Nominees Announced For Returning 'Revolver Music Awards' (Updated)

Update – November 02nd 10:36am:

Fan voting is now underway here.

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Original Story:

After having been absent for the past a year or two, Revolver magazine will be bringing back their metal/rock awards show in December. The awards show has undergone a rebranding however and rather than the Revolver Golden God Awards, will now be known as the ‘Revolver Music Awards‘. The event will be hosted at the Webster Hall in New York City, NY on December 13th with Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine hosting. Scheduled performers include:

Megadeth
Zakk Wylde
Trivium
Lacuna Coil
Stitched Up Heart
‘A Fallen Heroes All-Star Jam‘: featuring Ace Frehley, Bumblefoot, Pop Evil, Butcher Babies and more.

Nominees include:

Album Of The Year:

Deftones – “Gore”
Megadeth – “Dystopia”
Meshuggah – “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”
Metallica – “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”
Volbeat – “Seatl The Deal & Let’s Boogie”

Song Of The Year:

Amon Amarth – “Raise Your Horns”
Ghost – “Square Hammer”
Megadeth – “The Threat Is Real”
Metallica – “Hardwired”
Testament – “The Brotherhood Of The Snake”

Best Vocalist:

Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth)
Chino Moreno (Deftones)
Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage)
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
Austin Carlile (Of Mice & Men)

Dimebag Darrell Best Guitarist:

Mark Tremonti (Alter Bridge)
Mikael Åkerfeldt & Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth)
Dave Mustaine & Kiko Loureiro (Megadeth)
James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)

Paul Gray Best Bassist:

Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Kyle Sanders (HELLYEAH)
Piggy D. (Rob Zombie)
Dick Lövgren (Meshuggah)
Robert Trujillo (Metallica)

Best Drummer:

Billy Rymer (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
Vinnie Paul (HELLYEAH)
Chris Adler (For his work on Megadeth‘s “Dystopia“)
Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
Valentino Arteaga (Of Mice & Men)

Best Live Band:

Black Sabbath
Ghost
Hatebreed
Slipknot
Rob Zombie

Most Dedicated Fans:

Anthrax
Periphery
Pierce The Veil
Trivium
Volbeat

Best New Talent:

Avatar
BABYMETAL
Nails
Stitched Up Heart
Toothgrinder

Best Film/Video:

Giraffe Tongue Orchestra – “Blood Moon”
Gojira – “Silvera”
Kvelertak – “1985”
Red Fang – “Shadows”
Slayer – “Pride & Prejudice“