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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
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[1] | |||
| The Defiled | Best New Band | Won | |
| Watain | Best Underground Band | Won | |
| Devin Townsend | 'Dimebag Darrell Shredder' Award | Won | |
| Ghost | Breakthrough Band Award | Won | |
| Rammstein | Best Live Band Award | Won | |
| Iron Maiden's U.K. Tour | Best Event Award | Won | |
| Lamb of God | Best International Band Award | Won | |
| Saxon | Best UK Band Award | Won | |
| Mastodon – The Hunter | Best Album Award | Won | |
| Anthrax | Metal as #### Award | Won | |
| Vinnie Paul | Best Drummer | Won | |
| Roadrunner Records | Inspiration Award | Won | |
| Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel | Riff Lord Award | Won | |
| Bill Bailey | Spirit of Hammer Award | Won | |
| Fear Factory | Icon Award | Won | |
| Joey DeMaio | The Golden God Award | Won |
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
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013[2] | |||
| Bleed from Within | Best New Band | Won | |
| The Algorithm | Best Underground Band | Won | |
| Eric Calderone | 'Dimebag Darrell Shredder' Award | Won | |
| Asking Alexandria | Breakthrough Band Award | Won | |
| Gojira | Best Live Band Award | Won | |
| The Heavy Metal Census Campaign | Best Event Award | Won | |
| Stone Sour | Best International Band Award | Won | |
| Black Sabbath | Best UK Band Award | Won | |
| Black Sabbath – 13 | Best Album Award | Won | |
| Burgerkill | Metal as #### Award | Won | |
| Paradise Lost | Inspiration Award | Won | |
| Scott Gorham | Riff Lord Award | Won | |
| Brian Blessed | Spirit of Hammer Award | Won | |
| Alice in Chains | Icon Award | Won | |
| Motörhead | The Golden God Award | Won | |
| Doro | Legend Award | Won |
2014edit
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.
Winnersedit
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014[3] | |||
| Devil You Know | Best New Band | Won | |
| Wardruna | Best Underground Band | Won | |
| Misha Mansoor | 'Dimebag Darrell Shredder' Award | Won | |
| Of Mice & Men | Breakthrough Artist Award | Won | |
| Killswitch Engage | Best Live Band Award | Won | |
| Avenged Sevenfold | Best International Band Award | Won | |
| Iron Maiden | Best UK Band Award | Won | |
| Behemoth – The Satanist | Best Album Award | Won | |
| Hanoi Rocks | Inspiration Award | Won | |
| Mark Tremonti | Riff Lord Award | Won | |
| David Prowse | Spirit of Hammer Award | Won | |
| Michael Schenker | Icon Award | Won | |
| Mikael Åkerfeldt | The Golden God Award | Won | |
| Orphaned Land and Khalas | Global Metal Award | Won | |
| Devin Townsend | King of the Internet | Won | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | Game of the Year | Won | |
| Steel Panther – "Party Like It's the End of the World" | Video of the Year | Won |
2015edit
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.