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The following is a list of the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards winners.
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History
The awards were conceived by Chris Ingham, John O'Sullivan & Dave Bianchi, and first held at the Kentish Town Forum in London 2003. The show was owned by Future Publishing till 2013, TeamRock 2014–16 and was bought back by Future in 2017. It was produced by John O'Sullivan from its inception.
Award ceremonies
2003
Held at the Forum, London
Hosted by Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by Murderdolls, Shadows Fall, Soil and Raging Speedhorn.
Winners
- Best Album: AFI – Sing the Sorrow
2004
Held at Ocean, London
Hosted by Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by HIM, Akercocke and Young Heart Attack.
Winners
- Best Album: Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache
2005
Held at the Astoria, London
Hosted by Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by Anthrax, Nightwish, Shadows Fall, Bullet for My Valentine and Trivium.
Winners
- Best UK Band: Lost Prophets
- Best Live: Slipknot
- Best Label: Roadrunner Records
- Best Newcomer: Nightwish
- Best Video: My Chemical Romance – "Helena"
- Spirit of Hammer: Black Sabbath
- Icon: Ville Valo
- Riff Lord: Zakk Wylde
- Young Guitar – Dimebag Tribute: Herman Li
- Best International: The Used
- Best Album: Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution
- Best Metal Band: Anthrax
- Golden God: Lemmy
2006
Held at Koko, London
Hosted By Ian Camfield
Live main stage performance by Bullet for My Valentine, DragonForce, Lacuna Coil and Viking Skull.
Winners
- Best Album: Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
- Riff Lord: Jerry Cantrell
- Best Album of the Past 20 Years: Slayer - Reign in Blood
- Best UK Band: Bullet for My Valentine
- Best International Band: Avenged Sevenfold
- Best Live Band: Trivium
2007
Held at Koko, London
Hosted by Jamey Jasta
Live main stage performance by Machine Head, Dimmu Borgir, Lamb of God, Turisas and Priestess.
Winners
- Best Album: Machine Head – The Blackening
2008
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Oderus Urungus
Live main stage performance by Disturbed, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Apocalyptica and Testament.
Winners
- Best Album: Testament – The Formation of Damnation
- Best UK Band: Iron Maiden
- Best Live Band: Machine Head
2009
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Jason Rouse
Live main stage performance by Trivium, Anvil, Amon Amarth, DevilDriver, Suicide Silence and Saxon.
Winners
- Best Album: Lamb of God – Wrath
2010
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Steel Panther
Live main stage performance by Steel Panther, Airbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Skindred and Evile.
HMS Hammer performances by Nonpoint, Sonic Syndicate, Rise to Remain and Hellyeah.
Winners
- Best New Band: Rise to Remain
- Best Underground: Immortal
- Best Drummer: Mike Portnoy
- Global Metal: Demonic Resurrection
- Best Live: Machine Head
- Best Event: Download Festival
- Riff Lord: Joe Perry
- Spirit of Hammer: Sir Christopher Lee
- Best UK: Bullet for My Valentine
- Metal As ####: Evile
- Dimebag Darrell 'Shredder': Zoltan Bathory
- Breakthrough Artist: Five Finger Death Punch
- Inspiration: Tom G Warrior
- Best Album: Heaven & Hell – The Devil You Know
- Best International Band: Lamb of God
- Defenders of the Faith: Tracy and Jon Morter
- Golden God: Zakk Wylde
2011
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Alice Cooper
Live main stage performance by Twisted Sister, Skindred, Devin Townsend, Sylosis and Buckcherry.
HMS Hammer performances by The Dead Lay Waiting, Tesseract, Black Spiders and Biohazard.
Winners
- Best New Band: The Damned Things
- Metal as ####: Nergal
- Best Underground: Primordial
- Dimebag Darrell 'Shredder': Gus G
- Breakthrough Artist: Sabaton
- Best UK: Iron Maiden
- Best Live: Skindred
- Inspiration: Twisted Sister
- Best International Band: Avenged Sevenfold
- Best Album: Killing Joke – Absolute Dissent
- Best Event: The Big 4 Coming Together
- Riff Lord: Pepper Keenan / Kirk Windstein
- Spirit of Hammer: Diamond Head
- Icons: Judas Priest
- Golden God: Rob Zombie
2012
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Chris Jericho
Live main stage performance by Anthrax, Sabaton, Ghost, Biohazard and Watain.
HMS Hammer performances by Shadows Fall, Fozzy, While She Sleeps, Attica Rage and Evil Scarecrow.
Winners
2013
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Devin Townsend
Live main stage performance by Motörhead, Airbourne, Five Finger Death Punch, Coal Chamber and Paradise Lost.
HMS Hammer performances by Kvelertak, Visions Of Disorder, The Defiled and Heavens Basement.
Winners
2014
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Steel Panther
Live main stage performance by Steel Panther, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Black Stone Cherry, While She Sleeps and Behemoth.
HMS Hammer performances by Orange Goblin, Kill Devil Hill, Upon a Burning Body, Hounds and Dying Fetus.
Winners
2015
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Scott Ian
Live main stage performance by Suicidal Tendencies, We Are Harlot, Babymetal featuring DragonForce, At the Gates and Killing Joke.
HMS Hammer performances by Code Orange, Butcher Babies, Upon a Burning Body and Napalm Death.
Winners
2016
Held at the Hammersmith Apollo, London
Hosted by Jamey Jasta
Live main stage performance by Amon Amarth, Halestorm, Gojira and 'A Salute to Lemmy' with Saxon featuring Phil & Mikkey.
Winners
2017
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Held at Indigo, O2, London
Hosted by Chris Jericho
Live main stage performance by Orange Goblin, Avatar, Clutch and Mastodon.
Winners
- Best New Band: Venom Prison
- Best Underground Band: Pallbearer
- Best UK Band: Architects
- Best International Band: Avenged Sevenfold
- Best Live Band: Mastodon
- Best Independent Label: Nuclear Blast
- Dimebag Darrell 'Shredder': Joel O'Keeffe (Airbourne)
- Game of the Year: Iron Maiden: The Legacy of the Beast
- Breakthrough: Avatar
Non fan-voted categories
- Riff Lord: Devin Townsend
- Defender of the Faith: Ben Ward (Orange Goblin) & his partner Sandie Soriano
- Inspiration: Exodus
- Best Album: Gojira – Magma
- Spirit of Hammer: Prophets of Rage
- Icon: The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Golden God: Black Sabbath[6]
2018
Held at Indigo at the O2, London
Hosted by Jamey Jasta
Live main stage performance by Carpenter Brut, Baroness, Myrkur, Meshuggah and Parkway Drive.
Winners
- Best New Band: Lovebites
- Best Underground Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
- Best UK Band: Judas Priest
- Best International Band: Arch Enemy
- Best Event: Download Festival
- Best Live Band: Lacuna Coil
- Best Independent Label: Sumerian Records
- Breakthrough Artist: Code Orange
Non fan-voted categories
- Riff Lord: Wes Borland
- Defender Of The Faith: Parkway Drive
- Inspiration: Meshuggah
- Best Album: Myrkur – Mareridt
- Global Metal Award: Kaoteon
- Spirit Of Hammer: Jessica Pimentel
- Icon: James Keenan
- Golden God: Ozzy Osbourne
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