Joey Demaio, the bassist and main songwriter for metal veterans Manowar, was the recipient of the Golden God award at Monday night's Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards ceremony, held at Indigo2 in London.  The evening also featured performances from Anthrax, who took home the "Metal as F**K" award, Biohazard and Best Underground Band winner Watain.  Check out a full list of winners below.

2012 Golden Gods Winners

Best New Band: The Defiled
Best Underground Band: Watain
Breakthrough: Ghost
Best U.K. Band: Saxon
Best International Band: Lamb of God
Best Event: Iron Maiden's U.K. tour
Best Live Band: Rammstein
Dimebag Darrell Shredder: Devin Townsend
Metal As F*ck: Anthrax
Spirit Of Hammer: Bill Bailey
Best Album: MASTODON - "The Hunter"
Best Drummer: Vinnie Paul Abbott (Hellyeah, Pantera)
Inspiration: Roadrunner Records
Icon: Fear Factory
Riff Lord: Robb Flynn, Phil Demmel (Machine Head)
Golden God: Joey DeMaio (Manowar)