Metal Hammer Award Winners Announced

Band Photo: Slipknot (?)
The following are the award winners at last night's Metal Hammer awards ceremoney:
Best UK Band: LOSTPROPHETS
Best Live Band: SLIPKNOT
Best International Band: THE USED
Best Underground Band: MESHUGGAH/MASTODON
Best Metal Record Label: Roadrunner
Incoming Award For Best Newcomer: NIGHTWISH
Best Video: MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 'Helena'
Riff Lord Award: Zakk Wylde
Shredder Award: Herman Li, DRAGONFORCE
Best Metal Band: ANTHRAX
Best album: JUDAS PRIEST 'Angel Of Retribution'
Icon Award: Ville Valo
The Spirit Of Hammer: BLACK SABBATH
The Golden God Award: Lemmy
Source: siN's Metal News
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Love Dimebag, Slash, and Kirk Hammett, but I actually do agree with them on that one. What about the 'best live band'??? Slipknot's live show definitely kicks ass, but for me it's a toss-up between them and Ill Nino. Have you seen Ill Nino's show? It's bad-ass!
ville valo.....heh, well i guess he has been building steam since bam margera started pimping his act......him are "barely" metal and even saying that makes me flinch a bit.....Mcr the used and lost prophets are REALLY not very fitting either though.....eeeeesh.
riff lord, golden god and underground awards are prolly the most dead on though.....

Suprised to see Herman Li up there for shredder... Don't disagree or anything, just didn't know how
well know Dragonforce are yet... So yea, Herman rocks, and was amazing at the mean fiddler last
March or whenever the show was, deffinatly kicked some a$$ there...
I agree with the comments before this that some of the choices are Hardly metal, but if mainstream
listeners are voting, you're going to see some crap, right? And then there's downright bullsh**...
Deff Ville Valo, Meshuggah, and Nightwish, though they are no way new, perhaps they're only just
touring here? Whatever...
Sam
wtf slipknot best live band i have seen better and my chemical romance best vidio the used won for best international and the lost prophets best UK band ok slipknot i can understand since there metal but all the rest i just named are crappy pop rock bands isnt it the metal hammer awards shouldnt all the bands that win something be a metal band i am confused
its now official i am now in hell.

Damn, how did the Used and MCR win?
Ville Valo as an Icon?
They could've at least given a posthumous award to Dimebag.
Is it that f***ing hard to do that? Come on people!
Boycott the mag, them and their readers are too busy voting sh** in like MCR and The Used, and not taking the time to at least give Dime the respect he deserves.

slipknot sucks a$$ big time!!! why do all of u ppl waist ur time talkin bout them so much??? they sold out and i hate them 4 that!!! the only reason im on here doin this is b/c me an my gurl like 2 sit here and read what u ppl put on here, then laugh @ u, then type some of this sh*t on here, then we go f*ck!!! none of u ppl will ever get laid if u just sit here talkin sh*t!!! have any of u guys ever talked 2 a chick w/o having 2 give her ur credit card number first??? i didnt think so!!! now go find urselves a hot bytch and get some p*ssy!!!

dude, i can tell right now that you dont have a girlfriend. And yes, i have gotten p***y, and plenty of it, from many hot girls. Being the lead guitarist in a band will get you quite a few women. And thank god, i get sex and no relationship! that really is wat rocks about being in a band. girl "call me tomorrow" me "oh.... sorry cant do that, gotta go to our next gig in idaho (lie)." damn i love that!

The whole f***ing thing was a complete mess, and a f***ing insult to what METAL is....
All that sh** punk bolloks is stealing the glory 'cause all these little bastard 12 year olds
voting for this poor excuse for music....
And it is an insult that that c.unt ville valo even got nominated....Love metal...what the f*** is that?
makes me sick....
And what really p***ed me off is that Trivium and bullet for my valentine didn't get anything....
Metal hammer you suck!
And i agree with broken wing dude...Dimebag should be remembered...
Boycott...f***ing right!

no trust me slipknot is gay!!! that band sold out and are now on an all-time low in the music industry!!! in metal edge magazine, it says that slipknot is doing worse than THE DARKNESS is in ratings!!! so appearently ppl would rather listen to "i believe in a thing called love" then "we're slipknot and we're gay" so the the b*tch now fags!!!

yeah, that wasnt corey taylor, although if it was, i would ask why the f*** you sold out. And if he likes his fans so much, he would find a way to tell it without involving the words "exploration" or "expansion". that just makes me sick that these guys came from hating the media, and selling sh**, to completely selling out and selling their masks!!!

hell i don't even read this magazine and i'm disgusted by their defintion of "metal". i'm a fan of MCR and HIM, but i wouldn't call them metal anytime soon. how the f*** did the USED get in there anyway. awards are given out by stupid ppl who have nothing better to do with their lives. if artists want true appreciation for their music, stick to their fans. the fans show more goddamn appreciation than any award ever will.
their GAY!!!!
NO YOUR BANDS GAY!!!!
NO!!!!......YOU ARE ----SOOOOOOOOO--- GAY!
fa**ot!
Queer!
I hate you and you suck GRRRRRARRRRR!!!!!
Listen to yourselves....f***ing brainless toothless obese bored hicks......your not getting anywhere with this sh**, just wasting some server space.
to anyone not caught up in the name calling this was not directed at you, just trying to make a futile point.

okay, first of all slipknot IS NOT GAY!!!! They are awesome, i'll admit though that there newest cd isn't as good as the others, but its still awesome. you fags need to get a girlfriend. and second. you guys can call MCR and the used fags all you want, but if your in a band, theyre probably better then you. MCR is a f***ing awesome band, but i do agree they shouldn't be given the award because theyre not metal, same goes for the used.
By the way, if any of you say anything about slipknot again i will personaly find you and kick your ass. joey jordison is in that band and hes one of the best, shortest, and sexiest drummers of all f***ing time!!!!!

Best Live Band Slipknot, are they f***ing kidding?! Maybe best stage show or somthing, they're ok live, but Slayer, Sevendust, Machine Head are all better live bands, they sound better, sing right on, and have just as much energy.
Best UK band, where is Soilwork and Dark Tranquility from? I'm not sure, I just know they're from Europe and better than Lost Prophets.

I'm surpised anybody even remembers Nelson. But anyway, I've been goin to shows for a long time now and despite the songs Metallica's released in the last 17 years they still put on a great f***in show.
And, yeah, if you're not happy with the "awards" the first best thing to do is to boycott... then revolt!

WHAT A JOKE. my chemical romance and the used???, are you sure it isn't EmoPop Hammer Awards?? i've seen slipknot live, their opening bands KSE and Unearth killed them. Anthrax sucked then and suck now. Halford sucks now. If ville valo is an icon i guess being a queer is really cool...?!? the only truthful award goes to Herman, dragonforce rips the sh**

WTF IS UP WITH U PPL. SLIPKNOT is the best live band without a doubt and f*** look at the lineup they have joey jordinson and djstarscream and mick thompson and to top it corey taylor with his awesome vocal range dude they should have won all the awards. f*** all of u that dont agree. all maggots that agree with me type PULSE OF THE MAGGOTS!!

This is why I never like award shows.. Most the bands that win don't deserve it, and very few bands/people that win, well, deserve it! I'm truly p***ed that MCR and The Used are up there. I love SlipKnoT, but I don't think that they should've won the award for best live. Honest to god, i've seen better. I also agree with most people, and that Dimebag Darrel should have won the award for "Riff Lord."
I also hate award shows because of what half you people are doing, which is mindless b***hing. It's okay to get your opinion out in the open, but what you guys and gals are doing is f**king retarded!
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