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Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball was a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV, MTV2 (its sister channel), MTV Australia, MTV Rocks (formerly known as MTV2 Europe), MTV Adria (the MTV subsidiary covering the former Yugoslavia), MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV Israel, MTV Hungary and MTV Japan. The show began on MTV on April 18, 1987,
(in types of music) of showing underground music, as well as metalcore, death metal and thrash.
During VH1's "40 Least Metal Moments" countdown, musicians criticized the 2003 incarnation of "Headbangers Ball" in comparison with the original, citing its "scripted" studio feel and lack of excitement. The new version mostly shows only music videos and in-studio interviews, which was not true of the original show.
When asked in September 2015 about a possible return of "Headbangers Ball",