Mike Portnoy nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden God award

[AcidLameLTE]

Vote here:

https://goldengods.metalhammer.co.uk/

[DarkLord_Lalinc]

John Petrucci should be put in the "Shredder" category.

[Mladen]

I agree about Petrucci, but oh well, at least one DT member is nominated.

I voted. 

[moffatt]

Voted mainly for DT, MP deserves to win
I also voted for the Rammstein 'Pussy' video for fun 

[yeshaberto]

voted

[Mebert78]

What is a Golden God award?  I looked for a description of the award on that website but I couldn't find one.  Maybe I missed it.  What is the criteria and eligibility requirements?  Who did the nominating?

[moffatt]

Its organised by the British magazine metal hammer, im guessing they sorted the nominations theirselves, i have to say that they did some of them quite badly. Mainly the shredding one - Zoltan from Five finger death punch was one of the nominee's, and hes only the rhythem guitarist for the band

[Dream Team]

Oh my goodness what horrible, horrible options on most of those polls. 

[Dcrupi]

Its organised by the British magazine metal hammer, im guessing they sorted the nominations theirselves, i have to say that they did some of them quite badly. Mainly the shredding one - Zoltan from Five finger death punch was one of the nominee's, and hes only the rhythem guitarist for the band

That band is such a joke...really cannot stand them.  Their lead singer really should just stick to his below-average screaming, he sounds like an absolute buffoon any other time he opens his mouth.

Anyway, voted.

[Slain]

Its organised by the British magazine metal hammer, im guessing they sorted the nominations theirselves, i have to say that they did some of them quite badly. Mainly the shredding one - Zoltan from Five finger death punch was one of the nominee's, and hes only the rhythem guitarist for the band

That band is such a joke...really cannot stand them.  Their lead singer really should just stick to his below-average screaming, he sounds like an absolute buffoon any other time he opens his mouth.

Anyway, voted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfr_nWsXOBg

Tell me if this song doesn't make you facepalm when the vocals/lyrics come in

[Birch Boy]

I actually just voted prior to seeing this thread. I voted for White Wizzard, Cantrell, Megadeth, MP, Priest, and I think that was it.

[moffatt]

Its organised by the British magazine metal hammer, im guessing they sorted the nominations theirselves, i have to say that they did some of them quite badly. Mainly the shredding one - Zoltan from Five finger death punch was one of the nominee's, and hes only the rhythem guitarist for the band

That band is such a joke...really cannot stand them.  Their lead singer really should just stick to his below-average screaming, he sounds like an absolute buffoon any other time he opens his mouth.

Anyway, voted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfr_nWsXOBg

Tell me if this song doesn't make you facepalm when the vocals/lyrics come in

I never said anything about liking the band, i just happend to know a few members names

[Darkes7]

Decided to give up voting, since it turned out I don't know around 3/4 of the bands that are there... I hope MP wins.

And WTF is Judas Priest doing in the same group as e.g. Bullet for My Valentine?!?

[Ultimetalhead]

The lack of Porcupine Tree in the British Bands was disgusting. Also, the piss poor choices for shredders. How the fuck did Chris Broderick, John Petrucci, or anyone else not make it?

[Dcrupi]

Its organised by the British magazine metal hammer, im guessing they sorted the nominations theirselves, i have to say that they did some of them quite badly. Mainly the shredding one - Zoltan from Five finger death punch was one of the nominee's, and hes only the rhythem guitarist for the band

That band is such a joke...really cannot stand them.  Their lead singer really should just stick to his below-average screaming, he sounds like an absolute buffoon any other time he opens his mouth.

Anyway, voted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfr_nWsXOBg

Tell me if this song doesn't make you facepalm when the vocals/lyrics come in

Actually, that is EXACTLY the song that I was referring to when I was talking about his vocals.  My favorite part is the really epically profound spoken section in the middle.  My God.  It's a serious moment.

[WDADU]

I voted for Dave Lombardo 

[DarkEternalNight]

Voted mainly for DT, MP deserves to win
I also voted for the Rammstein 'Pussy' video for fun 

Great job!

[emindead]

I gave up when they asked for my data.

[pogoowner]

I gave up when they asked for my data.

Same here.

[Global Laziness]

I saw it on MP's Twitter. I voted in about half of the different categories and left blank the ones I didn't know.

[ZKX-2099]

No Petrucci? I hope Mike gets the award though.

[LCArenas]

Its organised by the British magazine metal hammer, im guessing they sorted the nominations theirselves, i have to say that they did some of them quite badly. Mainly the shredding one - Zoltan from Five finger death punch was one of the nominee's, and hes only the rhythem guitarist for the band

That band is such a joke...really cannot stand them.  Their lead singer really should just stick to his below-average screaming, he sounds like an absolute buffoon any other time he opens his mouth.

Anyway, voted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfr_nWsXOBg

Tell me if this song doesn't make you facepalm when the vocals/lyrics come in

That band reminds me of Rev Theory.... A band that I loathe. I expected more from 5FDP, but the've proven me that they're just a bunch of douches who wanted to sound badass. And failed miserably.

Back to the thread: voted.

And now for something completely different: 200th post! yay!

[YtseBitsySpider]

I enjoyed voting though some of the artists I had no idea who they were.....I assume that guy Bathory..was from the band "Bathory"?

[Bombardana]

Portnoy doesn't even need to win. He's too good for these idiots. Did you see the other nominees?

[moffatt]

Portnoy doesn't even need to win. He's too good for these idiots. Did you see the other nominees?

Brann Dailor is good enough for the award, easily.