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Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2013 Nominees Unveiled

Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:00:53 +0000

The nominees and official show date for the 2013 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards have been revealed. Not to be confused with the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, the Metal Hammer event will be held on June 17 at England's esteemed Indigo2 venue, with the legendary Motorhead set to headline the gig.

Members of Slipknot Discuss New Paul Gray Best Bassist Award at Revolver Golden Gods

Liz Ramanand — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:56 +0000

It seemed only fitting that at this year’s Revolver Golden Gods Awards, members of Slipknot – Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson and M. Shawn Crahan – would be on hand to present the award in the brand new Paul Gray Best Bassist category. The award was named in honor of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray who died in May 2010 from a drug overdose.

A 'Lost' Pantera Song is Now Released [VIDEO]

WQBK — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:14:55 +0000

After 20 years, a “Lost” Pantera song made its debut, when a newly created video for the song premiered at the Revolver Golden God Awards in Los Angeles. The song titled ‘Piss’ is the only unheard Pantera song in existence. Hear it now. The song was recorded at the same time as Pantera’s Vulgar [...]

Slipknot Win Comeback of the Year at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:03:58 +0000

Slipknot took away the prize for Comeback of the Year at the Revolver Golden Gods. Wearing black armbands with the No. 2 on them — paying tribute to their fallen bandmate Paul Gray — members of Slipknot accepted the award from Dino Cazares and Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory.

Marilyn Manson Performs With Johnny Depp at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:30:08 +0000

Before Marilyn Manson‘s performance, Golden Gods host Chris Jericho introduced Damien Echols, who was recently released from prison after 18 years. Echols is one of the West Memphis Three, a trio of young men who were convicted of murder without solid evidence to back it up. After much support from artists such as Manson and new discoveries such as upgraded DNA testing, which did not place any of the West Memphis Three at the scene of the crime, the three were released last year.

Evanescence's Amy Lee Wins Best Vocalist at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:24:33 +0000

Evanescence‘s Amy Lee was awarded the Best Vocalist honor at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards. Having just belted out ‘Made of Stone’ and other tunes for the award show audience, it’s no surprise that the celebrated singer took home the prize.

Korn Win 'Album of the Year' at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:37:53 +0000

Even though they skipped out on performing at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards, Korn were honored with the biggest award of the night — ‘Album of the Year.’ Korn were scheduled to perform at the Golden Gods Awards but canceled their performance due to an illness within the band, that didn’t hurt their standing [...]

Slash Jams 'School's Out' with Alice Cooper at 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards

Tree Riddle — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:34:17 +0000

Slash led the three-guitar beast that is Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators through three tunes before being joined by rock legend Alice Cooper for ‘Schools Out.’ For ‘Nothing to Say,’ Slash swapped out Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows — who handled vocals for the track on his 2010 solo debut — with his current full-time [...]

Corey Taylor, Robb Flynn + Trivium Jam Metallica's 'Creeping Death' at Golden Gods

Spencer Kaufman — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:29:23 +0000

Slipknot‘s Corey Taylor jumped onstage with Trivium and Machine Head‘s Robb Flynn for a rousing performance of Metallica‘s ‘Creeping Death’ at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards tonight (April 11) in Los Angeles.

Stream the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Awards Live Tonight

Mary Ouellette — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:40:16 +0000

Can’t make it to Los Angeles tonight (April 11) to take in the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods? Don’t fret! You can head over to Revolver’s Facebook page or log in to your Xbox game console and stream the live broadcast. The festivities kick off at 6PM PST with the Black Carpet Pre-Show hosted by Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister and radio and TV personality Jose Mangin.

2012 Revolver Golden God Award Nominees Are In

BJ Ragone — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:14:56 +0000

The nominations are out for the 2012 Revolver Golden God Awards and a lot of artists are getting some well deserved nods. Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon, Megadeth, Korn and more are up for big awards this year. April 11th Revolver brings back their annual award show dedicated to hard rock and heavy metal, The [...]

Avenged Sevenfold Wins 4 Golden God Awards

WQBK — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:24:08 +0000

Avenged Sevenfold won several awards at the Revolver Golden Gods in Los Angeles including Best Vocalist, Best Guitarist, Best Drummer and Best Album. The Revolver Golden God Awards, America’s first ever hard rock and metal rock awards show recognizing the best of hard rock and metal bands. Avenged Sevenfold is on top of the rock world right now. Besides winning the four categories [...]

Revolver Golden Gods 2011

BJ Ragone — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:48:57 +0000

The annual heavy metal and hard rock award show is taking the stage in Los Angeles on April 20 and yesterday the nominees were announced. Revolver’s Golden Gods award show has been a staple in the heavy metal community since 2009. Unlike other awards shows like the Grammy’s that continually snub heavy metal and hard [...]