http://headbangersblog.mtv.com Welcome to Headbangers Blog. Fri, 09 May 2008 21:10:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The letters in this logo kind of look like broken up bones pieced together in a graveyard in the dead of night. The off-green color is a bit nasty, reminding us of the gnarly poops that come from eating too much spinach and not enough red meat. Clearly, this isn't ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/09/indecipherable-logo-of-the-day-55/ Recently, Swedish psychedelic, doom/death metal band Opeth embarked on the Progressive Nation tour with Dream Theater, 3 and Between the Buried and Me. The bill may seem strange and ill-fitting for Opeth, a band that's just as likely to burst into death growls as to soar into a classical-inspired ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/09/exclusive-podcast-opeth-frontman-mikael-akerfeldt/ From Alaska with love, here comes the new 36 Crazyfists video for "We Gave it Hell." The clip was directed by Soren (All That Remains, Unearth) in the Hatcher's Pass region and comes from the band's new album The Tide and its Takers, which comes out May 27. Here's singer ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/08/video-premiere-36-crazyfists-visit-heaven-for-we-gave-it-hell-shoot-the-greatest-time-ever-making-a-video/ Photos by Sarah Hamilton, Le Beast Photography Awwwww, little white tourists in Shanghai. Wow! China is really neat.Look at all those pretty buildings! I thought it was going to be a pile of garbage. If you zoom into this picture you can peep at our brand new $2 Rolexes ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/08/photo-exclusive-horse-the-band-rock-n-roll-thru-china-slums-examine-poop-river-wake-up-naked-on-train/ From now on, we're giving you guys a chance to help pick the video lineups for Headbangers Ball. A couple days ago, we listed last week's show lineup and asked you to chose who you wanted to see back again on this Saturday's episode. The majority of votes went ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/08/dont-blame-us-you-picked-it-viewers-choose-warbringer-to-return-for-next-headbangers-ball/ We have all seen Jimi Henrix rockin' out, and it's a sight to behold. And everyone knows the guitar god did a lot of rockin' in-and-out- and-in-and-out with any number of lovely ladies, but no one but his privileged "band of gypsies" have been witness to that -- until now. Today, ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/07/jimi-hendrix-sex-tape-distributors-offer-100000-to-anyone-who-proves-video-of-jimi/ "Art is the proper task of life." -- Friedrich Nietzsche Yes, friends, it is indeed that time again, when my mind is curved and coiled in a strange labyrinth of questions, queries, investigations, examinations, contemplations, meditations, ruminations, over-biased opinions, diatribes, rants, raves, and all varieties of gentle euphemism, analogs, correlations, and ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/07/might-makes-write-more-questions-investigations-ruminations-rants-and-raves-from-heavy-metal-poet-otep-shamaya/ Described by its creator, James Hughes, as an "amateur film examining perceptions of teenage metal fans," "Metalheads" is a wonderfully raw, no-budget, sloppily edited example of do-it-yourself filmmaking that's unintentionally hysterical and undeniably sincere. Shot by an opinionated teenage extreme metal fan from Douglasville, Georgia, "Metalheads" attempts to explore the sociology ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/07/teenage-headbanger-shoots-offbeat-metal-documentary/ photo by Lyndsay Siegel Man, it's one thing to tattoo your favorite band's logo on your bicep, calf or even your ass, but to have something like Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance logo inked on your chest is a major commitment. Such inkjobs are prevalent at rock festivals and, of course, at ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/06/even-band-members-get-dumb-ass-tattoos/ photo by Evos Marin, courtesy of flickr.com In June 2006, Unearth singer Trevor Phipps took center stage in a powow with Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen, ex-Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and Kittie drummer Mercedes Lander. It wasn't for an awards ceremony, charity benefit or supergroup recording session (though we'd love to ... http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2008/05/06/seismic-vibrations-from-06-hbb-heavy-metal-roundtable/