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The story so far... Aiden have hired a big kick-ass limo to take them to the Kerrang! Awards... They're up for the Best International Newcomer award and hopes are high, but will they win? Watch part two of our very special and exclusive podcast, in which YOU can take an Aidens-eye view of meeting the fans, walking up the red carpet, dodging the paps and enjoying the craziest night out in rock! Plus, see Bullet For My Valentine pissed up on booze. Uncensored!
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Join the ghouls from Seattle as they take the trip of the lifetime to the most debauchery awards ceremony in the world… See the band tucking their shirts in, getting ready for a drinking competition re-match with Bullet For My Valentine and taking the limo trip from hell… It's part one of the brand new Kerrang! Video Podcast. And there’s more to come later this week, so stay tuned…
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All talk of a vicious drinking competition between the boys from the valleys and the ghouls from Seattle is put to one side as the two groups settle down to ponder the Kerrang! Awards for Kerrang! TV. Kerrang! TV has exclusive access to all the rockers from this years Kerrang! Awards so check it out this weekend on Sky - 354, NTL - 819 and Telewest - 332
Last night, (Thursday 24 August), London's East End was taken over by the dark side, with The Kerrang! Awards 2006 at The Brewery EC1. The good, the great - and the downright legendary - names in rock and metal both new and old gathered at the 550 capacity venue to hear the hugely anticipated winners of the 13 categories, and to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Kerrang! Magazine. With the recent ABC figures showing that Kerrang! Magazine is now the world's biggest selling weekly music magazine (with 80,186 readers per week) there was certainly much cause for celebration!
From 6pm on the night of the Awards, guests were treated to a stunning display of weird and wonderful sights that formed the theme of this year's Awards - "Twisted Carnival". Brought to the proceedings by infamous burlesque and cabaret company Torture Garden Productions, a carnival sideshow consisted of acts such as 'Vivid Angel Wolf Girl, 'Johnny Flaming Fun', 'Lenny Fire Dwarf' and 'Psycho Cyborgs', in addition to the beautiful Ring Mistresses Tasha and Valeria. Host of the Awards, Kerrang! Radio's Stuart Cable, joined in the bizarre circus by taking his role as Ring Master very, very seriously...
"Coherent thought is always a struggle in the aftermath of the greatest rock 'n' roll party of the year, but this year's Kerrang! Awards was a truly special night,” says Kerrang! Editor Paul Brannigan. “In Kerrang!'s 25th year, our world has never been stronger and the bands who've picked up awards tonight will be at the forefront of the international rock scene for the next 25 years. Here's to repeating this carnage in 12 months time..."
"It's not metal anymore!" says one band member when we go and nick some of their booze. Just to even the balance, here's Angus Young to pick up his Legend award. But dude, where's the schoolboy uniform? Dry cleaners? Nobody cares, they're screaming a standing ovation. "I just want to thank my mum and dad for letting me out," he grins mischievously. We salute you sir.
No glasses necessary!
Announcing the nominees of Best British Band: "Past winners include Funeral For A Friend and The Stereophonics. Back when they were good." Miaow!
Before the evening drew to a close, and the guests began their journey to the Kerrang! Aftershow, a very special surprise Award was announced. Presented by Killswitch Engage's Adam D and Trivium's Matt Heafy, The Kerrang! Team received a very special Five K: Service To Metal trophy, in honour of the magazine's impact, influence, success and legacy within UK rock music over the last 25 years.
Voted by a select K! Awards Judging Panel
WINNER:
ANGUS YOUNG
Presented by Paul Brannigan
A very special appearance was made at The Kerrang! Awards 2006 by a man who is integral to Kerrang! Magazine's history. His band graced the first EVER cover of the magazine back in 1981, and are on the tip of every one's tongue when discussing the most important and influential rock bands in history. To help celebrate the 25th birthday of Kerrang!, on the night of the Awards, was AC/DC's Angus Young, who in turn was presented by Kerrang! Editor Paul Brannigan with The Kerrang! Legend accolade. AC/DC are without a shadow of a doubt one of the biggest rock bands ever, and this Award represents the important relationship that the band and Kerrang! have enjoyed over the last 25 years.
 Sponsored by Island Records
WINNER:
SLAYER
Presented by Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy) and Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil)
The Kerrang! Hall Of Fame award, presented by Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow and Lacuna Coil's Christina Scabbia and sponsored by Island Records, went to long-standing metal titans Slayer for their inspiration and bludgeoning innovation over the last two decades. Forming in the same year that Kerrang! first hit the shops, Slayer have been integral to the development in metal over the last quarter of a century. 1986's Reign In Blood album was called 'the heaviest album of all time by Kerrang!, and twenty years on the band are still going strong - working once again with legendary producer Rick Rubin for their new album Christ Illusion. Tom Araya, Kerry King, Dave Lombardo and Jeff Hanneman have been finally honoured by the magazine that has followed them from their beginnings right up to 2006.
Sponsored by Kerrang! Radio
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
Trivium
Avenged Sevenfold
HIM
Lacuna Coil
WINNER:
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
The Best Band On The Planet Award this year went to a band that has seen their musical career soar to extraordinary heights within the last two years. New Jersey goth-rockers My Chemical Romance have enamoured a massive fan base very quickly, and with the hit singles 'I'm Not OK (I Promise)' and 'Helena' tapping into the mood of disaffected youth everywhere, they've maintained a steady rise through the ranks to become one of the most popular alternative rock bands world-wide.
"Have we thanked our parents?" asks one of Bring Me The Horizon. Yes lads. Yes you have. Bless. "They've spilled beer on my dress!" says Sarah Cawood petulantly. Boo hoo love.
 Best British Band (sponsored by Roadrunner Records)Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Muse
Lostprophets
Bullet For My Valentine
Hundred Reasons
Fightstar
Funeral For A Friend
WINNER:
LOSTPROPHETS
Presented by Emma Griffiths
Roadrunner Records gives mag award for Services To Metal, presented by Matt Heafy. And ed Paul Brannigan gives props to you, the readers. Hooray for us!
 Sponsored by Cadiz Music)Voted for by a select K! Awards Judging Panel WINNER:
THE PRODIGY
Presented by Phil Alexander
The Spirit Of Independence Award (sponsored by Cadiz Music) has gone to a band that has raised plenty of controversy within their career, not least regarding the decision to give them a Kerrang! front cover in 1996. The Prodigy (Liam Howlett, Maxim and Keith Flint) came out of their Essex scene at the start of the 90s and assailed the nation's ears with their inimitable blend of hardcore rave, electronica and raw, savage guitar work - particularly evident with 1997's album The Fat Of The Land. It was only proper that this Award was given to the band on the night by Kerrang!'s Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander, who made the decision to put them on the front cover and was forced to defend the magazine against some criticism for putting a predominantly non-traditional rock band in this position. Given that The Prodigy are edgy, anarchic, loud, and controversial, most would agree that they're plenty rock n' roll enough to have been given this honour.
As the mighty 'Loaf presents the best video, he says the assembled crowd is making less noise than a christian Bible group in a frankly loony rant. Calm down, sir!
Voted for by the viewers of Kerrang! TV Nominees:
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down
AFI - Miss Murder
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia
WINNER:
FALL OUT BOY - SUGAR, WE'RE GOING DOWN
Presented by Meat Loaf
Voted by a select K! Awards Judging Panel
WINNER:
PLACEBO
Presented by Ugly Phil from Kerrang! 105.2
The Classic Songwriter Award, presented by Kerrang! Radio's Ugly Phil, went to a band who have consistently produced hit singles and albums since breaking onto the UK music scene back in the mid 90's. Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Hewitt, aka Placebo, have retained a huge following since their early material, including popular single 'Nancy Boy', was released. Subsequent singles ('Pure Morning', 'Every You Every Me', 'Special K', 'Infra Red') have proved Placebo's admirable standing within alternative music.
 Sponsored by Virgin Megastores)Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison
WINNER:
LOSTPROPHETS - LIBERATION TRANSMISSION
Presented by Jordan and Chad from New Found Glory
Now, if this were a spider, you wouldn't see us for dust.
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down
Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Trivium - Dying In Your Arms
Lostprophets - Rooftops
Placebo - Infrared
WINNER:
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - TEARS DON'T FALL
Presented by Masuimi Max and Howard Jones from Killswitch Engage.
The America-Wales battle reared its head once again in the category for Best Single, which was presented by burlesque artist Masuimi Max and Killswitch Engage's Howard Jones. An even split between British and international bands competed for this honour, with Fall Out Boy, Bullet For My Valentine, Muse, Trivium, Lostprophets and Placebo all hoping for a win. In the end, Wales rose to the top with Bullet For My Valentine taking away the trophy for 'Tears Don't Fall'. However, the coin was soon flipped when the winner for Best Video (sponsored by Kerrang! TV) was announced shortly afterwards, with Chicago's Fall Out Boy winning with 'Sugar, We're Going Down'. This Award was presented by the mighty Meat Loaf.
 Sponsored by Carling)Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Muse
Bullet For My Valentine
Trivium
Mastodon
Dragonforce
WINNER:
MUSE
The Prodigy are on the carpet, Liam Howlett looking weirdly like Ewen Mcgregor. Slayer are coming up...
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Aiden
Panic! At The Disco
The Academy Is...
Wolfmother
Angels And Airwaves
From First To Last
WINNER:
AIDEN
Presented by Nick Oliveri and Sarah Cawood
The Best International Newcomer Award was given to the band Aiden, who have emerged onto the hard rock scene with their album Nightmare Anatomy, delivering a high voltage blend of theatrics, metal and earnest lyrics. Aiden were victorious over some worthy opposition (Panic! At The Disco, The Academy Is... , Wolfmother, Angels And Airwaves and From First To Last). This category was presented by Mondo Generator's Nick Oliveri and TV face Sarah Cawood.
The Bat's brought a selection of ladies along with him. Wise, wise man.
 Sponsored by Myspace.com)
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine, Kerrang.com and Myspace.com
Nominees:
Bring Me The Horizon
Brigade
The Automatic
Mendeed
Enter Shikari
The Blackout
The Answer
WINNER:
BRING ME THE HORIZON
Presented by Bullet For My Valentine
This year's Best British Newcomer category saw seven bands compete. Votes were cast across Kerrang! Magazine and Online, as well as via Myspace.com, who also sponsored the Award. On the night, this award was taken by fast-rising thrash rock band Bring Me The Horizon, who have become very popular very quickly within the Myspace generation. Last year's winners Bullet For My Valentine presented BMTH with their trophy - many will be waiting to see if their career takes the same successful path as Bullet's did.
We bought a t shirt with Place bo on it once. Let this be a warning against buying from the wrong side of Camden. Brian is really tiny. We never realised how tiny until now, but they all look dapper so that's ace.
Before the ceremony starts, members of Trivium, Bullet.. and Fightstar (among others) receive gold discs for their contribution to K!'s Master Of Puppets cover CD - the biggest selling issue of Kerrang! this year. Good work, fellas.
No really, Ian or Charlie. Aargh, our brain is melting.
Steady now ladies!
There's some serious tattoos out in force this evening but BMTH might just beat them all as theirs are a) new and shiny b) clearly obtained under age. Not that we're condoning that. No.
The ACDC guitar legend doesn't feel like posing
Matt and co confront the media. They don't look too bothered, bring on the whisky.
The inventive metal masters pose like the best of 'em
That's one talent he didn't get in school...
No really they are!
Shots on the red carpet! Yeah, Jagermeister
Wearing the sharpest suits this side of Oxfam. Style!
Then - in a remarkably similar manner to a bat out of hell - he'll be gone.
Jesse kindly offers some excess moustache hair to keep Brian's newly shaven head warm.
Monster 'tache.
Whats that coming over the carpet? Hmm, might need to rephrase that
The boys from Seattle pose with their PR Jenny after rocking up in a limo. Angel has now earned the nickname "Chubbs" because his jacket and t-shirt combo led other members of the band to consider that he looked like something out of Miami Vice.
Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow and Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia get pulses racing!
Nah, they're quite nice really.
...from Hundred Reasons.
Surrey's finest join the festivities
The impossible metal troopers unleash fire on the press (possibly)
K scribe and all round party fiend Morat arrives
Only at the kerrang! Awards
See AIDEN on their big day out at the Kerrang Awards, exclusively in the next K! Podcast available at www.kerrang.com/podcast from this weekend! We'll be following the band as they get ready for the show, travel in style up the red carpet and watch the most debauched awards ceremony in the world while hanging out with rock's hottest stars!
Plus, you can see snippets of the band's video diary on Kerrang! TV as part of their K! AWARDS: BACKSTAGE BEDLAM show, which will feature all the news and action from the awards, plus exclusive interviews with the winners for your viewing pleasure! Catch it on Kerrang! TV at 10pm on Friday August 25 and on The Hits at 8pm Sunday 27.
Tune into Kerrang! TV, exclusively on Sky Digital 354, Telewest 332 and NTL 819. The Hits is available on Freeview 18, Sky Digital 358, NTL 910 and Telewest 320.
The clock is ticking down... The Kerrang! Awards kicks off this evening at 7.30, so stay tuned from 5 onwards as we'll be sending you all the latest updates on the winners, the red carpet and the gossip from the most debauched party of the year. See the celebs and what they're wearing! Share in the joy of the winners! Commiserate with the losers! And flinch at the uncontrollable rock star behaviour that inevitably occurs at the Kerrang! Awards...
Voting for The Kerrang! Awards has now closed. Thanks to everyone who voted. The winners will be announced on August 24 - for all the news, photos and winners, stay tuned to the Kerrang! Awards Blog on Thursday!
"Ahh... The good ol' Kerrang! Awards... definitely one of THE best nights out there is. Nominated you say? Aw, you shouldn't have! To even be considered to be in the magazine is a proper compliment enough for us in the Trivium camp... Cuz what that means is that fans, writers and other mag people wanna talk Trivium. And that's fantastic. But to be up for Awards as well?! Well hot damn! Thank you very very much for nominating us. Being nominated is a privilege. It means someone out there thinks of us in that light. So thank you - from all of us - to everyone that believes in our band." - Matt Heafy, Trivium
"We are blown away to be nominated for some Kerrang! awards. We think someone may have messed up somewhere in their filing system. But we are definitely stoked to be benefiting from it." - Fall Out Boy (Pete Wentz)
"Picking up the Kerrang! Award last year was one of the highlights of our time so far in Bullet for my Valentine...To be nominated again this year means we can do it all again, this time bigger and better than before...we just better win every award going, or there'll be trouble" - Matt Tuck, Bullet For My Valentine
"We here at Lostprophets Big Faceless Tall City Building Multinational Sell-out Corp, were very pleased when we heard about winning all of the Kerrang! Awards. We all stroked our exotic white cats simultaneously, and smiled. Thanks are with all those who made this possible. We will consider you all for a share in our stocks one day. Maybe. XXX" - Lostprophets
With only two weeks to go until the Kerrang! Awards 2006, the Nominations for the most debauched rock 'n' roll event of the year have been unveiled. Exclusively announced at the Kerrang! Day of Rock on 10 August 2006 at Virgin Megastore (the Official Retail Sponsor of the Kerrang! Awards) on London's Oxford Street, the Nominations have produced some tight, some surprising, and at times controversial, results. A massive 140,000 votes have been cast from the general public for this year's categories - via Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com, as well as Myspace.com.
The Kerrang! Awards are to be held on Thursday 24 August at The Brewery in London's East End, and being Kerrang!'s 25th Anniversary, the Awards will be set to live up to its reputation of being THE party of the year - and one renowned for its bad behaviour and rock star antics. This year will see the strange, the weird and the fantastic, with a "Twisted Carnival" theme - expect the full works!
 Storming the nominations and in the running for an massive FIVE trophies are Somerset's finest space-prog-rockers Muse, whose album Black Holes and Revelations has recently hit the streets. Once again headlining The Carling Weekend in Reading/Leeds, the band - Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenhome and Dominic Howard - are up against some close competition for the categories of Best Live Band, Best Single and Best Video (for 'Supermassive Black Hole'), Best Album and Best British Band.
Fighting off stiff competition from Dragonforce and Bullet for My Valentine in the Best Live Band category, Muse are also pitted against the Welsh rock contingency for the honour of Best British Band, with Lostprophets, Funeral for a Friend and Bullet For My Valentine all nominated, along with Hundred Reasons and Fightstar. Only the night will reveal whether voters have gone for the epic sounds of Muse or whether they have preferred straight-up hard rock!
This year's Kerrang! Awards will see some cross-Atlantic battles emerge, with some fiery competition appearing between the pop-punk of Fall Out Boy and the old-school metal of Bullet For My Valentine, who each have four nominations, as well as a close match between Trivium and Lostprophets with three nominations apiece.
 Chicago's brightest stars Fall Out Boy will take on Bridgend's Bullet For My Valentine for the trophies for Best Single and Best Album, and are also up for Best Video (for 'Sugar We're Going Down') and the highly anticipated Best Band On The Planet accolade. Trivium and Lostprophets will be vying for the title of Best Single (with 'Dying In Your Arms' and 'Rooftops' respectively). Matt Heafy and co. are then up for Best Live Band and Best Band On The Planet, while Ian Watkin's' crew will be hoping for Best Album (for 'Liberation Transmission') and Best British Band.
Always a nail-biter, the category of Best Band On The Planet sees the likes of My Chemical Romance, Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, HIM and Lacuna Coil all up against Fall Out Boy. Who will take away the honour on the night - will it be the proto-goth rock of My Chemical Romance, will the voting end up in the favour of the twisted darkness of Avenged Sevenfold, or will Pete Wentz be jumping for joy with a victory for Fall Out Boy?
Editor of Kerrang! magazine Paul Brannigan commented, "The quality of the K! Awards nominees list illustrates the strength of our scene, both internationally and in the UK, in Kerrang! magazine's 25th birthday year. The Kerrang! Awards has a reputation as THE most debauched night in the rock 'n' roll calendar, and regardless of who takes home the much coveted Awards, we can promise that this year's ceremony will be a night that no-one will ever forget!"
See below for the full list of nominees...
KERRANG! AWARDS 2006 FULL NOMINATIONS Best British Newcomer (sponsored by Myspace.com)
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine, Kerrang.com and Myspace.com Nominees:
Bring Me The Horizon
Brigade
The Automatic
Mendeed
Enter Shikari
The Blackout
The Answer Best International Newcomer
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Aiden
Panic! At The Disco
The Academy Is...
Wolfmother
Angels And Airwaves
From First To Last Best Live Band (sponsored by Carling)
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Muse
Bullet For My Valentine
Trivium
Mastodon
Dragonforce Best Single
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down
Bullet For My Valentine - Tears Don't Fall
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Trivium - Dying In Your Arms
Lostprophets - Rooftops
Placebo - Infrared Best Album (sponsored by Virgin Megastores)
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
Muse - Black Holes And Revelations
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison Best Video
Voted for by the viewers of Kerrang! TV Nominees:
Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Fall Out Boy - Sugar We're Going Down
AFI - Miss Murder
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia Best British Band (sponsored by Roadrunner Records)
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
Muse
Lostprophets
Bullet For My Valentine
Hundred Reasons
Fightstar
Funeral For A Friend Best Band On The Planet
Voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang.com Nominees:
My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
Trivium
Avenged Sevenfold
HIM
Lacuna Coil Other Awards on the night:
Classic Songwriter Spirit Of Independence Hall Of Fame (sponsored by Island Records) Icon Award
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
At the Day Of Rock, Virgin Megastores, London, 10 August 2006.
Photo: www.burningeye.com.au
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