Metal Hammer‘s 2014 ‘Golden Gods Awards‘ were handed out today, Monday June 16th, during a ceremony held at the London Indigo2 in London, England. The mostly fan-voted awards were handed out as follows:
Best Album (non-voted):
Behemoth – “The Satanist”
The Golden God (non-voted):
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth, etc.)
Riff Lord (non-voted):
Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge, etc.)
Icon (non-voted):
Michael Schenker (UFO, Scorpions etc.)
Spirit Of Hammer (non-voted):
David Prowse (bodybuilder/actor who played Darth Vader)
Inspiration (non-voted):
Hanoi Rocks
Best New Band:
Winner: Devil You Know
Other nominees:
Hacktivist
Northlane
Issues
Savage Messiah
Best Underground:
Winner: Wardruna
Other nominees:
Scorpion Child
Deafheaven
Alcest
Beastmilk
Breakthrough:
Winner: Of Mice & Men
Other nominees:
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
Crossfaith
TesseracT
Powerwolf
Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award:
Winner: Misha Mansoor (Periphery)
Other nominees:
Ryan Knight (The Black Dahlia Murder)
Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders)
Justin Aufdemkampe (Miss May I)
Sid Glover (Heaven’s Basement)
Best International Band:
Winner: Avenged Sevenfold
Other nominees:
Dream Theater
Within Temptation
Volbeat
Nine Inch Nails
Best Live Band:
Winner: Killswitch Engage
Other nominees:
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Prodigy
Five Finger Death Punch
Karnivool
Best UK Band:
Winner: Iron Maiden
Other nominees:
Carcass
Bring Me The Horizon
Architects
Asking Alexandria
King Of The Internet:
Winner: Devin Townsend (Devin Townsend Project, etc.)
Other nominees:
David Draiman (Disturbed/Device)
Paolo Gregoletto (Trivium)
Robb Flynn (Machine Head)
Chris Jericho (Fozzy/WWE)
Video Of The Year:
Winner: Steel Panther – “Party Like Tomorrow Is The End Of The World”
Other nominees:
letlive. – “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”
The Defiled – “As I Drown”
Wilson – “College Gangbang”
Korn – “Never Never”
Game Of The Year:
Winner: ‘Grand Theft Auto V‘
Other nominees:
‘WWE 2K14‘
‘Rocksmith 2014‘
‘Call Of Duty: Ghosts‘
‘World Of Tanks‘
Global Metal Award:
Winner: Orphaned Land (who shared it with Khalas)
Other nominees:
Skyharbor
Godless Symptoms
From The Vastland
Skiltron
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