Even though there's a dude in the band who wears a purple shirt to a publicity shoot, that didn't stop you guys from overwhelmingly voting for A Hero a Fake over Machine Head, Arise and Ruin, All That Remains and Today is the Day to win the encore slot on the next "Headbangers Ball." Read more...

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On the last "Headbangers Ball" we premiered videos by A Hero a Fake and Today is the Day. We also played new clips by Machine Head, Arise and Ruin and others. Now it's your turn to bring one of them back for the next show.

Pick from the list below, and feel free to include a comment, the best of which will be published when we announce the winner. Remember, only one vote per IP address and this year's prior winners are ineligible, so you must pick from our list. Voting runs through Wednesday at 3 p.m. Click "more" to see this week's choices and watch the vids. Read more...

If you've been waiting a while for Charlotte, North Carolina progressive metalcore band A Hero a Fake to come to your home town, you're gonna have to wait a little longer. Four of the guys are still in college and don't graduate until May, at which point they plan to hit the road with a vengeance.

However, being full-time students hasn't stopped them from spending a lot of their spare moments on the band. Their debut album, Volatile, came out in October 2008, and they even found time to shoot a video for the song "I Know I." Click more to watch it and catch it on the big screen Saturday night on "Headbangers Ball," which airs between 2 and 3 a.m. on MTV2. Read more...