Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards

The following is a list of the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards winners.

History

The awards were conceived by Chris Ingham, John O'Sullivan & Dave Bianchi, and first held at the Kentish Town Forum in London 2003. The show was owned by Future Publishing till 2013, TeamRock 2014–16 and was bought back by Future in 2017. It has been produced by John O'Sullivan since its inception.

Award ceremonies

2003

Held at the Forum, London
Hosted by Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by Murderdolls, Shadows Fall, Soil and Raging Speedhorn.

Winners

Best Album: AFI – Sing the Sorrow

2004

Held at Ocean, London
Hosted by Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by HIM, Akercocke and Young Heart Attack.

Winners

Best Album: Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache

2005

Held at the Astoria, London
Hosted by Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by Anthrax, Nightwish, Shadows Fall, Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium.

Winners

Best UK Band: Lost Prophets
Best Live: Slipknot
Best Label: Roadrunner Records
Best Newcomer: Nightwish
Best Video: My Chemical Romance – "Helena"
Spirit of Hammer: Black Sabbath
Icon: Ville Valo
Riff Lord: Zakk Wylde
Young Guitar – Dimebag Tribute: Herman Li
Best International: The Used
Best Album: Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution
Best Metal Band: Anthrax
Golden God: Lemmy

2006

Held at Koko, London
Hosted By Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by Bullet for My Valentine, DragonForce, Lacuna Coil and Viking Skull.

Winners

Best Album: Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Riff Lord: Jerry Cantrell
Best Album of the Past 20 Years: Slayer - Reign in Blood
Best UK Band: Bullet for My Valentine
Best International Band: Avenged Sevenfold
Best Live Band: Trivium

2007

Held at Koko, London
Hosted by Jamey Jasta
Live main stage performance by Machine Head, Dimmu Borgir, Lamb of God, Turisas and Priestess.

Winners

Best Album: Machine Head – The Blackening

2008

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Oderus Urungus
Live main stage performance by Disturbed, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Apocalyptica and Testament.

Winners

Best Album: Testament – The Formation of Damnation
Best UK Band: Iron Maiden
Best Live Band: Machine Head

2009

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Jason Rouse
Live main stage performance by Trivium, Anvil, Amon Amarth, DevilDriver, Suicide Silence and Saxon.

Winners

Best Album: Lamb of God – Wrath

2010

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Steel Panther
Live main stage performance by Steel Panther, Airbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Skindred and Evile.
HMS Hammer performances by Nonpoint, Sonic Syndicate, Rise to Remain and Hellyeah.

Winners

Best New Band: Rise to Remain
Best Underground: Immortal
Best Drummer: Mike Portnoy
Global Metal: Demonic Resurrection
Best Live: Machine Head
Best Event: Download Festival
Riff Lord: Joe Perry
Spirit of Hammer: Sir Christopher Lee
Best UK: Bullet for My Valentine
Metal As ####: Evile
Dimebag Darrell 'Shredder': Zoltan Bathory
Breakthrough Artist: Five Finger Death Punch
Inspiration: Tom G Warrior
Best Album: Heaven & Hell – The Devil You Know
Best International Band: Lamb of God
Defenders of the Faith: Tracy and Jon Morter
Golden God: Zakk Wylde

2011

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Alice Cooper
Live main stage performance by Twisted Sister, Skindred, Devin Townsend, Sylosis and Buckcherry.
HMS Hammer performances by The Dead Lay Waiting, Tesseract, Black Spiders and Biohazard.

Winners

Best New Band: The Damned Things
Metal as ####: Nergal
Best Underground: Primordial
Dimebag Darrell 'Shredder': Gus G
Breakthrough Artist: Sabaton
Best UK: Iron Maiden
Best Live: Skindred
Inspiration: Twisted Sister
Best International Band: Avenged Sevenfold
Best Album: Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
Best Event: The Big 4 Coming Together
Riff Lord: Pepper Keenan / Kirk Windstein
Spirit of Hammer: Diamond Head
Icons: Judas Priest
Golden God: Rob Zombie

2012

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Chris Jericho
Live main stage performance by Anthrax, Sabaton, Ghost, Biohazard and Watain.
HMS Hammer performances by Shadows Fall, Fozzy, While She Sleeps, Attica Rage and Evil Scarecrow.

Winners

2013

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Devin Townsend
Live main stage performance by Motörhead, Airbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Coal Chamber and Paradise Lost.
HMS Hammer performances by Kvelertak, Visions Of Disorder, The Defiled and Heavens Basement.

Winners

2014

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Steel Panther
Live main stage performance by Steel Panther, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Black Stone Cherry, While She Sleeps and Behemoth.
HMS Hammer performances by Orange Goblin, Kill Devil Hill, Upon a Burning Body, Hounds and Dying Fetus.

Winners

2015

Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Scott Ian
Live main stage performance by Suicidal Tendencies, We Are Harlot, Babymetal featuring DragonForce, At the Gates and Killing Joke.
HMS Hammer performances by Code Orange, Butcher Babies, Upon a Burning Body and Napalm Death.

Winners

2016

Held at the Hammersmith Apollo, London
Hosted by Jamey Jasta
Live main stage performance by Amon Amarth, Halestorm, Gojira and 'A Salute to Lemmy' with Saxon featuring Phil & Mikkey.