Metal Hammer is an English metal magazine… yes, folks, they still exist. And every year they have an awards ceremony and every year we print them, but usually it is our metal writer who posts and is damned but since we've run out of metal pros, here is a non fan but not a hata with his opinion.
Here are the winners:
Best New Band – THE DAMNED THINGS
Metal As F*ck – Nergal (BEHEMOTH)
Best Underground – PRIMORDIAL
Dimebag Darrell Shredder(s) – Gus G. (FIREWIND, Ozzy Osbourne)
Breakthrough Artist – SABATON
Best UK Band – IRON MAIDEN
Best Live Band – SKINDRED
Inspiration Award – TWISTED SISTER
Best International Band – AVENGED SEVENFOLD
Best Album – "Absolute Dissent" by KILLING JOKE
Event of the Year – "Big 4" coming together for first time ever in the U.K.
Riff Lord(s) – Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein (DOWN)
Spirit of Hammer – DIAMOND HEAD
Icons – JUDAS PRIEST
Golden God – Rob Zombie
All a little obvious, right? I guess Alice is there because Iron Maiden (who he's opening for). Behemoth are pretty ferocious, Killing Joke got best album so that's all good, Helen will be happy about Avenged Sevenfold. So I guess things change so slowly it ain't that difficult to keep track. Plus? Hot chicks at the awards ceremony!