Vote now for the Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2012
Heavy metal awards reaches its tenth year
Voting is now open for the tenth Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. Check out the full nominations below and follow the link to vote, and be in with a chance of winning tickets to the ceremony.
The Golden Gods will celebrate its tenth birthday at London's Indigo2 on Monday June 11, preceded as ever by a special pre-show boat party, cruising up the Thames.
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Best New Band
Animals As Leaders
Heights
The Defiled
Kobra And The Lotus
Primal Rock Rebellion
Best Underground Band
Black Breath
Ancient VVisdom
Watain
In Solitude
Shining (Norway)
Breakthrough
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Cancer Bats
Parkway Drive
While She Sleeps
Motionless In White
Ghost
Best UK band
Saxon
Fields Of The Nephilim
Tesseract
TRC
Black Spiders
Best International Band
Opeth
Meshuggah
Lamb Of God
Five Finger Death Punch
Nightwish
Best Event
Manowar Returning To The UK
Iron Maiden's UK Tour
Mustaine Playing With Metallica
Devin Townsend's DTP London Shows
Tommy Lee Bringing His Drumcoaster To The UK
Best Live Band
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Rammstein
Skindred
Watain
Dimebag Darrell Shredder
Satchel (Steel Panther)
Devin Townsend
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory)
Adam D (Killswitch Engage)
Ol Drake (Evile)
Metal as F*ck
Zoltan Bathroy (Five Finger Death Punch)
Hell
Sabaton
Anthrax
Nik Kai
The following awards will also take place on the night, as voted for by the esteemed team at Metal Hammer:
Drummer of the Year
Album of the Year
Riff Lord
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The Golden God
Get voting and you could win a pair of tickets to the event itself!
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