We're real fond of the new Cattle Decapitation video for "Regret and the Grave," so we're kinda banking on you guys showing it your support and voting it back for next week's episode of "Headbangers Ball." Now, we're not trying to sway your vote or nothin,' but for some reason we just love the idea of a slaughterhouses being built for humans, and the image of cows forcing people through herding mazes and into tiny little cages -- and we're full-fledged carnivores, though, for health reasons, we're partial to the mistreatment of chickens than cows.

Since new videos by Mastodon, Lamb of God and Dope have already won "Your Vote Counts" recently (meaning they can't win again), and old videos are ineligible, the competition's not all that stiff. Click more to see who Cattle Decapitation are up against and place your vote. Read more...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

Get ready to take an active role in the democratic process. Just think about President Obama's "Oh, Yes We Can" speech and select the best video from last week's "Ball" for an encore appearance on the next show. Remember, just one vote per IP address and only choose from the videos on the list below, since old videos and past winners are ineligible. Voting runs through Wednesday at 3 p.m. Click "more" to see your choices: Read more...

We don't want to sway voters or anything, but we're pretty sure we're going through the motions with this week's "Your Vote Counts." Sure, Static-X's "Stingwray" video is kind of cool and it does feature a former porn star and all, but it would take a video on the level of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" to top Mastodon's new clip "Divinations."

So, we'll just declare Mastodon this week's winner now and encourage you to leave comments about why the band, the video and director Roboshobo deserve the frickin' Nobel prize of metal. Click "more" to watch the video and see the other contestants who don't have a chance of winning. Read more...

Now that I have got your attention, listen closely. I won't repeat myself. Read these words. I speak these truths. Watch them bring us down. I speak the truth. You will be known for nothing. You will be left for dead.

Hey, those aren't are words, they're some of the lyrics from Within the Ruins' "Extinguish Them." And if you think that's cynical, check out these: "Devour the sick and spit out the weak... Sell the poor to the slaves and extinguish them. Chapels burn and rooftops crash... I hate the world." Read more...