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METAL HAMMER GOLDEN GODS 2008 Nominees Announced
- Apr. 9, 2008
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JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, MACHINE HEAD and SLIPKNOT are among the nominated bands at this year's Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards.
The monthly metal magazine's annual ceremony, now in its sixth year, takes place for the first time at London's 02 on June 16.
The complete list of nominations is as follows:
Best UK Band:
IRON MAIDEN
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
PARADISE LOST
SAXON
JUDAS PRIEST
Best Live Band:
GALLOWS
MACHINE HEAD
MEGADETH
ARCH ENEMY
TURISAS
Breakthough Artist:
STILL REMAINS
APOCALYPTICA
DEVILDRIVER
EVERY TIME I DIE
BLOODSIMPLE
Riff Lord:
Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER)
Ace Frehley (KISS)
Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH)
Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH)
Jon Schaffer (ICED EARTH)
Shredder:
Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Dan Donegan (DISTURBED)
Jesper Strömblad (IN FLAMES)
Dino Cazares (DIVINE HERSY, FEAR FACTORY)
Mike Amott (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS)
Best Underground Band:
MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
MUNICIPAL WASTE
GALLHAMMER
TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED
Best International Band:
NIGHTWISH
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
IN FLAMES
DOWN
DIR EN GREY
Best Video:
HIMSA - "Unleash Carnage"
GOAT THE HEAD - "Darwinian Minions"
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - "Scream Aim Fire"
AS I LAY DYING - "Nothing Left"
DIMMU BORGIR - "The Serpentine Offering"
Best Metal Label:
Roadrunner
Metal Blade
Century Media
Nuclear Blast
SPV
Spinefarm
Best Album:
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – "Avenged Sevenfold"
DOWN - "Over The Under"
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "Blooddrunk"
ATREYU - "Leads Sails Paper Anchor"
TESTAMENT - "The Formation of Damnation"
Incoming! Best Band:
BARONESS - "The Red Album"
EVILE - "Enter The Grave"
ENGEL - "Absolute Design"
AIRBOURNE - "Runnin' Wild"
SUICIDE SILENCE - "The Cleansing"
Inspiration Award:
CARCASS
NINE INCH NAILS
KISS
MESHUGGAH
SLIPKNOT
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COMMENT |
posted by : Chairman Of The Gore
4/9/2008 9:51:55 AM
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Dan Donegan (DISTURBED) is a nominated for "Shredder"? What little credibility Metal Hammer had before is now completely gone.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Peg The Minger
4/9/2008 9:58:17 AM
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They should just nominate Butt-Plug For My Valentine for everything as they are quite obviously amazing. Everything they
do just raises the bench mark.
What no Madina Lake.....?
Them gnomes make Cannibal Corpse look like nuthin..
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COMMENT | wow......
posted by : josh1982fla
4/9/2008 10:05:13 AM
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This is a joke right? This cant be serious
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COMMENT | LOL
posted by :
4/9/2008 10:06:30 AM
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Alexi is the only Shredder in that list.
if Airbourne win that incoming award I will eat my hat, they are tight, but uninspirational, saw them in Adelaide earlier this year.
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COMMENT | WTF?!
posted by :
4/9/2008 10:11:44 AM
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Who the hell chose these candidates!? The Testament album isn't even out yet!!! Damn metal press is rotten to the core.
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COMMENT | My pics
posted by : RiotAct666
4/9/2008 10:16:08 AM
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Best UK Band:
IRON MAIDEN
JUDAS PRIEST
Best Live Band:
MACHINE HEAD
MEGADETH
Breakthough Artist:
None
Riff Lord:
Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER)
Ace Frehley (KISS)
Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH)
Shredder:
Dino Cazares (DIVINE HERSY, FEAR FACTORY)
Best Underground Band:
None
Best International Band:
DOWN
Best Video:
None
Best Metal Label:
Roadrunner
Metal Blade
Century Media
Nuclear Blast
SPV
Spinefarm
Best Album:
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – "Avenged Sevenfold"
DOWN - "Over The Under"
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "Blooddrunk"
ATREYU - "Leads Sails Paper Anchor"
TESTAMENT - "The Formation of Damnation"
Incoming! Best Band:
BARONESS - "The Red Album"
EVILE - "Enter The Grave"
ENGEL - "Absolute Design"
AIRBOURNE - "Runnin' Wild"
SUICIDE SILENCE - "The Cleansing"
Inspiration Award:
CARCASS
NINE INCH NAILS
KISS
MESHUGGAH
SLIPKNOT
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COMMENT | Ummmmm
posted by : SinAfterSin0903
4/9/2008 10:16:28 AM
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Didn't Still Remains just break up not break through????
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COMMENT | Typo....
posted by : RiotAct666
4/9/2008 10:19:23 AM
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Best UK Band:
IRON MAIDEN
JUDAS PRIEST
Best Live Band:
MACHINE HEAD
MEGADETH
Breakthough Artist:
None
Riff Lord:
Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER)
Ace Frehley (KISS)
Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH)
Shredder:
Dino Cazares (DIVINE HERSY, FEAR FACTORY)
Best Underground Band:
None
Best International Band:
DOWN
Best Video:
None
Best Metal Label:
Roadrunner
Best Album:
DOWN - "Over The Under"
TESTAMENT - "The Formation of Damnation"
Incoming! Best Band:
AIRBOURNE - "Runnin' Wild"
Inspiration Award:
KISS
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COMMENT | What a joke!
posted by : Cirith_Ungol
4/9/2008 10:22:07 AM
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Another retarded list.
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COMMENT | BFMV
posted by : dickhertzer
4/9/2008 10:30:32 AM
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Surprise surprise.... Buttplug From My Verytightasshole is nominated.... lemme guess, they'll win again. They're SO FUCKING METAL.
Note sarcasm. BFMV Sucks and needs to just throw in the towel.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Ivan the Terrible
4/9/2008 10:30:58 AM
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WTF?!?!
Metal Spammer does it again.
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COMMENT | Best Label?
posted by :
4/9/2008 10:39:50 AM
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They need to drop Roadrunner off of that list and add Prosthetic. Roadrunner is becoming less and less of a metal label with every band they sign.
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COMMENT | Weird.
posted by :
4/9/2008 10:41:57 AM
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Do they just pull random bands out of a hat for these catagories?
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COMMENT | lol
posted by : SonatArcticA
4/9/2008 10:45:40 AM
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they just release the same nomination list with the same nominees every year
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COMMENT | Add Prosthetic?!
posted by : SkyInferno
4/9/2008 10:55:49 AM
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Add a label that is made up of one man and two "gopher" interns that opperate out of a little cubical that does NOT provide any support to the bands on the label?! ...and you want to add this label to the list? Prosthetic can't do 1/20 the shit RR can do. I'm not a fan of RR, either.
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COMMENT | hah
posted by : AngelsHolocaust
4/9/2008 11:19:59 AM
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"Do they just pull random bands out of a hat for these catagories?"
^^^^ It appears so
I remember when the Glorious Burden was released, it was reviewed in their "Underground Metal" section
Now, in the space of 4 years, having released one album, Jon has gone from Underground >>>>>> Rifflord
Anyone else get the feeling that they just nominate bands who agree to play a song or two for them?
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COMMENT | these awards are dumb
posted by :
4/9/2008 11:38:24 AM
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why the fuck is jeff loomis not a candidate for "rifflord" or "shredder" or even mentioned on the damn list. oh ya we'll just have slash on here cuz hes in one of the biggest metal bands on this planet............
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COMMENT | KISS
posted by : kisskissrules
4/9/2008 11:58:18 AM
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KISS should win every award, they deserve it!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 12:01:55 PM
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some pretty shit bands are going to win something, i remember at the awards last year when everyone booed bfmv onstage lol
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 12:10:41 PM
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pfff...what a bunch of promotional crap
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COMMENT |
posted by : amonbelongstothem
4/9/2008 12:20:57 PM
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Riff lord: Andy Laroque
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COMMENT |
posted by : Buster Gonad
4/9/2008 12:52:26 PM
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Evile?!? Pretty sad that in 2008 a band that is basically a substandard thrash rehash from 1987 gets a best incoming nomination....same with Airbourne.....BE ORIGINAL!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 12:57:47 PM
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this list is horseshit
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COMMENT | Hmmmm...
posted by : pukeman44
4/9/2008 1:12:32 PM
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Best Album:
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – "Avenged Sevenfold"
DOWN - "Over The Under"
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "Blooddrunk"
ATREYU - "Leads Sails Paper Anchor"
TESTAMENT - "The Formation of Damnation"****
Not that I'm complaining one bit about it, but how did Testament's still UNRELEASED album get thrown into the mix?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 1:19:05 PM
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motherfuckers quit whining
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COMMENT | missed the boat
posted by : kubotah
4/9/2008 1:22:41 PM
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Tommy Victor: riffmaster
best video: Prong Power of the Damager.
best album: Prong Power of the Damager.
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COMMENT | I pick
posted by : blackXmetalXcore
4/9/2008 1:59:22 PM
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Best UK Band:
IRON MAIDEN
or
PARADISE LOST
or
JUDAS PRIEST
Best Live Band:
MEGADETH
ARCH ENEMY
Breakthough Artist:
DEVILDRIVER
Riff Lord:
Mikael Åkerfeldt (OPETH)
Shredder:
Mike Amott (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS)
Best Underground Band:
THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER
Best International Band:
NIGHTWISH
or
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
or
IN FLAMES
Best Video:
AS I LAY DYING - "Nothing Left"
or
DIMMU BORGIR - "The Serpentine Offering"
Best Metal Label:
Roadrunner
OR
Metal Blade
Best Album:
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – "Avenged Sevenfold"
Incoming! Best Band:
SUICIDE SILENCE - "The Cleansing"
Inspiration Award:
CARCASS
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 2:05:12 PM
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Laiho rulez, but Latvala is GOD!
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COMMENT | Should Win By A Long Mile IMO
posted by :
4/9/2008 2:12:40 PM
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Best Band Ive heard in ages....hope they hit the north east england area again soon..
Best Underground Band:
MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 2:18:15 PM
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how come all the 'BREAKTHROUGH ACTS' have more than one album out? :\
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COMMENT | My views.
posted by : TxKx
4/9/2008 2:40:01 PM
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The following is who, in my view, would win the award out of the nominations. [My comments are in squared brackets.]
BEST UK BAND: Iron Maiden [but giving Maiden or Priest an award would be like giving an award to the sun for "best source of light" (i.e. not necessary at all). My nomination: Anaal Nathrakh.]
BEST LIVE BAND: Turisas [only because I've got enough respect for myself to see the commercial bands. Although I want to see Machine Head live so I can kick hypocrite Robb Flynn in the nuts. And Gallows aren't metal at all, they're indie-punk.]
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST: Still Remains [but only as a joke, because I know they've broke up, so they can't really claim it. *blows raspberry and gives the V sign* And all the bands have been commercialised for donkey's years. My nomination: Cephalotripsy, but they're too good for awards.]
RIFF LORD and SHREDDER: none [Filler material marketing ploy by Metal Hammer. Alexi Laiho isn't talented. He may be by your standards, but not mine or anyone else's. My nomination: none. Filler material doesn't work on me.]
BEST UNDERGROUND BAND: Municipal Waste [but I haven't heard the others yet. I've heard Gallhammer are good. The Black Dahlia Murder are Hot Topic endorsed, so they are commercial, but the British mainstream metal press don't know owt. And Trigger the Bloodshed suck outright. My nomination: Cephalotripsy, but then again, mainstream media giving an underground band awards drags them up. I don't want that to happen to one of my favourites. And they're too good for awards anyway, I said that before.]
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND: none [Filler material. Just a name for best band. No discernable difference between this and other awards.]
BEST VIDEO: none [Any self-respecting metallers watch videos? Didn't think so.]
BEST METAL LABEL: Century Media [...who are still not perfect, but at least they're giving Napalm Death a good home. My nomination: Razorback Records or Obscene Productions.]
BEST ALBUM: none [Wait until the end of the year before giving out this type of award. The labels don't stop for awards, they go on all the time. By the way, the Testament album isn't out YET, correct, but it will be out BEFORE the awards take place in JUNE. A cause for concern, because what if the Testament album sucked? Hey, no matter what, it'll still be far bloody better than the other nominations, but still... My nomination: nothing yet...]
INCOMING! [eh?] BEST BAND: none [This is the breakthrough award but under a different name, and the bands are both a) actual new bands, and b) crap/not metal.]
INSPIRATIONAL AWARD: Carcass [If Slipknot get more votes than Carcass, then Metal Hammer and their readers will have been exposed as posers. Well, we all know that they're posers already, but a good healthy pointing-and-laughing at the posers' expense is good for the soul. I digress. Carcass have inspired copycat bands, Slipknot haven't inspired anyone to start a nine-man band with gay bondage masks. The same can be said for KISS. This award utilises name-dropping like never before, and while Carcass may be given recognition, I'm convinced that Metal Hammer are only including Carcass because of their Wacken appearance. I bet Mike Amott must be spilling his guts over awards for his Arch Enemy work, however; and, mathematically, Arch Enemy have more award nominations than Carcass. *sighs*]
Overall, I'll boycott the awards this year. How? By getting drunk on the night and forgetting about it.
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COMMENT | A mistake I made...
posted by : TxKx
4/9/2008 2:42:05 PM
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I said in my synopsis...
"Turisas [only because I've got enough respect for myself to see the commercial bands.]"
I meant to say I've got enough respect for myself to not see the commercial bands. Death to false metal.
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COMMENT | Metal Hammer UK is a joke!
posted by : TruthIsParamount
4/9/2008 3:38:56 PM
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Shredder:
Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM)
Dan Donegan (DISTURBED)
Jesper Strömblad (IN FLAMES)
Dino Cazares (DIVINE HERSY, FEAR FACTORY)
Mike Amott (ARCH ENEMY, CARCASS)
Wouldn't it make sense to actually nominate 5 shredders in that category rather than Laiho and 4 other guitar players that have nothing to do with shred?!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/9/2008 3:44:34 PM
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SAXOn
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COMMENT | Why?
posted by : TxKx
4/9/2008 3:50:35 PM
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Because Metal Hammer name-drop, like they did for the inspiration award. They don't bother their arses looking for worthy nominees, in the shredder award or otherwise.
And the Riff Lord and the Shredder awards are the same thing. Alright, riffs and shredding are different, but Metal Hammer doesn't see it that way.
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COMMENT | ...
posted by : 3STRANG3D
4/9/2008 4:04:13 PM
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bullshit
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COMMENT | avenged sevenfold WTF??
posted by :
4/9/2008 4:36:54 PM
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Best Album:
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – "Avenged Sevenfold"
DOWN - "Over The Under"
CHILDREN OF BODOM - "Blooddrunk"
ATREYU - "Leads Sails Paper Anchor"
TESTAMENT - "The Formation of Damnation"
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COMMENT | Metal Hummer sucks........
posted by :
4/9/2008 5:01:48 PM
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Metal Hammer's a fucking joke. Remember a short while back they had My Rectal Romance on the front cover, then HIM the next month. They'll give stuff like the new Origin and Evile a 3 star rating, and then turn around and say Lamb Of God's the most original band of all time. They only have about 10 bands they ever feature, and almost all are on the hit parade anywho. They're basically like the Tiger Beat of metal magazines now.
Me? I stick with Terrorizer! \m/ \m/
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COMMENT | my picks
posted by :
4/9/2008 6:01:57 PM
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best UK band: Iron maiden
best live band: Megadeth
breakthrough artist: devildriver
riff lord: dave Mustaine
Shredder: Alexi Laiho
best underground band: Black dahlia murder
best international band: In Flames
best video: Dimmu Borgir
best album: Children of bodom
best upcoming band: evile
inspiration award: carcass
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COMMENT |
posted by : DevinTownsendsFunnyShapedHead
4/9/2008 7:49:18 PM
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UK METAL HAMMER (I hope your reading this)
Your an absolute joke of a publication. I buy the occasional issue (usually for the free CD's) and they manage to insult my intelligence everytime. Some recent nonsense that i have read is that 'Matt Barlow was Iced Earths original singer' and that 'Buenos Aires is in Brazil!' (I shit you not)
The fact is, Metal Hammer is aimed at 12 year old kids who wear GreenDay hoodies and they champion the bands who appeal to these kids. Its about as metal as plasticine and then they have the gall to call themselves the 'Defenders of the Faith' when they jump on every bandwagon going. I hope they die.
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COMMENT | ^^^^^^^^^^
posted by :
4/10/2008 3:16:41 AM
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Can I get a witness?
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/10/2008 6:25:58 AM
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I am 17 and i dont wear a green day hoodie :)
I dont see how any1 can say alexi wont win the shredding award and he is the only shredder there, the guy that says he isnt talented, needs to stop being so narrow minded u obviously dont like the band and so think he's shit.
Metalhammer is pretty good articles r gd to read if they r about good metal bands and it beats kerrang anyway, it has a death/black metal section in the back
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/10/2008 2:59:50 PM
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testament should win every category. listen to anterior if you want awesome guitar and avenged sevenfold CANNOT be apart of the album of the year. i'm done bitching.
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COMMENT | the only
posted by :
4/11/2008 7:28:00 AM
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Best Uk band
Black Sabbath
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/17/2008 5:48:37 PM
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Mikael Ankerfeldt deserves riff lord
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COMMENT | Best UK band; Maiden or Priest?
posted by :
4/19/2008 9:29:03 AM
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Both Maiden/ Priest are my favorite bands of all time however if you're gonna rate a band consider that Maiden have been recording and touring so much the last years they are truly in top form right now....with Priest I don't see why it takes them so bleeding long to come out with their new album album or at least tour, I've hearing about it for too fucking long......it better be worth the wait
My vote goes for Maiden!!
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