King Diamond and Nergal going under the knife (all of us at Hellbound wish them all the best and a speedy recovery), Metal Film Festivals, Year End lists and more make up “This Week in Metal”, a weekly feature that features what has gone by the past week.

• KING DIAMOND Undergoes Triple-Bypass Heart Surgery [blabbermouth.net]
• BEHEMOTH Frontman Undergoes Bone Marrow Transplant Procedure [blabbermouth.net]
• New track from KEN-Mode’s upcoming release, “Venerable” [invisibleoranges.com]
• 1st ever Heavy Metal Film Fest announced for April [facebook.com]
• Avenged Sevenfold part ways with Mike Portnoy [blabbermouth.net]
• RUSH’s Alex Lifeson talks wine [youtube.com]
• The Top 10 Metal Holiday Gifts of 2010 [invisibleoranges.com]
• “Jingle Balls” – Evil Disposition featuring Udo Dirkschneider [youtube.com]
• The Governor’s Ball features two new Woods of Ypres songs; co-hosted by Ivar (ENSLAVED) and Silenoz (DIMMU BORGIR) [thegovernorsball.com]
• Metal-Sucks.net’s Year End Roundups [metalsucks.net]
• Top 10 funny metal videos [metalinjection.net]
• Win a signed copy of Athiest’s “Jupiter” [metalsucks.net]

In case you missed it…

• KYLESA – The Hellbound Interview [hellbound.ca]
• Review: Earth – Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1 [hellbound.ca]
• Review: Artep – Thy Will Be Done On Earth As Is Done In Hell [hellbound.ca]
• Hellbound Audio Interview: Heaven & Hell’s Vinny Appice [hellbound.ca]
• Hellbound audio interview: Craig Goldy (DIO) [hellbound.ca]
• Postcards from Natalie Zed, Set #8 [hellbound.ca]
• DVD Review: Gene Hoglan – The Atomic Clock [hellbound.ca]
• Live Review: Dimmu Borgir/Enslaved/Blood Red Throne/Dawn of Ashes @ The Sound Academy, Toronto [hellbound.ca]
• DVD Review: The Acacia Strain – The Most Known Unknown [hellbound.ca]