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...

While it's not particularly shocking compared to most Cannibal Corpse covers, in 1986 this image from German thrash band Kreator's second album was pretty graphic.

Created by Phil Lawrence, who also designed the band's Terrible Certainty album as well as Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales/Emperor's Return, the art for Pleasure to Kill sets a violent, vicious tone that perfectly matches the speed and brutality of the album. The horned demon, who bears resemblance to something from a Frank Frazetta painting (or a Jesse Helms nightmare), isn't just killing the weapon-wielding skeletons, he's dismembering them one after another and climbing atop the pile of shattered bones to continue the battle.

Even today, it doesn't get much more metal than that.

As for the album, Pleasure to Kill is the Reign in Blood of German thrash metal, and holds up against pretty much any modern death or black metal discs in terms of ferocity and aggression.

Now, here's a video for the far more commercial cut, "Chosen Few":

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The folks at Century Media have announced that Brand New Sin will begin their U.S. tour with Type O Negative on March 28th. Celtic Frost will join the tour on April 9th.

The band will also be performing at this year's South By Southwest in Austin TX. When asked about the upcoming shows singer John Altier said, "We are extremely excited to hit the road with the legendary Type O Negative. We thank Pete Steele and the rest of the guys for asking us to be a part of their first tour in nearly three years."