It's really late, I'm somewhere between drunk and hungover and the 6th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards are in the books. I'll have a proper recap of my experience on this Sunday's Livecast, but I can tell you two big highlights: getting smoked up by Max Cavalera's sons and watching Guns N Roses from the side of the stage. I don't know how I got that lucky either. Oh, and Slayer premiered a new song – a pretty big deal if you ask me.
The Golden Gods are also about awards, and we have the full rundown of winners. The winner in each category is in bold:
Album of the Year
- Avenged Sevenfold, Hail to the King
- Black Sabbath, 13 WINNER
- Five Finger Death Punch, The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1 and 2
- Korn, The Paradigm Shift
- Queens of the Stone Age, …Like Clockwork
- Volbeat, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies
Best Vocalist
- Jeremy McKinnon (A Day to Remember)
- M. Shadows (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch)
- Papa Emeritus II (Ghost B.C.)
- Jonathan Davis (Korn)
- Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) WINNER
Dimebag Darrell Best Guitarist(s)
- Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
- Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance (Avenged Sevenfold) WINNERS
- Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
- John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
- Zoltan Bathory & Jason Hook (Five Finger Death Punch)
- Munky & Head (Korn)
Paul Gray Best Bassist
- Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold)
- Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
- Chris Kael (Five Finger Death Punch) WINNER
- Rex Brown (Kill Devil Hill)
- Fieldy (Korn)
- Emma Anzai (Sick Puppies)
Best Drummer presented by Razor & Tie
- Arin Ilejay (Avenged Sevenfold) WINNER
- Brad Wilk (for his work with Black Sabbath)
- Vinnie Appice (Kill Devil Hill)
- Matt Halpern (Periphery)
- Chris Adler (for his work with Protest the Hero)
- Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs)
Best Live Band
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Gojira
- Lamb of God
- Mötley Crüe
- Slayer
- Rob Zombie WINNER
Song of the Year presented by Randall Amplifiers
- Alice in Chains, “Hollow”
- Avenged Sevenfold, “Hail to the King”
- Bring Me the Horizon, “Shadow Moses”
- Five Finger Death Punch, “Lift Me Up” WINNER
- Of Mice & Men, “You’re Not Alone”
- The Pretty Reckless, “Going to Hell”
Best Film & Video presented by Eagle Rock Entertainment
- Behemoth, “Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel”
- Huntress, “Zenith”
- Lamb of God, As the Palaces Burn
- Metallica, Through the Never
- Motionless in White, “America”
- Pierce the Veil, This is a Wasteland WINNER
Best New Talent presented by Victory Records
- Deafheaven
- Heaven’s Basement
- Issues
- Scar the Martyr
- Twelve Foot Ninja WINNER
- ††† (Crosses)
Comeback of the Year
- Black Sabbath
- Carcass
- Deep Purple WINNER
- Nine Inch Nails
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Suicidal Tendencies
Most Metal Athlete
- Tony Alva (skateboarder)
- Grant Balfour (MLB)
- Josh Barnett (mixed martial artist, UFC) WINNER
- Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors, NBA)
- Derek Garland (Metal Mulisha, motocross)
- Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins, NHL)
Most Dedicated Fans
- A Day to Remember
- Avenged Sevenfold WINNER
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Of Mice & Men
- The Pretty Reckless
- Slayer
Axl Rose, of course, accepted the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award and Joat Jett accepted the Golden God award.
As always, Metal Injection was on the black carpet interviewing all the big names at the event and we hope to get that coverage up for you tomorrow.
