The Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards will be held at the Eventim Apollo in London tonight, celebrating the very best in Metal and Rock music from the past 12 months. Big name nominees battling for honours this year include Lamb of God, Tribulation, Babymetal, Slayer, Cradle of Filt, The Prodigy, Bring Me The Horizon, Parkway Drive and Anthrax. The results announced later tonight during a star studded ceremony packed with exciting live performances will be the result of intense fan voting. Full list of nominees below, check back soon for winner details

‘Best New Band’:

Black Peaks
Cane Hill
Creeper
Heck
The Black Queen

‘Best Underground’:

Enslaved
Myrkur
Rotting Christ
Sunn O)))
Tribulation

‘Best UK Band’:

Architects
Asking Alexandria
Cradle Of Filth
TesseracT
The Prodigy

‘Best International Band’:

Amon Amarth
Babymetal
Ghost
Killswitch Engage
Slayer

‘Breakthrough’:

Avatar
Beartooth
Deafheaven
Northlane
We Came As Romans

‘Best Live Band’:

Anthrax
Bring Me The Horizon
Lamb Of God
Nightwish
Parkway Drive

‘Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award’:

Alpha (Ghost)
Graham “Pin” Pinney (SikTh)
Joe Duplantier (Gojira)
Kristan Dawson (Bury Tomorrow)
Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)

‘Best Independent Label’:

Basick Records
Holy Roar
Prosthetic Records
Season Of Mist
UNFD

‘Best Video’:

Anthrax – “Blood Eagle Wings”
Iron Maiden – “Speed Of Light”
New Years Day – “I’m About To Break You”
Parkway Drive – “Vice Grip”
Slayer – “Repentless”

‘Best Video Game’:

‘Destiny: The Taken King‘
‘Fallout 4‘
‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain‘
‘Star Wars: Battlefront‘
‘Until Dawn‘

Non fan-voted categories to be awarded include:

‘Best Album’
‘Riff Lord’
‘Inspiration’
‘Icon’
‘Global Metal Award’
‘Spirit Of Hammer’
‘The Golden God’