Gojira i Diablo Swing Orchestra među dobitnicima Metal Storm nagrada za 2012.

Kao i svake godine Metal Storm dodeljuje nagrade najboljim metal izvođačima. U toku višemesečnog glasanja posetioci sajta su odabrali najbolje bendove 2012. godine. Pobednici po kategorijama:


Alternative Metal
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage

Avantgarde / Experimental Metal
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Pandora's Piñata

Black Metal
A Forest Of Stars - A Shadowplay For Yesterdays

Death Metal
The Faceless - Autotheism

Djent / Math Metal
Meshuggah - Koloss

Doom Metal
Saturnus - Saturn In Ascension

Extreme Doom Metal
Ahab - The Giant

Folk / Pagan / Viking Metal
Eluveitie - Helvetios

Gothic Metal
Katatonia - Dead End Kings

Grindcore
Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

Hard Rock
Graveyard - Lights Out

Hardcore / Metalcore / Deathcore
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind

Heavy / Melodic Metal
Accept - Stalingrad

Industrial / Cyber / Electronic Metal
Blut Aus Nord - 777 - Cosmosophy

Melodeath / Extreme Power / Gothenburg Metal
Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

Melodic Black Metal / Metalgaze
Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme

Post-Metal
Atoma - Skylight

Power Metal
Kamelot - Silverthorn

Progressive Metal
Enslaved - RIITIIR

Sludge / Stoner Metal
High On Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis

Symphonic Metal
Xandria - Neverworld's End

Thrash Metal
Kreator - Phantom Antichrist

Ostale nagrade:

Clandestine Cut Of The Year
Immensity - The Lonely Aquarelle

The Best Cover Song
Sabaton - Twilight Of The Thunder God (Amon Amarth cover)

The Best Debut Album
Atoma - Skylight

The Best DVD
Devin Townsend - By A Thread - Live in London 2011

The Best Video
Kamelot - Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)

The Biggest Letdown
Ensiferum - Unsung Heroes

The Biggest Surprise
Wintersun - Time I

Specijalna nagrada: Drama Of The Year - Lamb Of God - Randy Blythe optužen za ubistvo iz nehata