Image: Heavy Music Awards 2025, heavymusicawards.com
This summer marks the ninth edition of the Heavy Music Awards in London! The awards ceremony will take place on August 21 at the O2 Forum Kentish Town. Now, the full list of nominees has been revealed, setting the stage for one of the biggest celebrations of heavy music this year.
Some names were absolutely unavoidable on this year’s list and have earned multiple nominations, like Linkin Park with their comeback album From Zero, Bring Me The Horizon with POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, and Sleep Token, who are in for Best UK Artist.
But we won’t spoil everything - here are all ten categories for you to explore. You can also cast your vote for your favorite bands now at:
https://vote.heavymusicawards.com/
BEST ALBUM
- Amyl & The Sniffers - Cartoon Darkness
- Bilmuri - American Motor Sports
- Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
- Heriot - Devoured By The Mouth Of Hell
- Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
- Linkin Park - From Zero
- Poppy - Negative Spaces
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM
- Allt - From The New World
- Better Lovers - Highly Irresponsible
- Dead Pony - Ignore This
- RØRY - Restoration
- Scene Queen - Hot Singles In Your Area
- Speed - Only One Mode
- Thrown - Excessive Guilt
BEST UK ARTIST
- Architects
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Enter Shikari
- Heriot
- Malevolence
- Neck Deep
- Sleep Token
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
(Presented by ARISING EMPIRE)
- Bad Omens
- Electric Callboy
- Green Day
- Knocked Loose
- Linkin Park
- Poppy
- Spiritbox
BEST UK LIVE ARTIST
- Bleed From Within
- Boston Manor
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Bury Tomorrow
- Enter Shikari
- High Vis
- Sleep Token
BEST INTERNATIONAL LIVE ARTIST
- Electric Callboy
- Gojira
- Green Day
- Korn
- Motionless In White
- Spiritbox
- The Warning
BEST BREAKTHROUGH LIVE ARTIST
(Presented by O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN)
- ALT BLK ERA
- Better Lovers
- House of Protection
- LØLØ
- RØRY
- South Arcade
- unpeople
BEST UK BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
(Presented by PRS FOR MUSIC)
- Dead Pony
- Lambrini Girls
- SNAYX
- South Arcade
- Split Chain
- unpeople
- Vower
BEST INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
- Allt
- Amira Elfeky
- Bambie Thug
- GEL
- Gore.
- House of Protection
- Sleep Theory
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
- 156/Silence - People Watching (Artwork by Mikey Bair)
- Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere (Artwork by Steve R Dodd)
- The Ghost Inside - Searching For Solace (Artwork by Jim Hughes)
- Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Artwork by Brock Fetch)
- Laura Jane Grace - Hole in My Head (Artwork by Annie Walter)
- Linkin Park - From Zero (Artwork by Frank Maddocks)
- Neck Deep - Neck Deep (Artwork by Evan Weselmann)
