It's that time of the year ? the annual Metal Storm Awards are upon us.

In order to lead-in to the 2014 award, we thought we'd first look back and present you the option to help determine the best of the first 10 years. We've taken the winners you the readers picked and decided to pit them each against one another to determine the genre winners for the past decade.

May we present The 10th Anniversary Metal Storm Awards.

Voting will end on January 28th.

Enjoy.

Team MS.

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After having announced tour dates earlier this week, Fear Factory now cancelled their entire European tour in order to finish their ninth studio album.

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Source:	centurymedia.com
Band profile:	Fear Factory

City council member Ralf Hofmann (SPD) has publicly apologized to, amongst others, Den Saakaldte for his false false accusations concerning band's alleged involvement in the so called "right-wing scene", with regards to the band's appearance at the Norwegian Hellcamp in Schweinfurt this October.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Den Saakaldte

Exactly 3 years after their farewell performance on board 70000 TONS OF METAL in January 2012 the organizers are proud to announce the band's return!

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Source:	70000tons.com
Band profile:	God Dethroned
Event:	70000 Tons Of Metal 2015

70000 Tons Of Metal has announced a string of new bands that will take part of the fun on board the self-proclaimed world's biggest and the original heavy metal cruise.

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Source:	70000tons.com
Event:	70000 Tons Of Metal 2015

Update 16 July 2014:

Thanks for participating - our lucky winner is COLIN S.

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You have been planning on going to the Summer Slaughter Tour in Los Angeles, CA at the House of Blues, but you didn't get off your butt to get a ticket yet? We got you covered.

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Summer Slaughter Tour 2014

Poland's extreme metal band Hate are currently at the studio recording their new album tentatively named Crusade : Zero. The successor of 2013's Solarflesh will contain 8 new tracks and a few bonuses and is is tentatively scheduled for a worldwide release in November 2014 via Napalm Records. The sessions are taking place at this very moment at Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland with Wieslawski Brothers behind the console.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Hate

According to blabbermouth, Bay Area thrash legends Exodus have parted ways with vocalist Rob Dukes and brought Steve Souza back into the fold.

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Source:	blabbermouth.net
Band profile:	Exodus

Gwar is known throughout the Universe for their outrageous stage show, irreverent humor and head pounding music, but now they have turned their demented eye to the food service industry and plan to open a restaurant later this summer in Richmond, VA.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Gwar

Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat join forces to bring fans one of the biggest tours of the fall.

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Five Finger Death Punch

Doom/sludge act Oruga will be releasing their debut album Blackened Souls on May 19th 2014.

Metal Storm has teamed up with Apathia Records to bring you this EXCLUSIVE listening of the entire album. Enjoy!

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Oruga

The world's biggest heavy music touring festival, the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in its seventh annual sojourn, is pleased to announce the official 2014 artist line-up with the boldest, largest, loudest and most diverse lineup to date!

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Source:	rockstarmayhemfest.com
Event:	Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival 2014

Do you want to see Moonspell, Leaves' Eyes and Atrocity while on tour in North America?

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Band profile:

Moonspell

Dan Lilker, who is best known for his involvement with bands such as Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and Stormtroopers Of Death, made the following post on Brutal Truth's Facebook page:

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Brutal Truth

After the blow-out and the "he said-she said" drama surrounding the early departure of Broken Hope from the Deicide tour, the two parties apparently kissed and made up. (Read about the "drama" right here)

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Source:	facebook.com
Band profile:	Broken Hope