Golden Gods Awards roll out the black carpet for metal bands

The idea of a heavy-metal awards show, with paparazzi flashbulbs and celebrity wranglers, seems odd. Metal is outsiders' music, forged in dank garages by fans for whom Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister is a sex object. But it's also competitive. The comparative merits of Coldplay versus Alison Krauss and Robert Plant are opaque; questions of which drummers can play 16th kick notes at 180 bpm are debates with answers.

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