Classic videos by Godflesh, Cathedral, Decapitated, Hate Eternal and more will be available on the single DVD reissue of "iCrusher" and "iCrusher 2," which comes out February 19. The original discs were released in 2001 and 2002, respectively.

"Earache iCrusher Complete" also features concert clips from Carcass, Napalm Death, Entombed and The Haunted, as well as audio tracks from numerous Earache artists past and present. In addition, the DVD will feature the following bonus footage: "Society 1 - Up Close & Personal with Matt Zane," Society 1 "Behind the Scenes Filming the 'Nothing' Clip" and "December - In The Studio Recording 'The Lament Configuration' CD."

And here's a video that's not from the iCrusher series -- Napalm Death's "Mass Appeal Madness":

Okay, these metal chicks won't gab with you about Pig Destroyer or let you escort them to the back of the club if they're drunk enough, but for $39.95 each, they'll add some pizazz to your front lawn -- especially if you dress them up in studded lingerie.

The metal chicks are just one of the junkyard sculptures from Yardbirds available at the Backyard Birds and Discovery Center Web site.

Says Yardbirds: "Every Junkyard Bird Metal Sculpture is handmade in Kentucky by Bandana YardBirds. That means each one varies slightly from the other in its handcrafted appearance and attitude. All of the Junkyard Birds are made with bare metal and naturally rust with age. That's their beauty!"

Wow, real metal chicks kinda rust with age, too, and we'll give up a pair of Behemoth tickets any day to check out a bangin' "bare metal chick."

Also available from Yardbirds: Large Quail, Pretty Peacock, Mini Owl, Screech Owl, Lovebirds, Dodo Bird and Crouching Junkyard Pelican.

Now, check out some more bangin' metal chicks:

Everyone knows that Cannibal Corpse have been the leading force in gore-death metal since their 1990 debut Eaten Back to Life. But part of the band's early success was due to singer Chris Barnes, who remained with the band until the Corpse's fourth full-length, 1994's The Bleeding, after which he split and George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher stepped in to front the mighty Cannibal.

While Six Feet Under began as a side project to Cannibal Corpse, it became Barnes' main gig in 1995 when the group released its storming debut Haunted. For three years, Six Feet Under also featured Obituary guitarist Allen West, but after the group's second disc, 1997's Warpath, West bowed out and was replaced by Steve Swanson.

Since 1997, the Cannibal Corpse and Six Feet Under have been comparably prolific. Six Feet have released five studio albums of new material, two discs of cover songs and a live album, and Cannibal have issued five studio discs, an EP and a concert disc. And while Six Feet Under had have more mid-paced and less musically complex material than Cannibal, both have appealed to pretty much the same target audience of gore hound and death metal freaks. So we ask you, who rocks harder?

A little over 18 months has passed since the release of 36 Crazyfists' third album, Rest Inside the Flames. That's not long by modern standards, yet the bandmembers can't wait for the release of their next album, The Tide. Unfortunately for them, they'll have to wait a little longer than they had hoped.

The original release date was March 4, but because of mixer Andy Sneap's hectic schedule, the band has bumped the disc to April 29. Frustrating for sure, but it also gives the musicians more time to fine-tune what's turning out to be their most creatively challenging and fulfilling record to date.

"We're reaching for the stars on this one," frontman Brock Lindow told MTVnews.com's Metal File. "Some of it is real heavy, and some of it is not so heavy. It's similar to what we've done in the past, but we stepped it up a notch in both of these areas. I am sure some people will be surprised by how heavy it is. I am just excited it's as heavy as it is. It does have the melodic side to it, too; I mean, we didn't want to take a right turn on anybody." Read more...

photo by dave1968, courtesy of flickr.com
It's impossible to consider the history of thrash metal without mentioning Exodus alongside Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth. First of all, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett started out in Exodus, but more importantly, Exodus lashed out thrashing, middle fingers in the air from the start, and even though they never became huge rock stars, they continue to embody the spirit, attitude, tenacity and turmoil of the music they helped pioneer.

Along the way they've endured numerous lineup shifts, been screwed over by a major label, fired their original lead singer, Paul Baloff, then years later, after a reunion tour with the dude in 2002, he died of a stroke. There have been addictions to speed, crippling battles with anxiety, endless tours and impossibly tight recording deadlines. And yet, through all the stress and drama, Exodus have remained a cornerstone of thrash, thanks largely to guitarist and songwriter Gary Holt, who has not only recorded new albums after each shakeup, but retained the hunger, drive and love for music he had when the scene was in its infancy.

Exodus' latest album, The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A is the band's fastest, most brutal offering since its legendary 1985 debut, Bonded by Blood. The guitar riffs are meaty and incisive, the beats thunderous and the vocals as scathing as Holt's anti-religious lyrics.

For our Headbangers Ball Blog podcast with Gary Holt, the architect of Exodus discussed his disdain for organized religion, the new pentagram-filled "Riot Act" video shot by "Metalocalypse" producer Jon Schnepp, the golden years of thrash, what the band did wrong in the '80s, selling guitars to pay the rent and when we're likely to hear The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit B.

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The answer to yesterday's Indecipherable Logo is Quaet Gespuys and if you think the logo looks weird, you should see the band members.

The black metal trio is from Holland and its name translates into "Evil Scum" in ancient Dutch. Quaet Gespuys formed in 2004 in Ternuezen, Netherlands and have spent the past three years spreading blasphemy across the Dutch hillsides.

Fronted by singer and guitarist Sielknaegher, the band also features bassist Dwaling and drummer Somberling (a.k.a. Esgaroth). Quaet Gespuys debuted in 2004 with the demo Grauwe Geschrifte, which was recorded at Atelier Van De Velde in July 2004 and included the song "Satans Diennar." They followed up two years later with Massagraf, a the split CD with Woudgilde. The six Quaet Gespuys songs on the disc included "Een Vroom Man," "Galgenacht" and a cover of Beheret's "The Gate of Nanna."

Obviously, there are way too many performance videos out there. Partially, that's because it's far less expensive to shoot a band live and add a few special effects in post-production than to film on multiple sets with live actors, but it also has something to do with a lack of creativity that's sweeping the video community.

That said, some bands are best seen onstage, not in a field, forest, underwater or against a green screen acting like pirates, wizards or serial killers. And, one of the best bands to see live is Sevendust, a group that has put out some decent records over the years -- as well as some mediocre ones -- but has always delivered in concert, whether opening for Creed in an arena or headlining a small club. And that's why we have no problem watching Sevendust in their "Beg to Differ" video doing what they do best. Keep in mind "Beg to Differ" is not a cover of the ass-kicking 1990 Prong ditty, but it still rocks.

"The video was filmed over the duration of two shows in Milwaukee and Orlando in front of over ten and twenty thousand people respectively," says drummer Morgan Rose. "It captures what we've been known for for the past decade, which is our live show and our love for the people that come to see us play."

Well put, Morgan. Now here comes the sales pitch: "You can catch this video and more from these particular shows plus previously unreleased songs and never before seen footage of the band on the new Sevendust release "Retrospective 2."

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It looks like this week's indecipherable band logo belongs to a group of guys with a keen love of spiderwebs. Even without looking at the hidden letters -- yeah, they're in there somewhere -- we can tell a few basic things about this group? First of all, they've got crappy penmanship, but other than that it's pretty obvious they play black metal, it's fairly clear English isn't their first language and we can guess they'd knife us on Satan's altar just for suggesting they try using a stencil next time. On your mark, get set, guess.

Watch the new Nile video for "Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor From Attacks Against he Who is in the Water," then check out guitarist and vocalist Dallas Toler-Wade's comprehensive essay about the clip. By the time you finish reading, it should be just about time for the video to air again on Saturday's Headbangers Ball on MTV2. The video for "Papyrus Containing the Spell to Preserve its Possessor From Attacks Against he Who is in the Water,"was shot on November 18 by Juan Punchy Gonzalez and features actual Nile crocodiles.

So it all began with a few e-mails about possible treatments for the "Papyrus..." video.
We were already behind on getting a video together because of the non-stop touring we have been doing since before the release of our current release, Ithyphallic, and given the fact that our drummer, George Kollias, was in Greece and Karl Sanders, Chris Lollis and I were in South Carolina, getting together can be hard. We only had a month between our Ozzfest tour and the European tour I'm on right now. During that month, we went to Japan and destroyed the Loud Park festival with the full of legends mega-group, Heaven and Hell. The concept of doing a video seemed crazy when rehearsals that included new songs needed to be done first. The video had to be done locally and fast. Read more...

Ready.... Aim... Here it is - The new Bullet For My Valentine Video for the song "Scream Aim Fire," the title track for their second album, which comes out January 29.

The video was directed on November 17 in Los Angeles by Tony Petrossian.

Check out the premiere here and then catch it on the big screen on Headbangers Ball Saturday night on MTV2.