Poor old Avenged Sevenfold. That crowd at the "Gods of Metal" festival in Italy just didn't give them a chance! Surely, it's not because of their overactive egos, pretty boy makeup and poserish lingo. Those Italians chanted for Iron Maiden during A7X's entire set! Even during that rousing half-assed rendition of Pantera's "Walk." I mean, come on, covering that song hasn't been played out or anything... has it? "Yo yo yo" check out M. Shadows throwing a hissy fit:

A killer metal festival seems to be the norm in Europe every weekend during the summer months. Two weekends ago it was "Hellfest" in France. This past weekend it was "Gods of Metal" in Bologna, Italy. Musica Metal got a ton of great footage of some of the biggest bands performing the epic festival. Watch it!

Iron Maiden performing "Fear of the Dark":

Brian Slagel, founder of the massively influential Metal Blade Records, sat down with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich of Metallica for a surreal meeting of the metal minds recently. The trio discussed the impact of Metallica's iconic self-titled album, Kill 'Em All, 25 years after its initial release. Behold the revealing discussion - it's one that you won't want to miss:

To use an obvious expression, Soulfly have 'unleashed' the new video for "Unleash," the first single from the band's upcoming  sixth studio album, Conquer. The video features an inspiring co-vocal performance from frontman Max Cavalera and Throwdown mainman Dave Peters. Conquer is set to be released July 29 via Roadrunner Records. For now, you can check out the video:

I think I might be more sorry about missing a festival than ever. The lineup for Hellfest 2008 - which occurred this past weekend in Clisson, France - was possibly the most stacked I've ever seen. In order to ease my grief, and yours as well, I have compiled a select list of some of the best footage that's been uploaded from the festival. Check it out:

Morbid Angel are back together and killing it with David Vincent back behind the stick and new guitarist Destructhor shredding away. Where the fucking slime live!