Throughout the night we saw live performances from Carpenter Brut, Myrkur, Meshuggah, Baroness and Parkway Drive – complete with a fuckload of fire and a spinning drum kit!
But not only that, we gave out 16 awards to some of the biggest and best names in metal, including Wes Borland, Maynard James Keenan, Lacuna Coil and Ozzy Osbourne.
But what did it look like on the night? Here's a gallery of all the winners their famous friends.
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Lovebites winning Best New Band(Image credit: Jake Owens )
Lovebites
Wolves In The Throne Room winning Best Underground Band(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Wolves In The Throne Room
Ben Ward accepting the Best British Band award on behalf of Judas Priest who couldn't be there(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Lacuna Coil winning Best Live Band(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Lacuna Coil
Adrian Erlandsson accepting the Best International Band on behalf of Arch Enemy who couldn't be there(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Sumerian Records winning Best Independent Label (Image credit: Marie Korner)
Sumerian Records
Download Festival winning Best Event(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Download Festival
Benji Webbe accepting Breakthrough on behalf of Code Orange who couldn't be there(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Wes Borland winning Riff Lord(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Wes Borland
Kaoteon winning Global Metal(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Kaoteon
Myrkur winning Best Album for Mareridt(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Myrkur
Jessica Pimentel winning Spirit Of Hammer(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Jessica Pimentel
Maynard James Keenan winning Icon(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Maynard James Keenan
Meshuggah winning Inspiration(Image credit: Marie Korner)
Meshuggah
Parkway Drive winning Defender Of The Faith(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Parkway Drive
Ozzy Osbourne being presented the Golden God award by Zakk Wylde(Image credit: Marie Jorner)
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne's Golden God award(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne winning the Golden God award(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Ozzy Osbourne
And here's a little glimpse of the live performances!
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Baroness performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Baroness
Baroness performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Baroness
Meshuggah performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Meshuggah
Myrkur performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Myrkur
Parkway Drive performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Parkway Drive
Parkway Drive performing at Golden Gods(Image credit: Jake Owens)
Parkway Drive
We'll see you next year for more chaos!
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Luke Morton joined Metal Hammer as Online Editor in 2014, having previously worked as News Editor at popular (but now sadly defunct) alternative lifestyle magazine, Front. As well as helming the Metal Hammer website for the four years that followed, Luke also helped relaunch the Metal Hammer podcast in early 2018, producing, scripting and presenting the relaunched show during its early days. He also wrote regular features for the magazine, including a 2018 cover feature for his very favourite band in the world, Slipknot, discussing their turbulent 2008 album, All Hope Is Gone.
