Visions From the Darkside 2/3/13

This week get the headlines, of course, and we discuss the Brutal 5, we destroy the Revolver Golden God awards, Metal Storm Awards, The best music to work out with, and more metal topics... your weekly dose of metal perspective, Visions From the Darkside, Sundays at 10p only on NO CONTROL Radio www.nocontrolradio.com

Revolver Announce Golden Gods Nominees and Award Show Headliner: Metallica

The fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards will take place Thursday, May 2, at Club Nokia in Downtown LA. Fozzy frontman and WWE pro-wrestling personality Chris Jericho will host for the fourth consecutive year. The nominees in 11 different fan-voted categories, plus the recipients of this year's prestigious Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award, Golden God Award and Riff Lord were revealed at a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood in Los Angeles.

The Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award, will go to hard-rock and metal icons Metallica as well as the headlining slot on the show that will be broadcast live on AXS TV and XBox Live.  Metallica's Lars Ulrich commented: 

"Since the Revolver Golden Gods Awards is fast becoming THE most rocking awards ceremony in the hard rock world, we are beyond psyched to be at the receiving end of this shout out and in the distinguished company of RUSH, Lemmy, Ozzy and MÖTLEY CRÜE. I was hanging out and presenting at the shenanigans two years ago and the energy in the room and the vibe backstage was beyond f-cking cool, so Metallica is chomping at the bit to partake in this year's event. Once again, we are honored to be recognized as achievers (!!) and we can't wait to get up and jam onstage and sweat for and on everybody gathered."

You can cast your vote to decide who will take home the awards for Best Guitarist, Best Drummer, Best Vocalist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Live Band, Best New Talent, Most Metal Athlete, Comeback of the Year, Paul Gray Best Bassist and Most Dedicated Fans.

Voting is now open at GoldenGodsAwards.com and ends April 15

The nominees for the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods Awards are:

Best Guitarist

• John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson)
• Stephen Carpenter (Deftones)
• Alex Lifeson (Rush)
• Misha Mansoor (Periphery)
• Brendon Small (Dethklok)
• Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)

Best Drummer

• Abe Cunningham (Deftones)
• Mario Duplantier (Gojira)
• Arejay Hale (Halestorm)
• Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Testament)
• Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour)
• Neil Peart (Rush)

Paul Gray Best Bassist

• Rex Brown (Kill Devil Hill, Pantera)
• Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
• Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead)
• Geddy Lee (Rush)
• Jason Newsted (Newsted, Metallica)
• Sergio Vega (Deftones)

Best Vocalist

• Philip Anselmo (Down, Pantera)
• Maria Brink (In This Moment)
• Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
• Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
• Chino Moreno (Deftones)
• Corey Taylor (Stone Sour, Slipknot)

Best New Talent

• Device
• Ghost
• Kvelertak
• Miss May I
• Of Mice & Men
• Young Guns

Most Metal Athlete

• Tom Crabtree (Green Bay Packers, NFL)
• Tanner Faust (Rally and drifting car racing)
• Clay Guida (Mixed Martial Arts fighting, UFC)
• Triple H (WWE wrestling)
• Geoff Rowley (Skateboarding)
• CJ Wilson (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, MLB)

Best Live Band

• Anthrax
• Five Finger Death Punch
• Hatebreed
• Lamb of God
• Slipknot
• Volbeat

Comeback Of The Year

• Aerosmith
• The Darkness
• Quicksand
• Refused
• Soundgarden
• Tenacious D

Song Of The Year

• Asking Alexandria - "Run Free"
• Avenged Sevenfold -"Carry On"
• Black Veil Brides - "In The End"
• Dethklok - "I Ejaculate Fire"
• Halestorm - "Love Bites (So Do I)"
• In This Moment - "Blood"

Most Dedicated Fans

• Black Label Society
• Black Veil Brides
• A Day to Remember 
• Him
• Rammstein
• Slipknot

Album Of The Year

• Deftones - "Koi No Yokan"
• Gojira - "L'Enfant Sauvage"
• Halestorm - "The Strange Case Of…"
• Marilyn Manson - "Born Villain"
• Soundgarden - "King Animal"
• Stone Sour - "House Of Gold & Bones Part 1"

Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award Nominees are?

Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards will take place Monday, June 11 at Indigo2 in London, England, and it would appear they have a much better idea of what metal is all about than some other 'awards.' I also noticed Austin's own Ancient VVisdom is nominated too...great job!

The nominees for the 2012 Golden Gods are:

Best New Band
* ANIMALS AS LEADERS
* HEIGHTS
* THE DEFILED
* KOBRA AND THE LOTUS
* PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION

Best Underground Band
* BLACK BREATH
* ANCIENT VVISDOM
* WATAIN
* IN SOLITUDE
* SHINING (Norway)

Breakthrough
* CANCER BATS
* PARKWAY DRIVE
* WHILE SHE SLEEPS
* MOTIONLESS IN WHITE
* GHOST

Best U.K. Band
* SAXON
* FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM
* TESSERACT
* TRC
* BLACK SPIDERS

Best International Band
* OPETH
* MESHUGGAH
* LAMB OF GOD
* FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH
* NIGHTWISH

Best Event
* MANOWAR returning to the U.K.
* IRON MAIDEN's U.K. tour
* Dave Mustaine playing with METALLICA
* Devin Townsend's DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT London shows
* Tommy Lee bringing his drumcoaster to the U.K.

Best Live Band
* IRON MAIDEN
* METALLICA
* RAMMSTEIN
* SKINDRED
* WATAIN

Dimebag Darrell Shredder
* Satchel (STEEL PANTHER)
* Devin Townsend
* Dino Cazares (FEAR FACTORY)
* Adam Dutkiewicz (KILLSWITCH ENGAGE)
* Ol Drake (EVILE)

Metal As F*ck
* Zoltan Bathory (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH)
* HELL
* SABATON
* ANTHRAX
* Nik Kai