Minute by Minute live from the awards 2008
20:52
And with that, the awards are over for another year. Don't forget to get Kerrang next week for more gossip and all the interviews!
20:49
Lars Ulrich thanks all his influences including none other than Bullet For My Valentine. High praise indeed!
20:45
Metallica get the second standing ovation for the Inspiration award
20:40
RATM get a huge standing ovation for their Hall of Fame award. And deservedly so
20:37
30STM win a second award and do their thank you speech in Croatian
20:35
Mindless Self Indulgence cheer massively when My Chemical Romance appear on the screen
20:32
One female party reveller gets led out after too much to drink. Already! Doh.
20:30
Alexisonfire present Dillinger with the Spirit of Independence and managed not to tell them they'd won despite sitting next to them
20:27
Classic Songwriter winners Def Leppard inspire a mass singalong when their greatest hits are played
20:25
Machinehead thank themselves for being so badass when they win the Best Live Band award
20:23
The lovely Christina Scabbia gets massive cheers and whoops when she presents an award
20:21
AX7 drummer is still saying his thank yous after the rest of the band have left the stage
20:18
Gallows give Cancer Bats a standing ovation for their Best Single nom
20:16
Coheed aren't here for Best Vid Award and Scott Ian calls their acceptance vid "endlessly charismatic". We think he's kidding.
20:11
Serj Tankian strolls in fashionably late. Very late
20:09
Slipknot are "speechless" with their Icon award
20:08
We Are The Ocean and Dead Swans cheer each other's Newcomer nomination. Neither win though, Slaves To Gravity do and say they didn't think they had "a cat's chance in hell" of winning
19:53
Dan and Max from You Me At Six say being nominated for Best British Band is slightly "ridknobulous" but definitely an honour
19:46
Tom from Ghost of a Thousand - "It's nice not to be nominated and to be here on someone else's dollar"
19:27
Timmy C strokes Kerrang's boom. That sounds rude. We mean the microphone boom!
19:25
We are so exicted about RATM at Reading this weekend and very exicted now they are right in front of our very eyes
19:22
Metallica make a rockstars' entrance, as they glide coolly down the red carpet
19:16
They may be called Ghost Of A Thousand but only two of them turn up
19:13
Jared Leto describes the K! awards as "the olympics of the rock world"
19:11
Carl Barat represents the indie contingent
19:09
Sheesh the 'knot must be hot and sweaty in those masks
19:07
30STM just had a fan's gift of beer confiscated. Oops even rockstars have to follow the rules sometimes!
19:04
We don't know if the screams are louder for 30STM or Slipknot who are all still out front with fans
19:02
The lovely boys in Biffy arrive with frontman Simon in shiny silver shoes
19:00
The crowd get even louder for various members of Slipknot
18:58
Yep there he is outside the venue with the shrieking fans
18:56
Ear-piercing screams can only mean one thing - Jared Leto
18:53
Mindless Self Indulgence are back in paint splattered black
18:51
Oh wait - they've gone back out to greet their screaming fans
18:50
The chants of Sevenfold! Sevenfold! are still going after they've entered the building!
18:47
Next up the boys in Bullet For My Valentine who are up for Best British Band
18:44
The polite boys in Bring Me the Horizon arrive with perfectly straight hair and then Avenged Sevenfold rock up looking like a bad ass gang
18:40
Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben is next in a patchwork shirt, a smiley Funeral For a Friend who show some love before Turisas turn up in full on war paint
18:33
Trivium rock up next, the drummer supporting an immense mohican, with the lovely and scruffy Cancer Bats
18:30
Gallows and pal Lethal Bizzle arrive followed by half of Machinehead throwing the horns on the red carpet
18:27
A very dapper Kids In Glass Houses arrive in the tighest trews ever
18:24
Charlie Simpson and his Fightstar boys arrive to screams from the crowd gathered outside
18:21
Teen metallers Black Tide pick their noses on the red carpet, lovely
18:18
Alex Zane arrives with Lacuna Coil lady Christina Scabbia
18:16
You Me At Six are up for Best British band and arrive looking "smart casual" in their own words
18:11
Elliot Minor would get the award for most dishevelled hair if there was one!
18:08
next slaves to gravity in shades looking like rockstars
18:06
first through the door - we are the ocean closely followed by scott ian from anthrax
15:33
Only two and a half hours to go!
11:20
Getting very excited about the Awards tonight.!