2011 Revolver Golden Gods Winners Recap

The third annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards have come and gone, as metal's biggest and brightest stars converged on Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles last night to celebrate the genre we all hold so near and dear. It's truly the biggest shindig on the metal calendar and former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach even hosted the star-studded black carpet, while wrestler and renowned metal fan Chris Jericho hosted the on-stage event.

The full list of winners and presenters is as follows. In case you weren't there, the show will be broadcast on VH1 Classic on May 28th and you'll be able to see all the performances, awards and other antics, highlights and shenanigans, such as the Black Flag jam featuring DevilDriver, Jamey Jasta and Mike Valleley, as well as the Avenged Sevenfold show closing performance, among other things.

Hunted: The Demon's Forge® Golden God Award: Alice Cooper (presented by Rob Zombie)

Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award: Mötley Crüe (presented by Corey Taylor of Slipknot/Stone Sour)

Honorary Headbanger Award: William Shatner (presented by Scott Ian of Anthrax and The Damned Things and comedian Brian Posehn)

Epiphone® Best Guitarists Award: Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold (presented by Robb Flynn of Machine Head and Wayne Static of Static X)

Drum Workshop® Best Drummer Award: Mike Portnoy for his work with Avenged Sevenfold (presented by Vinnie Paul of Pantera/HellYeah)

Best New Band Award: Black Veil Brides (presented by Duff McKagan of Loaded/Velvet Revolver/Guns N' Roses)

Most Metal Athlete Award: Skateboarder Mike Vallely (presented by Chino Moreno of Deftones)

Rockstar Energy® Best Vocalist Award: M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold (presented by Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless and Sebastian Bach)

Samson/Zoom® Best Live Band Award: Rammstein (presented by Charlie Benante of Anthrax and Mike Portnoy)

Eagle Rock® Comeback of the Year Award: Murderdolls (presented by David Coverdale of Whitesnake)

Affliction® Album of the Year Award: Avenged Sevenfold (presented by Jerry Cantrell and Mike Inez of Alice in Chains)