Speedmetal would most likely be thismuch slower if the great Dave Mustaine never picked up a guitar.

On March 6, you'll have more visual proof of Mustaine's magic fingers as Megadeth releases a new live DVD called That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires. The show was filmed in October 2005 in front of 25,000 screaming Argentine metalheads as seen in this promo video.

Mustaine says in a press release that we may (or may not) have spilled some energy drink on, "This was one of the greatest nights of my life. "I am glad I was able to document it and share it with you. ‘That One Night' is a lesson in metal fanaticism by some of the best participating, most frenzied, and intense concert-goers in the world! I have waited ten years to show the rest of the world how much Megadeth and Argentina love each other. If seeing this doesn't convince you how lethal a Megadeth concert in Argentina with some very close personal friends can be, don't worry…you're already dead."

Now would be a good time to tuck into some classic Megadeth. We know that the thought of Dave Mustaine being as great a political economist as the legendary Adam Smith has probably crossed your mind a few times, and the lyric "peace sells, but who's buying" pretty much proves it, eh?

Six Feet Under present our Bang of the Day, in anticipation of their new album, Commandment, due out April 17.

Because it's late in the day, we may be sugar crashing and just a tad cranky. What do we do when we find ourselves in such a deep dark place? Read Revolver Magazine and contemplate life, of course.

In the April 2007 issue, the magazine's readers voted Pantera as THE BEST BAND EVER. Coming up (errrr) behind them are Metallica, Korn, Slayer and Black Sabbath. We think it's a tight top 5, but that could just be the hot steamin' cup o' joe we just chugged kickin' in.

So, Headbanger's Ball friends, fans and misfits -- do YOU think Pantera deserves the crown of BEST...BAND...EVER?

Slipknot/Stone Sour lead singer Corey Taylor unleashed his new baldy (no) hair-do at a show in Denmark on February 11, Blabbermouth reports. Today, photos have popped up on photog Jacob Dinesen's website.

Call us old-fashioned, but we love the more "traditional" Slipknot look as seen in our Bang of the Day.

Wonder what that donkey is doing now...

Closing out this week's HBB is The Acacia Strain "Angry Mob Justice." The hardest deathcore band ever to come out of Chicopee, Massachusetts, and friends play a mean game of "beat the devil" tetherball in this video.

While we might advise you "not to try this at home," it would still be pretty tempting to put on a chicken mask and chuck the ball at the Devil's johnson just to see him cry.

Fun fact about The Acacia Strain: Early in his career ex-guitar player Daniel Daponde played in the band Blood Has Been Shed with KSE lead throat Howard Jones.

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Watch "Angry Mob Justice"

Because we are your friends, we'll find any reason -- even something like Karmacode receiving a Silver Award (20,000 albums sold) in Lacuna Coil's home country of Italy (Thanks Blabbermouth) -- to brighten up your day with metal goddess Cristina Scabbia and her band. Congratulazioni!

Busy day for KISS fans -- In an attempt to put the kabosh on rumors of his demise, Ace Frehley issued this statement:

"Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated… I don't know how this ridiculous rumor got started…"

Naturally all this attention would be wasted if Ace didn't mention the fact that he's working on a solo album.

In other KISS solo news, Blabbermouth.net reports that while Paul Stanley's recent solo tour sold out in NYC and LA and almost sold out in Chicago, dates in Atlanta, Orlando didn't fare so well selling to 50% and 37% of capacity respectively. Stanley's solo effort Live to Win is out now.

Recently, Slayer beat out fellow nominees Lamb of God, Mastodon, Ministry and Stone Sour for this year's Best Metal Performance Grammy. Let us first kiss Slayer's ass by saying that it goes without saying that they are legends, and we all owe them our first born children for their contributions.

However, was "Eyes of the Insane," really the best of the best in metal recordings for '06? Or did Slayer get the nod because they are the most familiar name to a committee of Grammy voters who probably never even heard of the others? The answers: "No" and "Yes," respectively. But, at least it's not as bad as Jethro Tull winning the first one back in '89.

Slayer will always be legends, but we say give new blood some of the primetime shine.

Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ - 02.10.07

We really weren't in the mood for the usual stack of bearded metal slobs pouring all over each other in the usually crammed Starland. Instead, we had to keep our girlfriend from catching us sneaking glances at the hot metal tail running around the venue all night.

Yes, metal is more than a male sport these days, and this Mastodon show was a rally of proof that niche appeal has been busted. The show was all ages and fans from 40 to 14 came out to see the band touted as the next Metallica.

Their sound is a mix of Thrash, Industrial and Dirtbag rock. Their show is loud, sometimes silly and always melodic. The combination of sweat, spit and synchronized guitar solos made metal feel exciting again.

It may sound cliché, but we think everyone in the crowd felt like they were watching a huge wave that is about to break.

Watch Mastodon Makes An Album - "Blood Mountain"

According to a message posted from the band on Metallica.com, their new album is due out by the end of this year, with Rick Rubin at the production helm. Rubin's skills are the best in the biz, and I think many of us are happy they canned Bob Rock, the guy responsible for the last batch of crappy albums from Metallica. Still, we think these guys need more than a new producer. They need high tops and dirty jeans, James needs long hair and Lars needs to not talk so much; they need to be the Metallica of old.

Here's an idea: Bring back Dave Mustaine.

He has the edge and the metal cred Metallica needs to regain. There needs to be some tension and competitive rivalry within the band to make them great again. Imagine the speed of Mustaine's boney fingers racing over the chunky palm muted chords of Hetfield.

As far as who would sing, let's introduce a new genre: Thrash Metal Duets.

We may have just reinvented metal.