Kerrang! Awards 2016: The Winners!

We waited a whole year for it, but now our 35th birthday / awards are sadly over. Sob!

Three generations of rockstars – everyone from Iron Maiden, to Deftones, to blink-182, to A Day To Remember – came, drank, and got merry. Perhaps some a little too merry. Most importantly, some of those rockstars were crowned 2016 Kerrang! Award winners, and stumbled up to the stage to pick up their K!-shaped trophies, while others lost out, and spent the evening crying into their pizza. There, there, guys.

“I’m just a year older than Kerrang! And every day my knees hurt and I’m out of breath putting my socks on,” says Kerrang! Editor James McMahon. “But what the night’s mayhem confirmed to me, is that even three and a half decades into it’s existence, Kerrang! is as fit and lithe as it’s ever been. No other brand could unite stars old and new like Kerrang!. Bound by booze, yes, but by a shared spirit and passion for rock ‘n’ roll too. Because the night was, from start to finish, one of those nights that sear themselves into your memory – where fans, bands, mag, friends old and new, became one mass of love for a style of music a group of people were so obsessed with 35 years ago they started a magazine, just because one didn’t exist to cover it. By fans, for fans. Thirty five years young. Last night was the best birthday party ever.”

Now, we’ve got an epic clean-up job to undertake before we scoot off to Download Festival (once we’ve figured out who threw up on our suitcases…) So while we do that, why don’t you guys take a look at the winners…

KERRANG! AWARDS – FULL WINNERS LIST

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Presented by Planet Rock

Deftones

KERRANG! LEGEND

Presented by Ghost Vodka

Iron Maiden

KERRANG! HERO

Thin Lizzy

THE ICON AWARD

blink-182

SPIRIT OF PUNK

Frank Carter

BEST EVENT

Presented by K! TV

You Me At Six – The Ghost Inside Benefit Show

BEST BRITISH BAND

Presented by WWE2K17

Asking Alexandria

BEST BRITISH NEWCOMER

Presented by Help Musicians UK

Creeper

BEST INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER

Presented by Troxy

Cane Hill

BEST TRACK

Presented by K! Radio

All Time Low – Missing You

BEST LIVE BAND

BABYMETAL

BEST ALBUM

Presented by Zippo

No Devotion – Permanence

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND

Presented by Fireball

A Day To Remember

BEST FANBASE

twenty one pilots

BEST FILM

Deadpool

BEST TV SHOW

Making A Murderer

BEST RADIO SHOW

Nights With Alice Cooper – Planet Rock

BEST VIDEO GAME

Rise Of The Tomb Raider

BEST COMICBOOK

The Wicked + The Divine

BEST FESTIVAL

Bloodstock

BEST COMEDIAN

Amy Schumer

TWEETER OF THE YEAR