by Zenae Zukowski | Jul 17, 2017 | Award Show Battles, Cancellations, News
Shortly after headlining this past weekend’s Chicago Open Air, KoRn cancelled their scheduled performance at tonight’s (17) Alternative Press Music Awards. The band posted a message last night, one day prior to the event stating: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, we...
by Alix Vallecillo | Jun 13, 2016 | Award Show Battles, Awards, Metal on Metal, News
The Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards happened tonight in the UK and among their nominees, there were many great bands including Enslaved, Slayer or Lamb of God but unfortunately not everyone can take home the prize, so we bring you the list of winners for this...
by Alix Vallecillo | Apr 4, 2016 | Award Show Battles, Awards, News
Music awards are usually focused on popular styles of music with mostly mainstream artists being nominated and some try to pretend they also acknowledge metal but usually fail doing so. That’s why, if you wanted to see metal in one an award ceremony, you have to...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 4, 2016 | Award Show Battles, News, Video
[youtube]https://youtu.be/ov9vhx92TVQ[/youtube] Billboard is the music industry bible, which is kind of ironic given that Ghost just bought an ad in it to campaign for a Grammy. With an ominous picture of a hand over a woman’s mouth and the caption...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 10, 2015 | Award Show Battles, Awards, News
We all know if we’re looking for metal validation in real life, it’s probably not going to come courtesy of the Grammys. However, Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher might help. In an interview with the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, the guitarist mentions...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 8, 2015 | Award Show Battles, Awards, News
Let’s start out by stating the obvious: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is pretty much a sham of an organization. Everyone knows this. Countless bands should be nominated, but aren’t. The nomination process is very much behind closed doors and arbitrary,...