Deathcore, anyone?

Forget Suicide Silence, Job For a Cowboy and all the other bands that don't want to be associated with the genre, and welcome the hailstorm fury and sepulchral darkness of Whitechapel instead. The group's debut album, This is Exile, is a combination of ripping blast beats, throat-shredding screams and seismic breakdowns that could crack open the floor of most any moshpit. Whitechapel's second video from the album, "Possession," was shot by Dave Brodsky, who also shot the firsts clip, "This is Exile," and is no stranger to making groups look mean.

"We shot it at the Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts at one of our shows on our headlining tour in September, and we couldn't be happier with it," says guitarist Alex Wade. "The video features a live setting, filmed on location during the show, so it's very intense and fast-paced. We can't wait until the video makes its debut and all of our fans who were at the show can see themselves going off."

Wade's wish is out command. Click "more" to watch the clip, and catch it again on "Headbangers Ball," which runs Saturday from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...

With "Do What You Do," the first single from their new album, The New Game, Mudvayne aren't really doing anything that new, they're actually... well, doing what they do. To this, we have two things to say. 1) If you've already broken new ground and done something innovative and challenging, what more do you have to prove? 2) If it ain't broke, just do what you do. click "more" to watch the video and check out our video interview with the band. Read more...

Japanese art-metal band Dir En Grey have already proven their immense visual creativity with striking videos for "Saku," "The Final" and "Agitated Screams of Maggots." The band's new clip for "Dozing Green" continues the tradition with footage from Kazuo Umezu's horror manga "The Drifting Classroom."

"Being one of the most renown in its genre, the manga depicts cruel imagery of a battle for survival by a group of elementary school children," says guitarist Kaoru. "The story was also adopted into a Japanese drama series with a more modern twist. We are actually fans of Mr. Umezu’s works and simply wanted to use his manga in our video. The play in the video shows puppets in an imaginary world created using 'fumie,' or the 'step-on stone.' 'Fumie' are originally stones with carvings of Christ or the Virgin Mary used in the Edo period by officials of the Japanese government to reveal practicing Catholics and sympathizers." Click "more" for additionally commentary and the video, which will debut on air on Saturday's "Headbangers Ball," which airs from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...

Here's what The Famine vocalist Michael Christian McCaddon has to say about the band's new video "Consume, Devour, Repeat," which you can watch by clicking "more" below. The track comes from the band's album The Raven and the Reaping:

The lyrics of "Consume, Devour, Repeat" deal with corrupt leaders. We wanted to shy way from political bludgeonings or overt partisanship, so we employed the metaphor of an underworld king-type character who ultimately meets his untimely end. In a sense, the story line of the video serves as a microcosm of the world view presented in the song. The video was shot in an abandoned brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio by the illustrious Andy Reale. Read more...

from set of Brother Von Doom's "Eater of  Days" video

For their debut video, Brother Von Doom came out swinging -- axes and swords, that is. The Medieval warfare in the clip is complimented by sheets of rain, clouds of fog and skies full of lightning, courtesy of director David Brodsky (The Black Dahlia Murder, Suicide Silence). Click "more" to read comments from the band and Brodsky. Read more...

When it comes to sonic devastation, Today is the Day level the playing field (and everything else within 500 miles of ground zero) like an atomic bomb. And they've been doing so since 1994 -- back when many deathcore and tech metal musicians were probably still listening to Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey. The band is fronted by gun-totin', no-bulls--t talkin' Nashville, Tennessee native Steve Austin, who possesses the strength of the Bionic Man and the ferocity of Attila the Hun. Click "more" to read explosive commentary from Austin and watch Today is the Day's video for "IED," which will receive its on-air debut on Saturday's "Headbangers Ball," which airs from 1 to 2 a.m. EST. The song originally appeared on the 2007 Today is the Day album Axis of Eden, which remains an unsung classic, so check it out. Read more...

And now, to close out HeadbangersBlog.com's celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Headbangers Ball," we bring you the premiere of Slipknot's new video "Dead Memories." The song comes from the band's most recent album All Hope is Gone and was written by singer Corey Taylor about the painful collapse of his marriage to his ex-wife. The video was co-directed by Paul Brown and band percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown). Click more for Clown's interpretation of the clip and then watch it right here. Catch it again tonight on "Headbangers Ball," which will commemorate its 20th anniversary this week with a special two hour program that starts at 10 p.m. EST. Read more...

Here's a live clip for "Davidian," our second video premiere from Machine Head's bonus DVD, that comes with from the upcoming deluxe reissue of The Blackening, which comes out October 28. But first here's frontman Robert Flynn to talk about to Rock in Rio shows, where the clip was filmed. Take it away Robb.

Since I'm sitting here in New Zealand jet-lagged to all hell at 3:24 a.m., I am more than happy to talk about about the show we shot the vids at. The Rock In Rio show was really friggin' amazing for a few reasons. We had been doing dates with Metallica overseas, and this was the final show, so there was a little bit of a celebratory vibe in the air. The other thing is that this was the first time it had ever
been held in Portugal instead of Rio where it traditionally takes place. (click "more" to read more from Flynn and watch the video). Read more...

To continue our rocking celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Headbangers Ball," we've got the new Motörhead video "Rock Out" for you. Now, the song features the line "Rock out with your c--k out," and, of course, the FCC being what it is, that had to come out in order to go on air. Other than that, everything else is the same. The video was directed by Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski, who also shot the upcoming documentary "Lemmy: The Movie." The track, of course, comes from Motörhead's new album Motörizer, which came out August 26.

Click "more" to read more from Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister and the directors, then watch the video for yourself. See it again tonight at around 10 p.m. on MTV2. Read more...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

We're down to the final two days of our week-long celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Headbangers Ball," but that means we've still got 48 hours to look back at the past with classic footage and glance into the future with new video premieres. Today, our second premiere is the Between the Buried and Me video for "Informal Gluttony." We'll get to that in a minute, but first some background from singer and keyboardist Tommy Rogers:

The date was August 2, 2008. The place was Nashville, Tennessee at Rocketown, where we filmed our new CD/DVD "Colors_Live." Were we nervous? Yes. We've never filmed a show for a DVD before, and we've never played a set that lasted for almost two hours before. With all the nerves aside, this was one of the most exciting moments in our career. This was a show truly for Between the Buried and Me fans -- two sets which consisted of Colors in its entirety, and six old songs chosen by the fans. (Click more to read the rest of Rogers' commentary and watch the video for "Informal Gluttony"). Read more...