photo by Jon Wiederhorn

It was a photo finish, but in the end Between the Buried and Me triumphed over Machine Head and Divine Heresy to clinch a return slot for the next "Headbangers Ball."

The winning video was for the song "Informal Gluttony," which is featured on the band's CD and DVD package Colors Live. Click "more" to watch and to find out the new air times for "Headbangers Ball." Read more...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

Saturday's edition of "Headbangers Ball" was a special commemorative show to celebrate 20 years of headbanging madness. Because of this, the program featured mostly classic metal videos from the past two decades. So, this week's "Your Vote Counts" will draw from the other new videos and video premieres we aired last week, including Slipknot's "Dead Memories," Bleeding Through's "Death Anxiety" and "Down's "N.O.D. (Live)" from the bonus DVD on the new deluxe edition of Over the Under, plus a few other new videos we've debuted recently.

Click "more" to see the full list. The video with the most votes will return for next week's "Headbangers Ball." Voters chosing videos that aren't from the list below will be disqualified, as will voters who chose more than one entry. Remember, only one vote per IP address. Please include a comment with your selection, which may be published when we announce the winner. Voting runs through Wednesday at 3 p.m. Now, here's are you choices. Read more...

old Divine Heresy photo with Cazares (lright), Cummings (center)

Clearly, something went down between Divine Heresy guitarist Dino Cazares and ex-Divine Heresy singer Tommy "Vext" Cummings (now in Snot) in San Bernardino on July 13 at the Rockstar Energy Mayhem tour. Punches were thrown, police responded, lawsuits will be filed. But after talking at length with both Cazares and Cummings we're no closer to finding out what really happened.

Maybe it doesn’t matter who’s to blame. No one was severely injured, no property was damaged and it was all over in a matter of minutes. However, the incident illustrates how vehemently both men defend their sides of the story and how completely opposite those perspectives are. This isn't just a case of he said, she said where both individuals shout, "He started it." Cazares and Cummings both insist that the other has a vendetta against him and that the only way to resolve the situation is to put it in the hands of the courts.

Both artists are currently assembling legal cases and each says he fears for his life. In fact, both compare the situation to the friction that developed between Dimebag Darrell and Phil Anselmo and worry that some insane fan of the other will take matters into his own hands and enact some sort of vigilante justice.

Instead of presenting the incident as a straightforward, unbiased news story, we decided the most sensible way to handle this mess is to allow Cazares and Cummings to state their cases in essay form and to let you guys decide what to make of it all: Click "more" to read lengthy statements by Cazares and Cummings. Read more...