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Tonight at 11 p.m., MTV2 will start to ramp up for Saturday's exclusive telecast of the "Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards" by presenting an hour-long episode of "Headbangers Ball" hosted by Dave Mustaine, the frontman of Golden Gods headliners Megadeth. Click "more" to watch interview clips with Mustaine about the awards show, the lack of respect given to metal by the Grammys, the next Megadeth album and more. And come back tomorrow for clips from Killswitch Engage, who will host tomorrow night's edition of "Headbangers Ball." Read more...

Starting this weekend, "Headbangers Ball" will begin eight days of special programming leading up to the exclusive premiere of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which airs Saturday, May 22 at 11 p.m.

On Saturday, April 25 we've got a Golden Gods Awards preview special on "Headbangers Ball" that'll air at 2 a.m. on MTV2. The show will feature music videos from all of the Golden Gods performers -- Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains and Suicide Silence -- as well as behind-the-scenes footage from the event itself, the first ever metal awards show on U.S. soil, which took place on April 7 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California.

Click "more" for the full schedule of next week's special Golden Gods programming and our review of the show. Read more...

Most of last week was devoted to coverage of the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, a heavy metal awards ceremony that took place in Los Angeles and Club Nokia and was attended by a who's who of headbanging celebrities, including Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Slipknot and Machine Head. Click more to see a photo gallery of the event, check out backstage interviews and read our review of the show, which will be broadcast on MTV2 on May 2. Read more...

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A few hours before Megadeth delivered the headline performance of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, HeadbangersBlog.com met up with frontman Dave Mustaine to talk about the ceremony, why there has never been a popular metal awards show in the U.S., how MySpace is ruining music, what the next Megadeth album is gonna sound like and his recent interaction with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich before Metallica was nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Click "more" to stream or download the podcast. And don't miss all our upcoming audio and video footage from the awards ceremony on HeadbangersBlog.com and MTV2's "Headbangers Ball." Our comprehensive coverage will culminate in a one-hour presentation of the Revolver Golden Gods awards show on May 2. Read more...

Vinnie Paul with Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta
photo by Jon Wiederhorn

Between interviewing the Revolver Golden Gods Awards performers -- Megadeth, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed and Suicide Silence -- posting entries about the event, reviewing the actual show and hanging with the heavies, we were able to shoot a couple dozen photos as the bangers walked the black carpet an hour or so before showtime. Click more to see close-up shots of members of Slayer, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Motorhead, Bleeding Through, Job For a Cowboy and more. Read more...

We know where she gets the hair, but not the smile

If you figured Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine's daughter Electra would be a hellraising headbanger? Guess again.

First of all, she's only a kid, and secondly she clearly prefers real animals to animal rockers. But she's got some things in common with her old man. At age 10 she's well on her way to becoming a media darling. Electra currently co-hosts the Animal Planet children's program "Faithful Friends" with Wanda Goldberg, who is married to retired professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. Electra is in charge of the "Itty Bitty Buddy" segment program and talks to kids about small pets including fish, cats, chinchillas, hedgehogs and hermit crabs.

Before landing a gig on "Faithful Friends," Electra appeared in a Megadeth video with her brother Justis. "It was funny to watch my dad because he was banging around in his chair and on his knees," she told Catchannel.com. "I thought he was going to fall over, but he didn't! All my friends came over for Bible study, and I was like, 'guys, come check this out!' because I was so excited. They loved it."

Click "more" to see Dave's daughter in action. Read more...

With Gigantour 2008, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine tapped into the independent market a little bit and cobbled together a fierce, bill that featured Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job For a Cowboy and High on Fire. It seemed like a good move -- one that verified Megadeth's importance in the lineage of heavy metal and made Mustaine look pretty savvy. Read more...

Dave Mustaine is coming to prime time TV. No, the Megadeth frontman isn't getting his own reality show (but wouldn't that be great?!), one of the band's recent shows in San Diego, California is going to be broadcast on HDNet TV's "Concert Series" on November 2 at 8 p.m. EST, reports Blabbermouth.net.

The program, "Blood in the Water: Live in San Diego" features a set from the Cox Arena on the 2008 Gigantour tour. Click "more" to watch a preview of "Peace Sells." The concert will will be rebroadcast on Monday, November 3 at 2:30 a.m. EST. Read more...

The band name Hellsongs is more than a bit deceptive. So is the title of their debut album, Hyms in the Key of 666. But don't let that stop you. And don't be put off by the fact that there's not a single distorted guitar, screamed vocal or aggressive drum volley in any of their songs. Actually, these Swedes don't exactly have their own songs. They're a metal cover band, and they contort the music of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica, Twisted Sister and others into melancholy lounge music. It's actually pretty hard to tell what song they're singing until you hear the lyrics. And, amazingly, it works. Click "more" to stream Songs in the Key of 666. Read more...

On July 10, Megadeth Frontman Dave Mustaine was at the Guitar Center in Hollywood to conduct Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Insight with Dave Mustaine. The free, informal seminar was designed to provide informative, provocative conversation and hands-on tutorials and during the afternoon Mustaine demonstrated some of his classic riffs, offered guitar techniques, discussed his favorite gear (including his signature guitars and Marshall amps), and offered thoughts on marketing, monetizing and touring in today's music business. Click "more" to watch how Mustaine deals with hecklers, how he plays "Peace Sells" and more. Read more...