Rock Rips Awards 2010
| Rock Rips Awards 2010 |
Category |
The Nominees Are: |
And the Winner is: |
| Best New Artist: | Rachelle van Zanten Shaman Skillet The Armada Unsun Van Canto |
Unsun  |
| Best Vocal Performance (Male): | Matthew Bellamy - Feeling Good Thiago Bianchi - In the Dark John Cooper - Awake and Alive Jeff Martin - Morocco Brent Smith - If You Only Knew |
Brent Smith - If You Only Knew  |
| Best Vocal Performance (Female): |
ShoShona Kish - Spring to Come Anette Olzon - October & April Orit Shachaf - Don't Like Anna Stefanowicz - Bring Me to Heaven Marjan Welman - Skydancer |
ShoShona Kish - Spring to Come  |
| Band of the Year: | The Armada Default Elis Leaves' Eyes Van Canto |
The Armada  |
| Solo performer of the Year: | Avril Lavigne Anette Olzon Gavin Rossdale Tarja Rachelle van Zanten |
Avril Lavigne |
| Song of the Year: | Autumn - Skydancer Elis - I Come Undone Digging Roots - Spring to Come Skillet - Awake and Alive Van Canto - Speed of Light |
Elis - I Come Undone |
| Collaboration of the Year: | Apocalyptica & Gavin Rossdale - End of Me The Rasmus & Anette Olzon - October & April Leaves' Eyes & Sarah Brightman - Scarborough Fair Atrocity & Liv Christine - The Sun Always Shines on TV Apocalyptica & Piligrim - Iuda Within Temptation & Chris Jones - Utopia |
The Rasmus & Anette Olzon - October & April  |
| Best Band - North America: | Shinedown (US) Default (CA) Skillet (US) Digging Roots (CA) Blackfire |
Skillet (US)
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| Best Band - Europe: | Leaves' Eyes (Germany) Apocalyptica (Finland) Elis (Liechtenstein) Unsun (Poland) Van Canto (Germany) Octavia Sperati (Norway) Krypteria (Germany) |
Unsun (Poland) |
| Best Band - Asia: | Ha Yehudim (Israel)  |
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| Best Band - Australia: | Grinspoon (AU) Powderfinger (AU) Shihad (NZ) Sick Puppies (AU) |
Sick Puppies (Australia)  |
| Best Band - South America: | Shaman (Brazil)  |
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| Country of the year: | Germany  |
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| Best Remake: | I Come Undone - Elis Feeling Good - Muse Maniac - Firewind Poison - Tarja Separate Ways - Andre Matos |
I Come Undone - Elis |
| Most Green: | The Antidote - Story of the Year |
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| Best Soundtrack Performance: | Staind - This is It Avril Lavigne - Alice Hoobastank - I Don't Think I Love You |
Avril Lavigne - Alice |
| Diversity Award: | Blackfire (US Native American themes) Digging Roots (Canadian First Nations themes) Delain (song about a gay male's struggles) Van Canto (a capella metal) HB (Christian rock band from Finland) Elis (band on rebound after death of lead vocalist) Apocalyptica (multiple releases with artists around the globe) |
Elis |
| Lifetime Achievement: | Steve Miller Band |
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| Biggest Breakout (Surprise) Hit of the Year: | Diablo Swing Orchestra - Balrog Boogie (Swing Metal) Eluveitie - Omnos (sung in an extinct language) HRT - Good Times Fade (All-female band over 35) Nunatak - How Many People? (Antarctican band) Tomahawk - Red Fox/Mescal Rite 1 (Native Metal) Waiting for Decay - Savannah Rose (Acoustic Hard Rock) |
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Balrog Boogie  |
| Best Foreign Language Song: | SLOT - 2 Warz  |
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| Best Comeback: | Steve Miller Band |
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| Best Music Video: | Shinedown - If You Only Knew Digging Roots - Spring to Come The Rasmus/Anette Olzon - October & April Van Canto - Speed of Light Powderfinger - All of the Dreamers Rammstein - Pussye Shihad - Sleepeater |
The Rasmus/Anette Olzon - October & April |
| Best Guitar Solo: | Awake & Alive - Skillet Spring to Come - Digging Roots My Destiny - Leaves' Eyes Look at me Now - Breed 77 In the Dark - Shaman Showerhead - Rachelle van Zanten |
Showerhead - Rachelle van Zanten |