Avenged sevenfold win! Kerrang award - FINALLY (plus the other winners)

Avenged sevenfold, won a Kerrang! award at the 14th annual Kerrang! awards last night at a secret location in East London.
Having been up for three - best album, best international band and best live band - they have finally won their first kerrang! award which was for Best album. Ax7 were there to collect their award which was presented to them by Lacuna Coil's Christina Scabbia.The boys said their thank you's and Jimmy was still going on even after the others had left the stage.

The others nominated for the award were:
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream, Aim, Fire
Avenged Sevenfold – Avenged Sevenfold
In Flames – A Sense Of Purpose
Mindless Self Indulgence – If
Cancer Bats – Hail Destroyer

M. Shadows had this to say to the band's fans following the ceremony:
"Receiving such an honor in the United Kingdom means so much to us because England has become like a second home. This summer has been the best of our career. We've seen so many of you in so many countries and you've all touched us.

"We're so proud of how much love our fans in the US have always shown us. And now it means the world to us to know how many of you around the globe have been touched by our music. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."

Here are the other nominees and winners.

Best Single Nominations:
30 Seconds To Mars – From Yesterday
Bullet For My Valentine – Waking The Demon
Simple Plan – Your Love Is A Lie
Kids In Glass Houses – Give Me What I Want
Pendulum – Propane Nightmares

Winner- 30 seconds to mars. Who also won best single award last year for From yesturday.

Best Live Band Nominations:
30 Seconds To Mars
Lostprophets
Machine Head
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Avenged Sevenfold

Winner- Machine head

Best British Band Nominations
Lostprophets
Bring Me The Horizon
You Me At Six
Bullet For My Valentine
Biffy Clyro

Winner- Bullet for my valentine

Best International Band Nominations
30 Seconds To Mars
My Chemical Romance
Madina Lake
Coheed And Cambria
Avenged Sevenfold

Winner- 30 seconds to mars

Best Video Nominations
Bullet For My Valentine – Waking The Demon
30 Seconds To Mars – A Beautiful Lie
Weezer – Pork And Beans
Coheed And Cambria – Feathers
Gallows – Starin’ At The Rude Bois

Winner- Coheed and cambria

Best British Newcomer Nominations
Dead Swans
We Are The Ocean
Slaves To Gravity
Elliot Minor
Go:Audio

Winner- Slaves to gravity

Best International Newcomer Nominations
Kill Hannah
A Day To Remember
Four Year Strong
Black Tide
All Time Low

Winner- Black tide

Kerrang! icon winner- Slipknot
Classic songwriter winner- Def leppard
Spirit of independence winner- Dillinger escape plan
Inspiration award winners- Metallica
Hall of fame winner- Rage against the machine.

Image
August 31st, 2008 at 11:13am