Metal Hammer magazine have announced the nominees for their own 2014 ‘Golden Gods Awards‘. The awards ceremony will take place Monday June 16th at the London Indigo2 in London, England and will be hosted by Steel Panther. Here’s how the fan-voted UK version of the awards stack up against Revolver magazine’s own Golden Gods Awards:
Best New Band:
Hacktivist
Northlane
Issues
Devil You Know
Savage Messiah
Best Underground:
Scorpion Child
Wardruna
Deafheaven
Alcest
Beastmilk
Breakthrough:
Of Mice & Men
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
Crossfaith
TesseracT
Powerwolf
Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award:
Ryan Knight (The Black Dahlia Murder
Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders)
Justin Aufdemkampe (Miss May I)
Misha Mansoor (Periphery)
Sid Glover (Heaven’s Basement)
Best International Band:
Avenged Sevenfold
Dream Theater
Within Temptation
Volbeat
Nine Inch Nails
Best Live Band:
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Prodigy
Five Finger Death Punch
Killswitch Engage
Karnivool
Best UK Band:
Carcass
Bring Me The Horizon
Architects
Asking Alexandria
Iron Maiden
King Of The Internet:
David Draiman (Disturbed/Device)
Paolo Gregoletto (Trivium)
Robb Flynn (Machine Head)
Chris Jericho (Fozzy/WWE)
Devin Townsend (Devin Townsend Project, etc.)
Video Of The Year:
letlive. – “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”
The Defiled – “As I Drown”
Wilson – “College Gangbang”
Korn – “Never Never”
Steel Panther – “…End Of The World”
Game Of The Year:
‘WWE 2K14‘
‘Rocksmith 2014‘
‘Call Of Duty: Ghosts‘
‘World Of Tanks‘
‘Grand Theft Auto V‘
Global Metal Award:
Skyharbor
Godless Symptoms
From The Vastland
Skiltron
Orphaned Land
A number of non-voted categories will also be awarded, including Icon, Inspiration, Metal As Fuck, Spirit Of Hammer, Best Album, Riff Lord and The Golden God. The recipients have yet to be revealed. You can cast your votes now over at Metalhammer.co.uk.