The Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards will make fans brains "liquefy" according to Chris Jericho.
The 10th annual rock event will return next month, hosted by the retired WWE wrestler and frontman of Fozzy, who is excited about fronting the event for the first time.
He said: "Your head is going to explode. Your brain is going to become liquefied. Your bones are going to crumble into dust… Crank it up! It’s going to be awesome."
Fozzy will also play a set on the HMS Hammer boat, a pre-show party on the water ahead of the awards.
Awards at the show will be voted for by readers of the heavy metal magazine, and nominees include Iron Maiden, Metallica, Lamb of God and Anthrax.
Alex Milas, Editor of Metal Hammer, said: "Over the course ten years the Metal Hammer Golden Gods have established themselves as the gold standard by which all other such affairs are measured.
"As the world’s only genuine metal awards show, we pride ourselves in the quality of acts that come to perform, party, and indeed pick up a gong on the night.
"As we celebrate our mag’s 25th year of publication we’ll also be hoisting a goblet to over a decade of hosting the first, the best, and the heaviest metal awards show on the planet. Here’s to another 10!"
Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards 2012, full list of nominees:
Best New Band:
Animals As Leaders
Heights
The Defiled
Kobra And The Lotus
Primal Rock Rebellion
Best Underground Band:
Ancient VVisdom
Black Breath
In Solitude
Shining (No)
Watain
Dimebag Darrell ‘Shredder’ Award:
Adam D (Killswitch)
Devin Townsend
Dino Cazares (Fear Factory)
Ol Drake (Evile)
Satchel (Steel Panther)
Breakthrough Artist:
Cancer Bats
Ghost
Motionless In White
Parkway Drive
While She Sleeps
Best UK Band:
Black Spiders
Fields Of The Nephilim
Saxon
TesseracT
TRC
Best Live Band:
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Rammstein
Skindred
Watain
Best Event:
Devin Townsend’s UK shows
Iron Maiden’s UK Tour
Manowar long-awaited return to the UK
Dave Mustaine joining Metallica on stage
Motley Crue/Tommy Lee’s drum rollercoaster
Metal As F*ck:
Anthrax
Hell
Nik Kai
Sabaton
Zoltan Bathory
Best International Band:
Five Finger Death Punch
Lamb Of God
Meshuggah
Nightwish
Opeth
Video Of The Year:
Asking Alexandria – ‘To The Stage’
Trivium – ‘In Waves’
Mastodon – ‘Curl Of The Burl’
Motionless In White – ‘Creatures’
Red Fang – ‘Wires’