In the second part of our interview with British metalcore sensations Bring Me the Horizon, the band members discuss their history, the blood-drenched cover of their latest album Suicide Season, horror movies and more. Click "more" to watch. Read more...

Sometimes English music fans seem to be ahead of the curve. They discovered grunge before Americans knew what was going on in Seattle, introduced groundbreakers like My Bloody Valentine, Blur and Ride while the U.S. was looking to Alanis Morisette for salvation and brought the world techno revolutionaries such as The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. Okay, they kind of struck out with Funeral For a friend and Lostprophets. But maybe we should suspend our disbelief for a moment and give British metalcore sensations Bring Me the Horizon an honest chance.

We recently put the band behind the cameras and asked them to explain their value and popularity. Click "more" to watch the clips. Read more...

We've kinda been waiting for this and at last the time is come. We've got three of last week's video premieres to throw your way for the next installment of "Your Vote Counts." And while we're pretty sure there are enough maggots out there to dust the floor with the competition, we've got a couple of worthy competitors to Slipknot's new video "Sulfur." First, there's Lazarus A.D.'s worthy thrash-fest "Thou Shall Not Fear." Then, we've got the Brit metalcore darling band Bring Me the Horizon and their latest vid "Diamonds Aren't Forever." And finally, there's all the stuff that premiered in prior weeks, like Oceano's "District of Misery." Click "more" to see all your choices for this week. Remember, recent winners are ineligible, so only select from out list. Also, one vote per IP address. Voting runs through Wednesday at 3 p.m. Here are your choices. Read more...

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Although were were still suffering the after-hangover of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods for much of last week, we were still able to bring on the rock and offer a slew of exclusive videos, interviews and news stories, including the premiere of Slipknot's new video for "Sulfur." Click "more" to see what else you might have missed if you were also hungover all week. And don't miss out regular posts on Twitter. Read more...

In the Shirley Bassey song "Diamonds Are Forever," which was the theme track for the 1971 James Bond movie of the same name, the British chanteuse croons, "Diamonds are forever/They are all I need to please me/They can stimulate and tease me/They won't leave in the night."

Experience has taught Bassey to seek possession over passion and that diamonds have enough value to heal her torn heart. By contrast, the Bring Me the Horizon song "Diamonds Aren't Forever," from the British metalcore's 2008 sophomore record Suicide Season implies that nothing has value since life is but ephemeral. "Throw diamonds in the sky/We'll stay gold forever/I can promise you one thing/ Death will take us all/ I can promise you one thing/ You will die alone/ We're all going to hell, we may as well go out in style."

Clearly Bring Me the Horizon have impact, but if you ask us, Bassey has more panache, and the film intro to "Diamonds are Forever" is pretty damn hot. The again, the video for "Diamonds Aren't Forever" is killer too, in a totally different way. Check it out now, and see it again on Saturday's "Headbangers Ball," which airs from 2 to 3 a.m. on MTV2.
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We found an online interview with Bring Me the Horizon which says the band members are all between 21 and 23 years old, but from the pictures on their MySpace we find that hard to believe. Seriously, that smiley dude on the left of the aobve photo has gotta be 12 and the guy next to him can't even be old enough for acne. The other three dudes could maybe pass for 15, but if they weren't carrying instruments and laminates into a reputable club, there's no way they should be able to get in without the doorman laughing his ass off and sending them back to their hotels with a six-pack of Capri Suns.

And yet this metalcore band from Sheffield, England has been around since 2004 and already have released three albums, including their 2008 offering Suicide Season. And, apparently, they've made quite a name for themselves touring with Killswitch Engage, The Haunted, Lostprophets and loads of others. If you're still not convinced, these UK superstars will be back on this year's Taste of Chaos tour playing with Thursday, Cancer Bats, Four Year Strong and Pierce the Veil.

One reason Bring Me the Horizon have created such a buzz is because, onstage, they have the energy 11 year olds with sugar highs and incredibly loud instruments in their hands. We also kinda like 'em because their last album cover of a blood-spattered girl-next-door holding a handful of bright red intestines is one of the coolest pieces of metal art work we saw in 2008. Give 'em five years and they'll be: a) old enough to drink, b) the next Avenged Sevenfold or c) working at Sainsburys cutting deli meat. Chime in with your thoughts and click "more" to watch the band's video for "Chelsea Smile." Read more...

Before we even heard a note of their music, we were immediately drawn to British metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon. There was something about the cover art of their second full album, Suicide Season, that spoke volumes.

The image -- seen above -- depicts a pretty girl in a black dress holding a huge handful of bloody, dripping intestines. It wasn't entirely the blood and guts that hooked us. We've got piles of gorier album art from bands we wouldn't listen to for a free meal at Nobu. Our attraction had more to do with blank expression on the girl's face, her perfectly formed hair, the blood spatter on her arms. Look at the top half of the pic and it could be an anxious girl at her friend's wedding.

Anyway, the artwork convinced us to check out this British phenomenon, and guess what? They're pretty good -- chaotic, turbulent, enraged and gifted in the art of the breakdown. Some of the riffs are even kinda catchy, though, overall, the band is more memorable for its machine-gun rhythms, piercing guitar squeals, falling-down-the-stairs beats and sociopathic vocal rants, which seem like they're pieced together impulsively by vocalist Oli Sykes before he chews them up and spits them back in our faces.

When we asked someone from the band to send us a guest blog, we had no idea what to expect, but it kinda makes sense that the resulting email from guitarist Curtis Ward is full of stream-of-consciousness penmanship. What surprised us was how close he seems to be to his mommy. Dude, has she even seen your cover art or tour shirts? Click "more" to read Ward's blog and watch a promo clip for the band's current U.S. tour. Read more...