Is it even a question for the best metal event? Is it not Wacken? And I thought I knew everything...

I have no clue what this is all about . My Chemical Romance isn't metal either .

andI have to agree about Wacken

"the blackening" is a great album amongst the others minus iron maiden.

Is like a million miles away from ever sounding like metal...ever.

"Shredder:

Willie Adler and Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD)"

I love Lamb of God but honestly , I can't think of more than 10 songs with solos . It's like they randomly chose bands out of a hat or something

Deathstars should definatly win best newcomer. Kickass industrial metal. Check 'em out!

Blood Mountain is album of the year.

Lamb of God should win all the awards that they are nominated for. They came out with a kick ass new album "Sacrament". They have toured on the Unholy Alliance Tour, Gigantour, and headlined their own tour. The other bands that are nominated are awesome as well.

wow what are these awards called?the shittiest bands/albums of the past year awards.

Well the winner in the underground is Municipal waste, thats reall a no brainer

should make the emo kings my chemical romance win all the awards just to piss everyone off it would be entertaining to watch the bashing and stupid rants ppl come up with about how this band should have won and what not, cause of this and that. these awards shit is a matter of opinion i dont see why ppl get all worked up about them like they are a matter of life and death or something.

Dragonforce is a terrible live band. A complete studio band. Lamb of God or In Flames should definitely win that

who cares who wins- it's completely irrelevant

I didn't get this category:

"Album of The Year"?

Of what year? Because Sacrament, as well as all the others are from 2006 and The Blackening is from 2007, right? What the fuck?

when you say "Dragonforce is a terrible live band. A complete studio band", you really raise the possibility of this band being good at something.. and damn, you're so wrong. Dragonforce is pure crap.

I think, Tony Iommi, Slayer and so many others deserve these accolades. Blood Mountain kicks ass as does anything by Iron ,Maiden, though for Lamb of God to be influential, they have be more consistent. Sacrement had a good chance at being great, though Cradle of Filth and Children of Bodom are doing more to keep metal fresh and alive. Up The Irons!

Didn't these guys embarrass themselves enough last year?

plur

just saw Dragonforce live

it was everything exactly as recorded

amazing

is one of the WORST trendy "metal" mags and this 'Golden Gods' nominess prove that in best way!

HAIL METAL MANIACS!!!

"just saw Dragonforce live

it was everything exactly as recorded"

That's the problem

best live band nominee: DRAGONFORCE

is this serious? did i just read this? is the entire world deaf? saw them twice. the only band i've seen that was worse than them live was fucking Kittie like 6 years ago when they were, well, still 4 ugly bitches [besides that one bassist back in the day] that were playing the worst excuse for metal ever. dragonforce blows. everything about them blows. they have Herman Li, then nothing. its like a top heavy band. drummer blows. vocalist blows. ordinary as hell. give the award to In Flames and be done with that category.


best underground band: job for a cowboy

wow. that right there makes everything else in that list of categories above irrelevant. job for a cowboy is [for lack of a better term/word] a bunch of trendy ass kids thinking heavy breakdowns make you metal musicians. OH MY GOD, ANOTHER FUCKING BLAST BEAT IN THIS SONG. OH MY GOD. THIS BAND RULES. PIG SQUEALS. SO GROUNDBREAKING. no. gay. terrible fucking excuse for music.

i come on this site and get more and more disgusted as time goes on.

Shredder:
Willie Adler and Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD)


I quite like LOG but these 2 guys couldn't 'shred' their way out of a paper bag if their lives depended on it. I think whoever nominated them must've been listening to Chris Poland's guest solo. Of course, this is Metal Hammer so that explains the cluelessness.

Is because this is a UK mag, so all the events are from the UK

Album of the year will be close 'cept for MCR fuck i don't know why they are there

Willie Adler and Mark Morton play more impressive guitar solos than Adrian Smith and Dave Murray? What next, I play drums better than Nicko McBrain?

one day magazines will realise how SHIT mcr are, and they will stop make pressings about them. MCR have sold out to all the punky kids of thier old albums. They have fucking 9 year olds are thier shows currently?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!? WTF?!?!?!

Best U.K. Band:

IRON MAIDEN
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BREED 77
MENDEED

Well this should be no contest really, Iron Maiden should win this.

Best Live Band:

LAMB OF GOD
IN FLAMES
GALLOWS
DRAGONFORCE
NINE INCH NAILS

Now ive never been to a Dragonforce gig, ive heard there meant to be quite sloppy, but I also heard that they put on one helluva show so I assume there there for a reason.

Best International Band:

SLAYER
VELVET REVOLVER
LAMB OF GOD
DIMMU BORGIR
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

I think either Slayer or Lamb of God should win this. Im surprised Mastodon arnt up for nomination though.

Best Underground Band:

TURISAS
JOB FOR A COWBOY
THE END
GOJIRA
MUNICIPAL WASTE

Not my type of bands so no comment..

Best Newcomer:

CANCER BATS
HE IS LEGEND
GALLOWS
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS
DEATHSTARS

Gallows FTW

Best Video:

AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "Seize The Day"
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - "The Black Parade"
SLAYER - "Eyes Of The Insane"
DRAGONFORCE - "Operation Ground N Pound"
LAMB OF GOD - "Redneck"

Lamb of God should definetely win this, the video is hilarious. "Operation Ground N Pound" is a great song but the vid is a cheesefest, could they have taken "Through the Fire and the Flames" instead? "Seize the day" has a fitting video and I like the song a lot but its not as good as "Redneck". Same goes for "Eyes of the Insane"

Riff Lord:

Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER)
Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH)
Robert Flynn and Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD)
Janick Gers, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray (IRON MAIDEN)
Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN N HELL)

If Dave doesnt win this ill be pissed off!! I love all the others a lot aswell but fuck Dave has to win, best Riff writer ever!!!

Shredder:

Willie Adler and Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD)
Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu (TRIVIUM)
Herman Li and Sam Totman (DRAGONFORCE)
Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds (MASTODON)

Well Trivium, Dragonforce and Children of Bodom are all great so lets hope they win. The Lamb of God guys arnt really shredders IMO...

Best Metal Label:

Roadrunner
Century Media
Metal Blade
Nuclear Blast
Candlelight
Earache

Couldnt care less about this

Best Event:

Download
Bloodstock
Reading/Leeds
Give It A Name
Unholy Alliance Tour

Its Uk events only

Album Of The Year:

IRON MAIDEN - "A Matter Of Life And Death"
LAMB OF GOD - "Sacrament"
MASTODON - "Blood Mountain"
MACHINE HEAD - "The Blackening"
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - "The Black Parade"

I guess Mastodon will win, but I think Maiden should.

Best international drummer - Peter Criss!!! HA!!

In flames: Best live band ever. Period.

Best U.K. Band: = Iron Maiden

Best Live Band: = Nine Inch Nails

Best International Band: = Slayer

Best Video: = Slayer - "Eyes of the Insane"

Riff Lord: = Tony Iommi

Best Metal Label: = Roadrunner


Best Event: = Unholy Alliance Tour


Album Of The Year: = IRON MAIDEN - "A Matter Of Life And Death"

What happend to JEFF LOOMIS? Is he not good enough??? Or are they talking about currently released albums?

screw this crap!

Absolutely killer bands.

Best U.K. Band:

IRON MAIDEN (no contest and the rest suck anyway)
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BREED 77
MENDEED

Best Live Band:

LAMB OF GOD (seeing them the day before download i would say these would win)
IN FLAMES (a very close second)
GALLOWS
DRAGONFORCE (very slopply live)
NINE INCH NAILS

Best International Band:

SLAYER
VELVET REVOLVER
LAMB OF GOD (best band on the list by far)
DIMMU BORGIR
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE

Best Underground Band:

TURISAS
JOB FOR A COWBOY
THE END
GOJIRA
MUNICIPAL WASTE (only good band on the list)

Best Newcomer:

CANCER BATS
HE IS LEGEND
GALLOWS
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS
DEATHSTARS

they all suck

Best Video:

AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "Seize The Day" (gay)
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - "The Black Parade" (gay)
SLAYER - "Eyes Of The Insane" (meh)
DRAGONFORCE - "Operation Ground N Pound" (cheesier than a traps bell-end)
LAMB OF GOD - "Redneck" (looks like its LOG again)

Riff Lord:

Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) (never a slash fan)
Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH) (dave bores me quickly)
Robert Flynn and Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD) (meh)
Janick Gers, Adrian Smith and Dave Murray (IRON MAIDEN) (love but not the best for riffs)
Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN N HELL) (go tony go)

Shredder:

Willie Adler and Mark Morton (LAMB OF GOD) (not really shredders should have been on the riff section)
Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu (TRIVIUM) (gay)
Herman Li and Sam Totman (DRAGONFORCE) (good but poor live)
Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM) (winner for me)
Bill Kelliher and Brent Hinds (MASTODON) (v good)

Best Metal Label:

couldnt care less

Roadrunner
Century Media
Metal Blade
Nuclear Blast
Candlelight
Earache

Best Event:

Download
Bloodstock (wins hands down)
Reading/Leeds
Give It A Name
Unholy Alliance Tour

Album Of The Year:

IRON MAIDEN - "A Matter Of Life And Death" (no contest)
LAMB OF GOD - "Sacrament"
MASTODON - "Blood Mountain"
MACHINE HEAD - "The Blackening"
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE - "The Black Parade" (gay)