The first ever Heavy Music Awards, a new public-voted awards event conceived to celebrate rock and metal, has revealed its shortlist. Preliminary nominess were selected by more than 300 members of the music industry, and are spread across ten categories.
The event - established by the Heavy Group, a separate venture formed by co-organisers Dave Bradley (Promoter at Live Nation) and Andy Pritchard - will take place on August 24 at House of Vans London and will be broadcast on the Sony-owned channel Scuzz.
Speaking about the shortlist, HMAs co-founder Bradley said: "We are so excited to see that the industry has produced shortlists that span the vast breadth of the heavy music landscape. Beyond the seven finalists in each category, the judges produced a staggeringly comprehensive list of nominees - almost 150 individuals were nominated for Best Photographer, while a similar number were put forward for Best Producer. A huge testament to the strength in depth currently on offer across this amazing scene."
You can see the full shortlist below:
BEST ALBUM
Architects – All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (Epitaph / Producers: Fredrik Nordström + Henrik Udd)
Deftones – Gore (Reprise / Producer: Matt Hyde)
Every Time I Die - Low Teens (Epitaph / Producer: Will Putney)
Gojira - Magma (Roadrunner / Producer: Joe Duplantier)
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct (Blackened / Producer: Greg Fidelman)
Oathbreaker - Rheia (Deathwish / Producer: Jack Shirley)
Thrice - To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere (Vagrant / Producer: Eric Palmquist)
BEST UK BAND
Architects (Epitaph)
Biffy Clyro (Warner)
Black Peaks (Easy Life)
Black Sabbath (Vertigo)
Bring Me The Horizon (Columbia)
Creeper (Roadrunner)
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (International Death Cult)
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
A Day To Remember (ADTR)
Beartooth (Red Bull)
Deftones (Reprise)
Every Time I Die (Epitaph)
Ghost (Loma Vista)
Gojira (Roadrunner)
Metallica (Blackened)
BEST LIVE BAND
Architects (Epitaph)
The Dillinger Escape Plan (Party Smasher)
Enter Shikari (Hopeless)
Every Time I Die (Epitaph)
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (International Death Cult)
Ghost (Loma Vista)
Gojira (Roadrunner)
BEST BREAKTHROUGH BAND
Black Peaks (Easy Life)
Black Foxxes (Universal)
Casey (Hassle)
Dead! (Infectious)
I Prevail (Fearless)
Venom Prison (Prosthetic)
Zeal & Ardor (Radicalis / MVKA)
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
Architects - All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us (Epitaph)
Black Foxxes - I’m Not Well (Universal)
Deftones - Gore (Reprise)
Ghost - Popestar (Loma Vista)
Gojira - Magma (Roadrunner)
Meshuggah - The Violent Sleep Of Reason (Nuclear Blast)
Opeth - Sorceress (Moderbolaget / Nuclear Blast)
BEST PRODUCER
Tom Dalgety
John Feldmann
Greg Fidelman
Matt Hyde
Dan Lancaster
Fredrik Nordström
Will Putney
BEST PHOTOGRAPHER
Tom Barnes
Corrine Cumming
Ben Gibson
Ross Halfin
Paul Harries
Jennifer McCord
John McMurtrie
BEST FESTIVAL
2000 Trees Festival, Cheltenham
ArcTanGent, Compton Martin
Bloodstock Open Air, Derby
Desertfest, London
Download Festival, Donington
Reading & Leeds Festival
Slam Dunk Festival, Birmingham / Hatfield / Leeds
BEST VENUE
Black Heart, Camden
The Dome, Tufnell Park
KOKO, Camden
O2 Academy, Brixton
O2 Forum, Kentish Town
Rock City, Nottingham
The Underworld, Camden
Voting closes 5pm, 30 June 2017.
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