by Zach Shaw | Feb 15, 2012 | Award Show Battles
Earlier today, a press conference held at the Grammy Museum in LA to announce details and the nominees for the 4th annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards. A slew of rock and metal’s finest, including Alice Cooper, Zakk Wylde, Vinnie Paul, Mike Portnoy and a handful of...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 13, 2012 | Award Show Battles
So aside from Adele and Whitney Houston’s estate, there was another big winner at last night’s Grammys: Slayer. Although the band wasn’t even nominated for any awards, they were prominently displayed throughout the night, courtesy of Foo Fighters...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 10, 2012 | Award Show Battles
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will be taking place in LA this Sunday, February 12. And without fail, The Grammys proved how ignorant they really are in regards to metal music once again when they announced the nominations for “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance.” As it...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 1, 2011 | Award Show Battles, Jump...To Conclusions, Lists
Last night, when the nominees for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards were announced, there was one conspicuous absence. Actually, there were many absences, but we’ll get to that. Despite the Recording Academy’s announcement that the show would “feature a...
by Zach Shaw | Jun 14, 2011 | Award Show Battles
As most of you probably know, the UK’s Metal Hammer Magazine has been hosting their own Golden Gods metal award show across the pond for a couple of years now (way before Revolver Magazine started to hold their own in the States). We didn’t compare and contrast the...
by Metal Insider | Feb 25, 2011 | Award Show Battles, Headbangers Brawl
Headbanger’s Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Yesterday, the nominees for the 3rd annual...