Music Junkie Press: Have you Voted yet???

Yes it is that time of year where people start asking you about who you are voting for and wondering who will win. I mean really, we all want to know how the voting will turn out. No, I don't mean the Presidential Election! I am talking about something more important and much more relevant to our everyday lives.... Who will win the Paul Gray Best Bassist Award or Riff Lord. What I am talking about is the Revolver Golden Gods Awards which are being held on April 11th, 2012 at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

The world's loudest rock magazine, Revolver is the proud parent of The Golden Gods Awards which was first introduced in 2009. Back in 2009 some of the winners were: Vinnie Paul (Hellyeah/Pantera) for the Most Awesomely Good Drummer, Slipknot for Best Riff and Best Live Band, Suicide Silence for Best New Talent and Ozzy Osbourne for the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Well, this year the categories host a wide variety of great metal heads and some of them are going to be such a close call! This years categories include:

Best Guitarist, presented by Epiphone^®

• Jinxx and Jake Pitts (Black Veil Brides)
• Zoltan Bathory and Jason Hook (Five Finger Death Punch)
• Willie Adler and Mark Morton (Lamb of God)
• Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel (Machine Head)
• Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick (Megadeth)
• Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu (Trivium)

Best Drummer, presented by Drum Workshop^®

• Charlie Benante (Anthrax)
• Jeremy Spencer (Five Finger Death Punch)
• Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)
• Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
• Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
• Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)

Best Vocalist, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink^®

• Sebastian Bach
• Andy Biersack (Black Veil Brides)
• James Durbin
• Amy Lee (Evanescence)
• Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch)
• Jonathan Davis (Korn)

Album of the Year, presented by Marshall Amplification^®

• Anthrax, Worship Music
• Evanescence, Evanescence
• Five Finger Death Punch, American Capitalist
• Foo Fighters, Wasting Light
• Korn, The Path of Totality
• Lamb of God, Resolution

Best Live Band, presented by Samson/Zoom^®

• Avenged Sevenfold
• Foo Fighters
• Guns N’ Roses
• Judas Priest
• Seether
• Tool

Most Metal Athlete

• Gina Carano (MMA fighting)
• Brian Deegan (pro motocross)
• Evan Longoria (MLB baseball)
• Dirk Nowitzki (NBA basketball)
• Mitch Petrus (NFL football)
• CM Punk (WWE wrestling)

Comeback of the Year, presented by Eagle Rock Entertainment^®

• Anthrax
• Dream Theater
• Evanescence
• Ministry
• Slipknot
• Van Halen

Riff Lord

• Scott Ian (Anthrax)
• Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)
• Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
• Munky (Korn)
• Slash
• Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

Paul Gray Best Bassist, presented by Dean Markley^®

• Frank Bello (Anthrax)
• Michael Anthony (Chickenfoot)
• Fieldy (Korn)
• David Ellefson (Megadeth)
• Nikki Sixx (Sixx:A.M.)
• Wolfgang Van Halen (Van Halen)

Best International Band, presented by Musicians Institute^®

• Behemoth
• Lacuna Coil
• Rammstein
• Sepultura
• Meshuggah
• X Japan

Most Dedicated Fans

• Asking Alexandria
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Black Veil Brides
• Evanescence
• Falling in Reverse
• HIM

I am sure many of you have your opinions on who should win, so make sure to head over to http://www.revolvermag.com/goldengods/vote/ and make your vote count! Voting ends on April 1, 2012 and when you vote you have the chance to win an incredible prize package that can have you sitting right at the Golden Gods Awards as well as a whole mess of awesomely metal goodies like:

• 2 VIP tickets to the Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles
• An Xbox Kinect with Star Wars bundle
• An Epiphone Zakk Wylde guitar
• Tickets to the Metal Masters 3 clinic
• A Zoom Q3 recorder
• A year’s supply of Rockstar Energy Drink and skateboard
• A pair of tickets to your Mayhem Festival stop of your choice, and tickets to kick off party on April 10th in L.A.
• A PDP 20 ply birch 6.5×14 snare from DW Drums
• 10 pack of Helix Strings, a 10 pack of Blue Steel Strings, and a Pro Mag Acoustic Pickup from Dean Markley
• Grammy Museum Membership
• Revolver Golden Gods official merchandise, including a T-shirt and poster

In addition to seeing who will win the honored Metal Awards, there will be heavy hitting rock and metal performances by Marilyn Manson ( his first U.S. performance in 3 years), GRAMMY winning guitarist extraordinaire Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Evanescence, Sixx A.M. and the 2011 Best New Band Golden God Award winner; Black Veil Brides. Additional acts may be announced in the following weeks.

If you are interested in attending the Golden Gods Awards, be sure to get your tickets early! They will sell out! Click here to get your tickets.

Check out some great videos to get you ready for the Golden Gods Awards.

Video: The Official 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Preview - Revolver Magazine