MY WORLD & METAL

The second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards are Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. The show will later be televised on VH1 Classic Saturday, May 22. The co-hosts for this year's awards will be Chris Jericho and Andrew WK.



New for this year, fans can cast their vote to choose who will take home the awards for "Best Guitarist," "Best Drummer," "Best Vocalist," "Album of the Year," "Best Live Band," "Best Underground Band," "Most Metal Athlete," "Hottest Chick(s) in Metal" and "Comeback Of The Year." Voting at the Revolver Golden Gods Site ends on Wednesday, March 31.


The Revolver Golden God Award is given to one honoree a year who embodies all that is metal. This year, the accolade will go to Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, and it will be presented to him by last year's Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Ozzy Osbourne. This year's recipient of the Revolver Golden Gods Lifetime Achievement Award is Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. The awards will include live performances by Rob Zombie, Fear Factory, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada and last year's host Brian Posehn's all-star band featuring Scott Ian, Brendon Small, John Tempesta and Joey Vera, with a special performance by Zakk Wylde.


Here are the nominees for this year's Revolver Golden Gods Awards:


Best Guitarist

Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
Tony Iommi (Heaven & Hell)
Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Street Sweeper Social Club)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Slash
Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)


Best Drummer


Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
Dave Grohl (Them Crooked Vultures)
Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Fear Factory)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold)

Best Vocalist


Jonathan Davis (Korn)
Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell)
Neil Fallon (Clutch)
Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
Serj Tankian (Serj Tankian, System Of A Down)
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour)

Album Of The Year

Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Megadeth - Endgame
Slayer - World Painted Blood
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures


Best Live Band

The Devil Wears Prada
Lamb of God
Metallica
Motörhead
Rob Zombie
Slayer


Best Underground Band


Behemoth
Between the Buried and Me
The Black Dahlia Murder
Converge
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Obituary


Most Metal Athlete

Josh Barnett (MMA fighting)
Marc Colombo, Cory Procter, and Leonard Davis (NFL football)
Chris Jericho (WWE wrestling)
Mike Piazza (MLB baseball)
Jason Ellis (Pro skateboarding)
Jolene Van Vugt (Pro motocrosser)


Hottest Chick(s) In Metal

Pearl Aday (Pearl)
Maria Brink (In This Moment)
Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf)
Alexia & Anissa Rodriguez (Eyes Set to Kill)
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)


Comeback Of The Year

AC/DC
Alice in Chains
Anvil
Fear Factory
Heaven & Hell
KISS