On Saturday May 22 2010, Revolver Magazine and Tones of Death brought together hundreds of Metaleros to Fontana's Bar, for the premiere of the second edition of the Epiphone Revolver Golden God Awards. The night also featured a live set by Virginia's Thrash Metal masters Municipal Waste, who were joined by Attake and Ramming Speed, for a vulgar display of Metal. Nights like this one proof that Heavy Music is alive and well!
Speaking of nights that proof how strong Heavy Music is at present time, on April 8 of this year, Revolver Magazine pulled out the black carpet "literally" and welcomed all of Heavy Music's 666 list to the second edition of the Revolver Golden God Awards. That night definitely made Lucifer very proud, as Ozzy, Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmister, Slash, Dave Grohl, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Corey Taylor and many other rock-stars paraded into the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The appearance that will go down in history though, is the one from the late Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.). As we all know Dio lost his battle with cancer recently, and the Revolver Golden Gods marked his last public appearance. That night Ronnie James Dio was honored with the Liquid Metal Golden God Award for best vocalist.
We had a chance to talk to Revolver's Editor in Chief Brandon Geist and to Revolver's Creative Director Josh Bernstein, about the award show, the state of Heavy Music, the magazine and also about the great Ronnie James Dio. Here is what went down:
The full list of winners and presenters for the 2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards is as follows:
\m/ Metal Blade Golden God Award: Rob Halford (presented by Ozzy Osbourne)
\m/ Epiphone Best Guitarist Award: Zakk Wylde (presented by Kerry King of Slayer)
\m/ Ferret Music Best Underground Band Award: Dillinger Escape Plan (presented by Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie)
\m/ Liquid Metal Best Vocalist Award: Ronnie James Dio (presented by Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of Alice in Chains)
\m/ Samson/Zoom Best Live Band Award: Metallica (presented by Scott Ian of Anthrax and Allison Robertson of the Donnas)
\m/ Guitar World Comeback of the Year Award: Alice in Chains (presented by Phil Bozeman, Ben Savage, and Alex Wade of Whitechapel)
\m/ Roadrunner Records Honorary Headbanger Award: Robert Englund (presented by Kat Von D and Jim Rota and Emily Burton of Fireball Ministry)
\m/ Just Cause 2 Hottest Chick in Metal Award: Maria Brink of In This Moment (presented by Marta of Bleeding Through and Corey Parks of Nashville Pussy and Chelsea Girls)
\m/ Drum Workshop Best Drummer Award: Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan of Avenged Sevenfold, accepted by his family (presented by Vinnie Paul of HELLYEAH and Pantera and Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Murderdolls and Rob Zombie)
\m/ Splatterhouse Lifetime Achievement Award: Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead (presented by Dave Grohl)
\m/ BallHype Most Metal Athlete Award: Marc Colombo, Leonard Davis, and Corey Procter of the Dallas Cowboys and the band Free Reign (presented by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth)
\m/ Harley-Davidson Album of the Year Award: Alice in Chains (presented by Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson of VH1 Classic’s “That Metal Show”)
We have a lot more content coming your way over this Memorial Day holiday weekend, so make sure you stay tuned.
CREDITS:
Interviews: Jo Schüftan
Photographers: David Kenedy, Roger Vai, Damien Mitchell Maurer
Videographer: Alex Salcedo
Music: Severed, The Hixon, Killcode and Merauder
Additional graphics: Revolver Magazine & Royal Flush Magazine
Related links:
Revolver Magazine Official Site
Tones of Death Official Site
Royal Flush Magazine Official Site
Severed on MySpace
The Hixon Official Site
Killcode on MySpace
Merauder on MySpace
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