Gosh ..... metal hammer is pop anthem in its own kind sometimes

Exaggeration.

Silly awards

Meh.

Eurovision....

To negative posters - At least they chose a very good song off new Nightwish record. Unlike, in Grannies Awards every year metal cat is filled with horrendous nominations.

At least picks here is decent and deserving

They sent the English bagpiper and Jukka's stand-in?

Kinda tells you how much the band values this one.

Nice to see André Olbrich getting some recognition too.

They clearly didn't know what to pick. I mean, how is that even an anthem.

They should've just cut the category tbh, it's a ridiculous idea to give an award for that in this genre anyway.

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 20.09.2015 at 16:12

To negative posters - At least they chose a very good song off new Nightwish record. Unlike, in Grannies Awards every year metal cat is filled with horrendous nominations.

At least picks here is decent and deserving

Slayer, best international band? Same crap as the Grammy's.

Written by Ruchesko on 20.09.2015 at 19:27

They sent the English bagpiper and Jukka's stand-in?

Kinda tells you how much the band values this one.

I loled.

Good song off of an average NW album.

What the heck is a maximum metal award?

i can think of dozens of better songs than Shudder...

Written by Bad English on 20.09.2015 at 12:34

Gosh ..... metal hammer is pop anthem in its own kind sometimes

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Qwerty100/metal_hammer___the_magazine_that_loved_pop__overrated_albums_/

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Qwerty100/metal_hammer___the_magazine_that_hated_metal__underrated_albums_/

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 20.09.2015 at 16:12

To negative posters - At least they chose a very good song off new Nightwish record. Unlike, in Grannies Awards every year metal cat is filled with horrendous nominations.

At least picks here is decent and deserving

I wouldn't even be surprised if they get a Grammy considering how Eurovision like that album was. And you know, you must have been living in a cave, but Metal Hammer has been getting things wrong pretty much since the day this half-assed magazine was founded. Above I posted 2 links with albums they overrated and albums they underrated. These guys had absolutely no sense of innovation in music and even the high quality albums they rated low.

Written by Hellthunder on 20.09.2015 at 19:55

Nice to see André Olbrich getting some recognition too.

The best point from those awards (along with the Chuck's mention also)

Written by ManiacBlasphemer on 20.09.2015 at 23:42

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 20.09.2015 at 16:12

To negative posters - At least they chose a very good song off new Nightwish record. Unlike, in Grannies Awards every year metal cat is filled with horrendous nominations.

At least picks here is decent and deserving

I wouldn't even be surprised if they get a Grammy considering how Eurovision like that album was. And you know, you must have been living in a cave, but Metal Hammer has been getting things wrong pretty much since the day this half-assed magazine was founded. Above I posted 2 links with albums they overrated and albums they underrated. These guys had absolutely no sense of innovation in music and even the high quality albums they rated low.

Not going into nitpicking.

Every metalzine has their own competition and winners. What I try to meant there is music awards on platforms like this has at least "decent" winners which somewhere or other is deserving.

I wouldn't have thought 3 albums makes a band up and coming?

Written by Cynic Metalhead on 21.09.2015 at 05:34
Not going into nitpicking.

Every metalzine has their own competition and winners. What I try to meant there is music awards on platforms like this has at least "decent" winners which somewhere or other is deserving.

Decent winners in your opinion maybe. That doesn't change the fact that the last NW album sucks and that song only has the benefit of being the most decent song from that album. There were many other bands that maybe did not reinvent the wheel, but surely released something more solid or groundbreaking than these obsolete musicians. The difference is that Glam Hammer pretty much failed since their inceptions at noticing innovation or solid material, going after the trends and what is commercialy succesful. Expecting them to make reviews or grant awards for proper music is like expecting a frog to learn how to play a guitar. I love NW for their early albums, and even the Olzon era wasn't that bad, but this last album was totaly devoid of any sort of emotion. Not quite a fan of bands releasing new material for cash only.

Wow...what a super imbecile awards !
I guess Nuclear Blast has made full payment to Metal Hammer already.

At least they chose one of the better songs off a mediocre album.

I liked the song a lot, and won't say it didn't deserve an award. of course they're better songs out there, but it's nice that a good metal song got recognition

Awards don't seem that bad, not sure why there is so much negativity. The Plague Within (Paradise Lost) is #3 on Metal Storm for the year right now so it winning best Album isn't far off. André Olbrich sure is a riff god and Death is without a doubt a legend. Shudder is a good new song from a well known band with a sing along (anthem) chorus. I can think of a lot of worse choices and not too many better ones.

Only weird things are the awards that Nuclear Blast clearly paid for. Maximum Metal Award? wtf.

Winners of the UNIVERSAL "HOME" AWARDS 2015:
(This awards is 100% fair as all labels are distributed by Universal, enjoy !)

Best German Band: Powerwolf - please buy "Blessed & Possessed" (Napalm, Universal)
Best International Band: Slayer - please buy "Repentless"(Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Best Live Band: Heaven Shall Burn - please buy "Veto" (Century Media, Universal)
Best Album: The Plague Within (Paradise Lost) - (Century Media, Universal)
Best Debut: Songs Of Love And Death (Beyond The Black) - (Universal)
Metal Anthem: Shudder Before The Beautiful (Nightwish) - please buy "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Up & Coming: Battle Beast - please buy "Madness" (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Legend: Chuck Schuldiner (Death) - please buy all their reissues (Relapse, Universal)
God Of Riffs: André Olbrich (Blind Guardian) - please buy "Beyond The Red Mirror" (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Maximum Metal: HammerFall - please buy (r)Evolution (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Best Magazine : Metal Hammer (I've received my payment...who cares)
Best Distribution Label : Universal (I didn't pay anyone, it's a fair awards !)
Best Metal Labels : Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Relapse, Napalm

Special Interview
God Buster 鬼 : Why all labels selected are distributed by Universal ?
Metal Hammer : What are you implying ? Idiot ! it's just a coincidence !

Written by Ruchesko on 20.09.2015 at 19:27

They sent the English bagpiper and Jukka's stand-in?

Kinda tells you how much the band values this one.

I was going to say the same thing. I mean, the newest guy and the temp?!

No matter what one may think of the Metal Hammer Awards, aren't they.... kind of a big deal?

Written by Susan on 29.09.2015 at 00:54

I was going to say the same thing. I mean, the newest guy and the temp?!

No matter what one may think of the Metal Hammer Awards, aren't they.... kind of a big deal?

Evidently not big enough for Tuomas to leave his sauna.

Written by Dr. Strawberry on 22.09.2015 at 18:02

Special Interview
God Buster 鬼 : Why all labels selected are distributed by Universal ?
Metal Hammer : What are you implying ? Idiot ! it's just a coincidence !

Eloquently put, Michael Moore.

Written by Dr. Strawberry on 22.09.2015 at 18:02

Winners of the UNIVERSAL "HOME" AWARDS 2015:
(This awards is 100% fair as all labels are distributed by Universal, enjoy !)

Best German Band: Powerwolf - please buy "Blessed & Possessed" (Napalm, Universal)
Best International Band: Slayer - please buy "Repentless"(Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Best Live Band: Heaven Shall Burn - please buy "Veto" (Century Media, Universal)
Best Album: The Plague Within (Paradise Lost) - (Century Media, Universal)
Best Debut: Songs Of Love And Death (Beyond The Black) - (Universal)
Metal Anthem: Shudder Before The Beautiful (Nightwish) - please buy "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Up & Coming: Battle Beast - please buy "Madness" (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Legend: Chuck Schuldiner (Death) - please buy all their reissues (Relapse, Universal)
God Of Riffs: André Olbrich (Blind Guardian) - please buy "Beyond The Red Mirror" (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Maximum Metal: HammerFall - please buy (r)Evolution (Nuclear Blast, Universal)
Best Magazine : Metal Hammer (I've received my payment...who cares)
Best Distribution Label : Universal (I didn't pay anyone, it's a fair awards !)
Best Metal Labels : Nuclear Blast, Century Media, Relapse, Napalm

Special Interview
God Buster 鬼 : Why all labels selected are distributed by Universal ?
Metal Hammer : What are you implying ? Idiot ! it's just a coincidence !

OOh man! you nailed it!!
Maybe they thought naming it the Metal Hammer Universal Awards was going to be very obvious, so they had to think of a better idea. So, there you have! take off Universal from the name and nobody will suspect....... except God Buster!
You should send this post to Metal Hammer and who knows, maybe next year we will see new names and labels being awarded.

Written by ADIresiduos on 10.11.2015 at 19:07

Written by Dr. Strawberry on 22.09.2015 at 18:02

OOh man! you nailed it!!
Maybe they thought naming it the Metal Hammer Universal Awards was going to be very obvious, so they had to think of a better idea. So, there you have! take off Universal from the name and nobody will suspect....... except God Buster!
You should send this post to Metal Hammer and who knows, maybe next year we will see new names and labels being awarded.

The word "Universal" was added by me, Metal Hammer surely wanted to hide the fact so that their customer (Universal) could receive the maximum profit from the advertisement fees that had been paid to the publisher. I am quite sorry for Cynic Metalhead as he even very pleased with the results of the awards.