Metalix Metal Music Awards

The Metalix Metal Music Awards, or MMMAs as they are commonly abbreviated, are an awards show for metal music founded by Metalix, a metal magazine. The first show aired in 2002, and has gone on since.

History
Producer and editor of Metalix, created itself in 1999, Joseph van Steiben had been working on some sort of other project aside from the magazine. In 2002 he launched MMMAs sucessfully, and hosted them himself. van Steiben handed hosting role over in 2003 to James Hetfield of Metallica, and concentrated on Metalix and its issues. He unfortunately died in 2005 from unknown causes, although he was a chronic asthmatic, and Metalix was handed over to his 26 year old son Luke van Steiben. Luke took control of Metalix and the MMMAs and promised they would not loose the "Joe van Steiben" charm.