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The second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards are Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. The show will later be televised on VH1 Classic Saturday, May 22. The co-hosts for this year’s awards will be Chris Jericho and Andrew WK.

New for this year, fans can cast their vote to choose who will take home the awards for “Best Guitarist,” “Best Drummer,” “Best Vocalist,” “Album of the Year,” “Best Live Band,” “Best Underground Band,” “Most Metal Athlete,” “Hottest Chick(s) in Metal” and “Comeback Of The Year.” Voting at the Revolver Golden Gods Site ends on Wednesday, March 31.

The Revolver Golden God Award is given to one honoree a year who embodies all that is metal. This year, the accolade will go to Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford, and it will be presented to him by last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Ozzy Osbourne. This year’s recipient of the Revolver Golden Gods Lifetime Achievement Award is Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister. The awards will include live performances by Rob Zombie, Fear Factory, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada and last year’s host Brian Posehn’s all-star band featuring Scott Ian, Brendon Small, John Tempesta and Joey Vera, with a special performance by Zakk Wylde.

Here are the nominees for this year’s Revolver Golden Gods Awards:

Best Guitarist

• Kirk Hammett (Metallica)
• Tony Iommi (Heaven & Hell)
• Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Street Sweeper Social Club)
• Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
• Slash
• Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society)

Best Drummer

• Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
• Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
• Dave Grohl (Them Crooked Vultures)
• Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Fear Factory)
• Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
• Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold)

Best Vocalist

• Jonathan Davis (Korn)
• Ronnie James Dio (Heaven & Hell)
• Neil Fallon (Clutch)
• Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
• Serj Tankian (Serj Tankian, System Of A Down)
• Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour)

Album Of The Year

• Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
• Heaven & Hell – The Devil You Know
• Mastodon – Crack the Skye
• Megadeth – Endgame
• Slayer – World Painted Blood
• Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures

Best Live Band

• The Devil Wears Prada
• Lamb of God
• Metallica
• Motörhead
• Rob Zombie
• Slayer

Best Underground Band

• Behemoth
• Between the Buried and Me
• The Black Dahlia Murder
• Converge
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Obituary

Most Metal Athlete

• Josh Barnett (MMA fighting)
• Marc Colombo, Cory Procter, and Leonard Davis (NFL football)
• Chris Jericho (WWE wrestling)
• Mike Piazza (MLB baseball)
• Jason Ellis (Pro skateboarding)
• Jolene Van Vugt (Pro motocrosser)

Hottest Chick(s) In Metal

• Pearl Aday (Pearl)
• Maria Brink (In This Moment)
• Lzzy Hale (Halestorm)
• Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf)
• Alexia & Anissa Rodriguez (Eyes Set to Kill)
• Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)

Comeback Of The Year

• AC/DC
• Alice in Chains
• Anvil
• Fear Factory
• Heaven & Hell
• KISS

  2010 Revolver Golden Gods Awards Nominees originally appeared on About.com Heavy Metal on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 00:17:25.

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