Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com In an incredibly close race that saw multiple lead changes throughout the entire voting process, Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi narrowly beat out Slipknot / Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor for Rock Titan of the Year in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards. The legendary axe-man and master of the riff was diagnosed with cancer early in 2012, and although it stopped the majority of Black Sabbath’s tour dates, one thing it never stopped was Tony Iommi. Despite the lymphoma diagnosis, Iommi continued writing for Black Sabbath’s massively anticipated next album, ’13,’ laying down guitar lines that will surely blow us away once its released in June 2013. Congrats to Tony Iommi. For his bravery and dedication to heavy metal, fans have voted the Black Sabbath legend their 2012 Rock Titan of the Year. See the full voting results below and click the red button for the next winner: [button href=”http://loudwire.com/marilyn-manson-rock-album-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/” title=”Next Winner: Rock Album of the Year” align=”center”] Voting Results: Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll.
Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com After narrowly losing out to Sharon den Adel of Within Tempation in the 2011 Rock Goddess of the Year competition, Evanescence siren Amy Lee earned the honor in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards – thanks to overwhelming support from her devoted fans. Lee took the lead right from the beginning and never trailed throughout the voting process. With 45.76 percent of the vote, the Evanescence singer garnered nearly half of the tens of thousands of votes that were cast in this category. The race really turned out to be for second place with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale edging out In This Moment’s Maria Brink and Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbie for the runner-up position. We’d like to congratulate Amy Lee on her victory and officially name her Rock Goddess of the Year! See the full results below and click the red button for the next winner: [button href=”http://loudwire.com/tony-iommi-rock-titan-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/” title=”Next Winner: Rock Titan of the Year” align=”center”] Voting Results: Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll.
Roadrunner Coming in strong in the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards with more than half of the overall vote for Metal Video of the Year is Machine Head for ‘Darkness Within.’ The honor is incredibly well-earned, as the visual accompaniment for ‘Darkness Within’ plays more like an acclaimed short film rather than a music video. The brilliance of ‘Darkness Within’ managed to beat the cartoon clairvoyance of Dethklok, the messianic time traveling of High on Fire, the disturbing Job for a Cowboy and the acid-laced ape assault of Pig Destroyer. Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn praised bands such as Behemoth and Rammstein for their game-changing music videos, which inspired Flynn and the rest of Machine Head to create something more than just “dudes in a warehouse playing.” Congrats to Machine Head for winning the 2012 Loudwire Music Award for Metal Video of the Year. See the full results below and click on the red button to find out the next winner: [button href=”http://loudwire.com/evanescence-singer-amy-lee-rock-goddess-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/” title=”Next Winner: Rock Goddess of the Year” align=”center”] Voting Results: Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll.
Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Marilyn Manson rebounded in a big way in 2012 and the fans responded by making his ‘No Reflection’ clip the 2012 Loudwire Music Awards Rock Video of the Year. With thousands of votes collected over the past month-and-a-half, Manson won one of the closer battles in this year’s Loudwire Music Awards, with the ‘No Reflection’ video taking just over 38 percent of the vote. The clip bested Slash’s animated ‘Bad Rain’ promo, which put up a good fight with just shy of 34 percent of the vote. Much like in his video, Manson was the one left standing at the end and congrats are in order for the rocker. The vocalist and his band are hitting the road to kick off 2013, sharing the stage with up-and-coming rockers Butcher Babies. With momentum on his side, it will be fun to watch Manson’s comeback continue in 2013. See the full results below and click on the red button to see the next winner: [button href=”http://loudwire.com/machine-head-metal-video-of-the-year-2012-loudwire-music-awards/” title=”Next Winner: Metal Video of the Year” align=”center”] Voting Results: Sorry, you need to have javascript running to see this poll.
Facebook: Metallica – Metallica have revealed the title and release date of their upcoming 3D film. More details here: [ Loudwire ] – Volbeat have tapped former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano to produce their next album. [ Loudwire ] – Dave Grohl , who just premiered the ‘Sound City’ song ‘ From Can to Can’t ‘ with Corey Taylor , will stage a post Los Angeles film premiere concert featuring his Sound City Players. [ Loudwire ] – Bullet for My Valentine will hit the road with Halestorm and Young Guns for the fifth annual HardDrive Live tour. [ Loudwire ] – Sevendust and the reunited Coal Chamber will be teaming up for a 2013 trek. [ Loudwire ] – Cold War Kids have revealed ‘Dear Miss Lonely Hearts’ as the title of their forth album and they’re streaming the song ‘Miracle Mile.’ [ Diffuser.fm ] – Grunge greats Mudhoney have unleashed the new song ‘The Only Son of the Widow From Nain.’ [ Diffuser.fm ] – Heart ‘s performance of Led Zeppelin ‘s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ from the ‘Kennedy Center Honors’ has hit iTunes. Read UltimateClassicRock.com’s review here. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ] – There’s sad news to report as Jimmy O’Neill, host of the ’60s music series ‘Shindig,’ has died at the age of 72. [ Ultimate Classic Rock ]
Theo Wargo / Kevin Winter, Getty Images It’s hard to follow in Paul McCartney ‘s footsteps , but if there’s anyone with the balls and pedigree to do it, Corey Taylor would be that man. The Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman, who seemingly has his hands in everything, was one of the participants in Dave Grohl ‘s ‘Sound City’ documentary and a new song featuring Taylor from the soundtrack has surfaced online. ‘From Can to Can’t’ received its premiere on the BBC today and a radio rip of the track has surfaced online courtesy of a radio rip from Antiquiet (listen here). The track, which also features Cheap Trick ‘s Rick Nielsen and former Kyuss bassist Scott Reeder with Grohl on drums, is a slow builder. Taylor puts his emotion into the track as it goes from mid-tempo to full-on rocker. Both Taylor and Nielsen will be on hand as part of Grohl’s Sound City Players when the star-studded film premiere concert takes place this Friday (Jan. 18) in Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival. Nielsen will also perform at the post Los Angeles premiere concert bash , as well, on Jan. 31. The ‘Sound City’ soundtrack arrives in stores March 12. Listen to the Dave Grohl-Corey Taylor-Rick Nielsen-Scott Reeder collaboration for ‘From Can to Can’t’ right here . [button href=”http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-sound-city-documentary-theatrical-release/” title=”Next: See Where the ‘Sound City’ Documentary Is Screening” align=”center”]
YouTube Something wicked this way comes? Mark Tremonti is readying their latest assault on the airwaves with the single ‘Wish You Well’ and he offered a rather cryptic and somewhat spooky trailer as a preview of what lies in wait. The teaser, simply titled ‘Digging Up the Past,’ puts the viewer in a rather unsettling state of mind. Whether it be the muddled whispers, the scenes of a shovel digging up something in the dark, the discovery of what seems to be an endless line that the unseen character is pulling or the revelation of Mark Tremonti opening up what appears to be a chest with the light shining back at him, there is definitely something dark and mysterious afoot. Adding to the mystery is a set of images, numbers and coordinates that will surely keep the puzzle enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists busy until the new video for ‘Wish You Well’ arrives in full on Wednesday, Jan. 16. ‘Wish You Well’ is featured on Tremonti’s debut solo effort, ‘All I Was.’ The musician and his self-titled band will be hitting the road in the coming weeks to continue promotion of the effort. Watch Tremonti’s ‘Digging Up the Past’ Teaser Clip [button href=”http://loudwire.com/mark-tremonti-adds-u-s-dates-to-2013-tour/” title=”Next: Tremonti Announce 2013 Tour Dates” align=”center”]