Veteran Bands Honored at 2013 Kerrang! Awards

Queen, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Pantera, and
Venom each get a special award in the annual
Brit magazine music awards.
Veteran
rock and
heavy
metal
bands
Queen ,
Slayer ,
Iron
Maiden,
Pantera and Venom were honored at the 2013
Kerrang! Awards held at London's Troxy Club
on Thursday night. The British magazine,
through its annual music awards, gave each of
them a special award, along with recognizing
this year's top current acts.
Queen was honored that night for their
"Service to Rock", with their career spanning
more than 40 years giving the music industry
eighteen No. 1 albums and singles and ten
No.1 DVDs. Meanwhile, Pantera was inducted
into the Kerrang Hall of Fame after last year's
inductee Machine Head and past honorees
Korn and Motley Crue . For their individual
awards, Iron Maiden walked off with the
Kerrang! Inspiration Award, Venom with the
Kerrang! Icon Award and Slayer with the
Kerrang! Legend Award.
Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen paid
respects to their late frontman Freddie
Mercury while Pantera's Phil Anselmo paid
tribute to the legacy of band mate Darrell
Abbott who was shot dead onstage in 2004.
Slayer's guitarist Kerry King reassured everyone
with "Slayer is alive and strong," after
founding member Jeff Hannemen passed away
to alcohol-related illness last month.
Apart from honoring legendary acts and their
contribution to music, the awards show also
recognized current acts such as Fall Out Boy,
winning Best Single for "The Phoenix," and
Biffy Clyro, bagging the Best Album prize for
" Opposites". Best Live Band award went to
Black Veil Brides while Best International
Newcomer was Of Mice and Men.

Full winners list of 2013 Kerrang! Awards:

Best Single: "The Phoenix", Fall Out Boy
Best Album: "Opposites", Biffy Clyro
Best Male: Ben Bruce, Asking Alexandria
Best Female: Lzzy Hale, Halestorm
Best Live Band: Black Veil Brides
Best British Band: Bring Me the Horizon
Best British Newcomer: Lower Than Atlantis
Best International Newcomer: Of Mice & Men
Relentless Award: Young Guns
Best Video: "King For a Day" - Pierce the Vail
(feat. Kellin Quinn)
Best Event: "The Final Night of Sin" - You Me
At Six
Best Festival: Download
Tweeter of the Year: Gerard Way, My Chemical
Romance
Hall of Fame: Pantera
Kerrang! Inspiration Award: Iron Maiden
Kerrang! Icon Award: Venom
Kerrang! Legend Award: Slayer
Service to Rock: Queen