These Are The Nominees For The Metal Hammer Awards 2024!

To celebrate Metal Hammer's 40th birthday, the legendary Metal Hammer Awards return on August 31, 2024! This unique award ceremony at the Uber Eats Music Hall in Berlin honors the biggest names in the metal scene across twelve categories and will feature spectacular live performances from Saltatio Mortis, Lordi, Future Palace and others, making the evening an unforgettable event for all metal fans. If you don’t want to miss this event, you can order your ticket here.

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Who's In The Spotlight?

The minstrels from Saltatio Mortis are not only guest performers but are also nominated in four categories, including the coveted "Best Album" category for their new album Finsterwacht. Bring Me The Horizon, who recently released their new album POST HUMAN: NeX GEn, are among the top favorites in the "Best International" category. Not to forget bands like Lorna Shore (Rising Star 2024), Electric Callboy (Best Social Media Hero), and Heaven Shall Burn, who are nominated in the "Best Attitude 2024" category for their commitment to anti-fascism. You can find the complete list of all nominees here:

BEST GERMAN 2024

The nominees for the award for best German metal band:

• Accept
  
  

• Big Teutonic Four (Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Tankard)

• Dirkschneider/U.D.O.

• Doro

• Eisbrecher

• Helloween

• Lord Of The Lost

• Orden Ogan

• Powerwolf

• Saltatio Mortis

• Scorpions

• Subway To Sally

GOD OF RIFFS 2024

The nominees for the God of the Guitar award:

• Andrea Ferro/Lacuna Coil

• Axel Rudi Pell

• Fredrik Thordendal/Meshuggah

• Gregor Mackintosh/Paradise Lost

• Herman Li/Dragonforce

• Marcus Siepen/Blind Guardian

• Niclas Engelin/The Halo Effect

• Peter Tägtgren/Hypocrisy, Pain

• Sami Yli-Sirniö/Kreator

• Sascha Gerstner/Helloween

• Tom Naumann/Primal Fear

• Zakk Wylde/Pantera

SOCIAL MEDIA HERO 2024

Nominees in the category for the band with the strongest social media presence:

• Arch Enemy

• Electric Callboy

• Feuerschwanz

• Ghost

• Ghøstkid

• Infected Rain

• Lacuna Coil

• Lord Of The Lost

• Powerwolf

• Sabaton

• Saltatio Mortis

• The Warning

RISING STAR 2024

The nominees for the award for the strongest newcomer or band that has made a breakthrough:

• April Art

• Elvellon

• Ghøstkid

• Imha Tarikat

• Kanonenfieber

• Lorna Shore

• Nestor

• Svalbard

• The Halo Effect

• The Warning

• Thronehammer

• Warmen

BEST INTERNATIONAL 2024

The nominees for the award for best international metal band:

• Arch Enemy

• Bring Me The Horizon

• Bruce Dickinson

• Dark Tranquillity

• Ghost

• Hammerfall

• In Flames

• Judas Priest

• Rotting Christ

• Saxon

• Sleep Token

• Within Temptation

VOICE OF METAL 2024

The nominees for the award for the genre's defining voice:

• Alissa White-Gluz/Arch Enemy

• Anders Fridén/In Flames

• Attila Dorn/Powerwolf

• Biff Byford/Saxon

• Cristina Scabbia/Lacuna Coil

• Elina Siirala/Leaves’ Eyes

• Hannes Braun/Kissin’ Dynamite

• Hansi Kürsch/Blind Guardian

• Nick Holmes/Paradise Lost

• Ralf Scheepers/Primal Fear

• Tom S. Englund/Evergrey

• Udo Dirkschneider/U.D.O.

BEST ALBUM 2024

The nominees for the award for the best metal album in the nomination period:

• Axel Rudi Pell RISEN SYMBOL

• Borknagar FALL

• Green Lung THIS HEATHEN LAND

• Ihsahn IHSAHN

• Judas Priest INVINCIBLE SHIELD

• Kissin’ Dynamite BACK WITH A BANG

• Primal Fear CODE RED

• Rotting Christ PRO XRISTOU

• Saltatio Mortis FINSTERWACHT

• Soen MEMORIAL

• Subway To Sally HIMMELFAHRT

• Thronehammer KINGSLAYER

BEST LIVE 2024

The nominees for the best live band award:

• Arch Enemy

• AC/DC

• Big Teutonic Four

• Blind Guardian

• Dark Tranquillity

• Dragonforce

• Ghost

• Heavysaurus

• In Flames

• Meshuggah

• Metallica

• Pantera

LEGEND

The nominees for the Living Metal Legend award:

• Blind Guardian

• Hammerfall

• Helloween

• Holy Moses

• Ihsahn

• Kerry King

• Kiss

• Kreator

• Obituary

• Saxon

• Scorpions

• Tom G. Warrior

• Apocalyptica ‘One’

• Borknagar ‘Summits’

• Dark Tranquillity ‘Unforgivable’

• Dool ‘Venus In Flames’

• Judas Priest ‘Panic Attack’

• Kissin’ Dynamite ‘My Monster’

• Pain ‘Push The Pusher’

• Primal Fear ‘Code Red’

• Saltatio Mortis (ft. Hansi Kürsch/Blind Guardian) ‘Finsterwacht’

• Saxon ‘Hell, Fire And Damnation’

• U.D.O. ‘Touchdown’

• Warmen ‘Hell On Four Wheels’

ATTITUDE 2024

The nominees for the award for living the message and attitude:

• Battle Beast (Anti-Mobbing)

• Dool (sexuelle Selbstbestimmung)

• Heaven Shall Burn (Antifaschismus)

• Kissin’ Dynamite (Unterstützung krebskranker Kinder)

• Marko Hietala (Mental Health)

• Orphaned Land (Frieden aller Religionen)

• Rock in Rautheim (Inklusion)

• Svalbard (Mental Health)

• Wacken Open Air (10 Jahre Zusammenarbeit mit der DKMS)

• Within Temptation (Unterstützung der Ukraine)

MAXIMUM METAL 2024

The big surprise of the evening! Which artist lives the METAL HAMMER motto "Maximum Metal" most convincingly on and off stage and will be honoured with the award by the editors? As always, the nominees in this category are top secret. Maximum surprise!