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Papa Roach have been making a racket for the past 15 years. Their music is explosive and their visuals are chaotic, due in large part to the push and pull posturing of singer Jacoby Shaddix. You're never quite sure when his fuse is going to blow, but it usually always does at some point.

Scary is a subjective term. It means different things to different people and different elements of art and life cause varying levels of terror in different individuals. In honor of the Halloween season, which is closely aligned with the heavy metal genre, we've corralled the 10 Scariest Heavy Metal videos, all of which cause the baby fine hairs on the back of your neck to stand on end or cause you to cover your eyes in their own unique way.

While some groups have built a great business dedicating their careers to paying tribute to other artists, most choose to add cover songs to their repertoire to add a bit of spice to them. How many times have you been at a concert and the group on stage has broken out into a cover tune? Sometimes you dig it, other times you wish they would just keep to their original material. Either way, it's just part of the deal.

Red Hot Chili Peppers have delivered some phenomenal music videos over their 30-year career. The band has pushed visual boundaries, enlisted award winning directors, and even allowed themselves to be animated all in the name of art. And though there are few continuous themes that run from video to video, one thing is evident when looking at their catalogue: this band sure loves being shirtless.

After beginning their career as one of MTV's most played artists, Pearl Jam went camera shy for several years, which made the occasions when they actually did shoot music videos all the more anticipated. Whether it be shining a light on their stellar live shows, delivering an important message via the visual medium or simply telling a story, Pearl Jam have continually generated quality clips.

Tool are one of those bands that gets people talking, and a lot of times that talk is about their striking music videos. Most of them are full of abstract imagery that seem to be culled from some strange dreamworld. Guitarist Adam Jones directs a majority of their clips and uses many different visual techniques to breathe life into creatures and worlds far removed from our own.

Although they’ve had seven singers pass through their ranks since forming back in 1981, most fans of the band consider Joey Belladonna the voice of Anthrax. Hiring Belladonna in late 1984 to replace Neil Turbin, the new singer's melodic and soulful approach helped set the New York City-based outfit apart from the rest of the bands in their scene.

David Lee Roth high-kicked and squealed his way into the hearts and minds of millions when he served as the ostentatious singer of one of the biggest bands in the history of rock, Van Halen. The group was among the first acts who rose to prominence just as MTV took the world by storm and Diamond Dave was the perfect frontman for this new era of music videos.

If you're a guitarist, an artist's signature axe is almost as identifiable as their music is itself. The look, fit, finish and feel are expressly designed to make an undeniable statement to the player's personality and attitude.

Korn videos aren't just videos. They are short films and events. The Bakersfield band has had a video retired on TRL; won a Grammy and a VMA for one of their clips; and they always employ high profile directors, ranging from Hollywood hero McG to fellow rocker Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit fame to comic book author and artist Todd McFarlane.