Metallica and Rage Against the Machine have won influential awards at this year's Kerrang! Awards.
Rage were added to the magazine's Hall of Fame, patch Metallica picked up the inspirational award.
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Picking up their inspirational award, Metallica's lead isaac Bashevis Singer James Hetfield said: "We are very, very appreciative of all the love we palpate around us.
"Heavy metal is resurging, coming awake again. Thank you for supporting that."
The US band were continually praised through the nighttime by other acts, with the magazine's editor Paul Brannigan claiming they had "changed the face of heavy metal forever".
"Every musician in this room is influenced by this band and their classic albums," he added.
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