Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards

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

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2012

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2012[1]
	The Defiled	Best New Band	Won
	Watain	Best Underground Band	Won
	Devin Townsend	'Dime 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 Fuck 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

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2013[2]
	Bleed from Within	Best New Band	Won
	The Algorithm	Best Underground Band	Won
	Eric Calderone	'Dime 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 Fuck Award	Won
	Paradise Lost	Inspiration Award	Won
	Scott Gorham	Riff Lord Award	Won
	Brian Blessed	Spirit of Hammer Award	Won
	Doro	Legend Award	Won
	Alice in Chains	Icon Award	Won
	Motörhead	The Golden God Award	Won

2014

In association with: World of Tanks

Year	Recipient/Nominated 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
	Orphaned Land and Khalas	Global Metal Act	Won
	Behemoth - The Satanist	Best Album Award	Won
	Hanoi Rocks	Inspiration Award	Won
	Mark Tremonti	Riff Lord Award	Won
	Devin Townsend	King of the Internet	Won
	David Prowse	Spirit of Hammer Award	Won
	Michael Schenker	Icon Award	Won
	Mikael Åkerfeldt	The Golden God Award	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

2015

In association with: World of Warships

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
2015[4]
	We Are Harlot	Best New Band	Won
	Winterfylleth (band)	Best Underground Band	Won
	Richie Faulkner	'Dimebag Darrell Shredder' Award	Won
	Babymetal	Breakthrough Band Award	Won
	Of Mice & Men (band)	Best Live Band Award	Won
	Epitaph Records	Best Independent Label	Won
	District Unknown/Martyrs of Metal	Global Metal Award	Won
	Bring Me the Horizon	Best UK Band Award	Won
	Faith No More - Sol Invictus	Best Album Award	Won
	Slipknot	Best International Band Award	Won
	At the Gates	Inspiration Award	Won
	Tommy Thayer	Defender of the Faith	Won
	Anthony Vincent (YouTuber)	King of the internet	Won
	Matt Taylor	Spirit of Hammer Award	Won
	Mike Muir	Icon Award	Won
	Dave Mustaine	The Golden God Award	Won

References

1. "2012 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards Winners Announced". http://loudwire.com/. June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2016-01-29. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. "Winners Announced For Metal Hammer's 2013 'Golden Gods Awards'". Theprp.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
3. "Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2014 Review and Winners". planetmosh.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
4. Crookes, Del (16 June 2015). "Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon & Babymetal win Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2015.