It's the filthiest, stinkiest, drunkest, most debauched awards ceremony going. The annual Kerrang Awards provide an opportunity for the world's best rawk bands to duke it out for the coveted silver K gongs and see who can drink the most booze.

Never ones to pass up the chance to chug beer with the world's best, DS strapped on their leather pants, dug out their slightly dusty Guns and Roses T-shirt and headed down to the not so 'secret location' for a night of revelry, excessive rum consumption and some old fashioned rawk and roll.

The 2007 Kerrang Awards sponsored by Sailor Jerry rum had many questions to answer. Would the big boy bands from over the pond (My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy) steal the show or would their be a few more British triumphs than usual. Will Pete Wentz bring his monkey? Will there be any teary-eyed Oscar-style speeches? And, maybe most importantly, who will get the most drunk?

Greeted at the venue by hoards of screaming teenagers kitted out in their favourite band's hoodies, you'd have imagined that the latest boy band sensation were about to pull up rather than a few members of Judas Priest. High pitched chanting for the likes of My Chemical Romance, Enter Shikari and Fall Out Boy left us in no doubt at who the mob wanted to see end the night victorious.

Before DS had even got settled into their seats and cracked into the first drink, we'd been knocked over by members of Ash charging towards the candy floss stall. Then on our way to join them we got bustled out of the way by Charlie from Busted (Yes we know he's in Fightstar but it will always be Busted in our hearts) and someone that looked like his mum (we'll be kind and say it must have been his PA) telling him to drink up and move on. Clearly it was past his bedtime.

Onto the awards, and master of ceremonies for the evening was Anthrax's Scott Ian. One of the few men with the rawk credentials to handle the baying audience and inebriated stars. Following a few choice comments about Pete Doherty snorting half the venue's contents by the magazine editor Paul Brannigan, the dishing out of gongs began.

Ash, seemingly managing to tear themselves away from the candy floss stall for long enough to get up on stage. had the honour of handing out the first award of the night, and luckily for them (as they admitted they bet a large wodge of cash on it) Gallows triumphed in the Best British Newcomer category.

Frank Carter trudged up to the stage in a baseball cap and hoooded jacket, looking like he was off to the bus shelter with three lites of cider rather than to pick up a prestigious music award, before declaring "Too right!" at his band's victory.

Surprisingly for a band that look more the sort of fellows who'd beat you with a baseball bat without blinking an eyelid, Carter got the closest to doing a Gwyneth Paltow and breaking down on stage as he thanked his manager for sticking with them through the hard times. Awww bless.

While Gallows may have won the award for the scariest-looking band on stage all evening, Enter Shikari were undoubtedly the most enthusiastic, bounding around the hall like a pack of primary school children jacked up on fizzy pop and sherbert dips.

Their successful mash-up of trance and metal has won them a hardcore fan base and and huge live following and they can add a few silver K awards to the list now as well.

Handed over by former kids' TV presenter Sarah Cawood, who looked thoroughly out of place at the bash, Enter Shikari won the Best Live Band award sponsored by Sailor Jerry before adding the oddly-titled Spirit of Independence Award later in the evening.

Although it certainly wasn't a big night for the more mainstream chart acts, My Chemical Romance scooped the Best International Band gong with a surprisingly dull video acceptance speech and Fall Out Boy managed to nab the Best Video award for 'This Ain't A Scene' but unfortunately for animal lovers everywhere Pete Wentz didn't head to the stage with his pet monkey.

Metal traditionalists will have left the ceremony feeling rather smug with old favourites Machine Head walking away with their hands full of gongs. Given the Best Album and Hard Rock Hero awards, they also win the DS award for most inappropriate on stage comments as they launched into a chant about the Kerrang editor's fondness for a certain white powdery substance.

While Trent Reznor was typically moody and withdrawn while collecting his Kerrang! Icon trophy and the Deftones received rapturous applause for getting the Classic Songwriter award, it was Judas Priest that got the hall atmosphere sizzling as they were inducted into the Kerrang Hall Of Fame. Fully grown men were being reduced to tears (there'd been plenty of booze by this point) as the metal legends took to the stage and accepted their award.

The gongs may have been handed out and a few disgruntled bands may sloped off into the night, but for most the party was just beginning. Charlie from Busted, clearly managing to escape going to bed earlier, charged around the hall clutching beers to his chest, Judas Priest attempted to free themselves from the autograph-hunting die-hards that surrounded their table and DS went looking for Pete Wentz's monkey.

For the full list of winners at the 2007 Kerrang Awards click here.