourishing kingdom, the history of which is clouded in mystery. All we know is that in 1758 Alompra, the founder of the last dynasty of Ava Kings conquered Pegu, and Prome became a portion of the Burman kingdom until the end of the second Burmese War in 1853, at which time the province of Pegu was annexed to the English.

So, what does that has to do with "Prometherion" by Polish death/black metal band Behemoth? Well, the second part of the word may explain that. "Therion" is Greek for "beast" and "Mega Therion" (great beast) is a reference to the "Book of Revelations," as well as a name occult writer and philosopher, Aleister Crowley sometimes called himself. There's also a 1985 Celtic Frost album called To Mega Therion, and that band was a huge early influence on Behemoth frontman Nergal. Finally, we're getting somewhere.

Now, let's check out some of the song's lyrics: "And great dragon from my mouth emerged/and all the treasures ov this world belong to me/in the sweetest inorganic embrace ov my devotee/I pledge my dagger unto Thee."

So, maybe "Prometherion" was an evil dragon-like monster that was either worshiped and/or feared by the ancient, mysterious Burmese culture. And maybe we're full of crap. Either way let us know in the comment box below.

Shortly after shooting the video, director Soren said this: "somewhere between the ideal of heaven and reality of hell falls the new Behemoth video -- an expression of the fallenness of man and the will to crawl through our own painful condition towards hope. This is a painful video to make and watch."Well, here it is. Let us know how much pain you're in afterwards, and watch it again on the big screen on this week's edition of MTV2's Headbangers Ball.

A long time ago, in a tattoo shop far, far away, there once worked a young lad who loved to show off his testicles. Well, not really, but here’s the story.

I was about a year and a half into the business, when this very attractive female came in with her boyfriend and her mother. She got a small tattoo on her ankle (keep in mind, back then I had to do all those hearts and roses just like everyone else). I set her up on a low table that was about the same height as the seat of my chair. I hung her ankle off the end, and hunched over to work with my elbows on my knees.

During the course of the tattoo, her boyfriend kept leaving the room and seemed to grow increasingly irritated for some strange reason. Also, her mother stood at the other end of the table next to her daughter, both of them staring intently at the tattoo I was creating. Or so I had thought. The boyfriend kept bugging the mother to go look at flash with him, but she wouldn’t budge from her daughter’s side.

“What a noble woman,” I thought. It didn’t dawn on me that while mother and daughter gazed so intently at this tattoo, the boyfriend was becoming a bigger and bigger baby. So, we wrapped it up and off they went. As they opened the door to my room to leave, I sat back in my chair and made a discovery.

I had been free ballin’ on that hot summer day, and as I sat back, I felt a breeze between my legs that seemed quite refreshing. For some reason, I looked down and found there was a tear in the crotch of my pants, and one entire testicle seemed to have found it way out into the open. I realized I had done the entire tattoo with my nut out. I then realized, that from the vantage point of mother and daughter. Just past the tattoo was one ripe ball and there was no way they didn’t see it.

Was I embarrassed? You figure it out. The thing is, the mom was pretty cute, too. At the end of the day, I guess I’m just another pervert.

Get ready for Halloween with our exclusive podcast interview with King Diamond, which posts Friday.

During the interview, KD talks about the significance of All Hallows Eve, the best way to freak out trick-or-treaters, who would win in a fight between vampires and werewolves, the best metal to listen to on Halloween and much, much more.

Until then, Here's King Diamond's video for "The Family Ghost," which you can see again the big screen on this week's Headbangers Ball on MTV2.

The winner of last week's Who Rocks Harder was Pantera, who beat Slayer by an overwhelming majority.This week, we've got a more theological contest -- a battle of good and evil that's demonstrates the full range of independent metal. The first band is As I Lay Dying, the Christian metal group that won the "Ultimate Metal God" award in MTV2's All That Rocks contest in 2006. They're up against Deicide, the pioneering death metal band whose frontman, Glen Benton, deplores Christianity and once branded an inverted cross in his forehead.

The videos are As I Lay Dying's "Nothing Left" (shown above) which was directed by Brian Thompson and Deicide's "Homage For Satan" (displayed below), directed by Alfred Tomaszewski and Matthew Stawski. Place your votes in the comment box below or burn in hell for all eternity. Remember, judge by band, not by video. Also, watch Deicide's "Homage for Satan" again on this weekend's Halloween episode of Headbangers Ball on MTV2.

The election is over and the Dead have won.

Today, System of a Down singer Serj Tankian released his long-awaited solo album Elect the Dead, which is sure to rank near the top of next week's Billboard Hot 200 album chart. To promote the album, Tankian posted an entertaining spoof of himself being interviewed by, well, himself.

In addition to playing the performer and interviewer in the EPK, Tankian takes on the roles of producer, studio engineer, A&R man, label president and pizza delivery guy. There's no question that the video is amusing, but it's also informative, revealing most of the information you'd get from any other nine minute TV interview. Check it out, then listen to Tankian's take on the EPK from our exclusive video interview.

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We called upon Trevor Phipps, singer for the mighty Unearth, to deliver unto us a Bang of the Week. In his infinite wisdom, he hath led us to the Darkest Hour video for "Demon(s)," a seismic song from the Washington, D.C. metalcore band's 2007 album, Deliver Us.

"Shredding riffs in a field and then a junk yard, hell yeah," opines Phipps of the clip. "Plus, these guys have been good to share the stage and beers with for the past month of our tour. Good dudes, good band. Check 'em out."

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