Today we offer yet another compilation focused on death. But for this death-centered playlist, we decided to go with heavy metal. After all, it's the only genre that has a subgenre named in honor of the subject, Death Metal.

I've trolled the evil back alleys of Yahoo Music searching for metal songs, but not just about death, that would be too easy. This list features 17 songs that highlight some of the most metal ways to die.  From brutal mutilation, disease, crucifixion and stabbing to being impaled on stakes and even being chopped in half. These songs are not for the squeamish.

When I was younger I went through a metal phase, and although it's far from the top of my list today, I still love to wade through the metal genres looking for guitar solos and over-the-top gimmicks. How evil is so attractive to youth never ceases to amaze me. Ozzy Osbourne's bat-biting and upside down cross imagery helped sell at least 3 of his records to me when I was in high school. However, in the world

The following is a list of songs found in Rock Band, a music performance-based video game developed by a company named Harmonix. This list includes songs found on the game disc itself ("main setlist" and "bonus tracks") apart from the downloadable songs available for purchase on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms. I own a Wii and have been having a blast with Guitar Hero III, but I think Rock Band would be even more fun since up to four can join in on the jam session. Vocals included.

The game let's the non-musically inclined (as well as those who are) experience what it's like to play in a real band by utilizing well designed peripherals that simulate playing a real instrument. It's a fantastic experience, in no small part due to how the individual instruments sound when they are played correctly or incorrectly. It takes some practice, but instead of the years of dedication required to master a real instrument, you can get up to speed in a couple days.

It feels great to hit the

Ugliness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder and everyone has a different opinion on what constitutes "ugly". Sometime last year I asked some music blogger friends and music biz insiders to answer the following question:

"Who do you think the ugliest musician/band ever to walk the planet is and why?"

I took the responses I received and shared them with a large group of music loving friends who then voted on the submissions. After the votes were counted I put the selections in order from ugliest to least ugliest. The resulting list contains the top dozen ugliest musicians, or the real "Dirty Dozen."

Please remove all sharp objects and children from the room before viewing the pictures displayed below. Each pick contains the reason why the artist was chosen in the selector's own words.

There are a multitude of eponymous albums out there in the universe. That is, an album named after the band or artist who recorded it, or in other words, a self-titled album. Eponymous songs, on the other hand, are more rare. For this playlist I went further and included only eponymous hat tricks.  A "hat trick" is a sports term that comes from succeeding at something 3 times during the same game. So in music, an "eponymous hat trick" is a song that shares the same exact name with the artist who performs it, and the album on which it appears. I found 23 of these on Yahoo Music Unlimited, if you know of any others please let me know.

I must admit that this playlist may not be as listenable as it is interesting. It includes bands from all over the map. From Bad Company and Iron Maiden, to the Meat Puppets and Pennywise, to Train and New Kids On The Block. Not exactly a flowing playlist, but interesting nonetheless.

One of the more talented and respected artists in this list is the