The Nominees For The Heavy Music Awards 2024 Are Announced!

The Nominees For The Heavy Music Awards 2024 Are Announced!

The 8th annual Heavy Music Awards are fast approaching! Mark August 22nd in your calendar, as the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London becomes the epicenter of the heavy music scene. Find out the key details about the Heavy Music Awards and who is in the circle of nominees here!
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The 8th annual Heavy Music Awards are fast approaching! Mark August 22nd in your calendar, as the O2 Forum Kentish Town in London becomes the epicenter of the heavy music scene. Find out the key details about the Heavy Music Awards and who is in the circle of nominees here!

Who's in the spotlight?

Sleep Token leads the pack with nominations in four categories, including the coveted "Best Album" category. Enter Shikari, who have just announced their new album Dancing On The Frontline, are also top contenders and stand a chance in the categories of "Best Album", "Best UK Artist", and "Best UK Live Artist." Not to be overlooked are bands like Architects, Creeper, Bad Omens, and Electric Callboy, who are also multiply nominated. You can find the complete list of all nominees below.

The Heavy Music Awards:

The Heavy Music Awards support and celebrate the best of Britain's and the world's heavy music every year. The nominees are selected by a jury consisting of nearly 1,000 industry experts who have evaluated their favorite tracks between January 1 and December 31, 2023. You, as a fan, have the power to decide! Vote for your favorites in the 10 different categories at vote.heavymusicawards.com.

 

 

All Nominees At A Glance: 

Best Album

  • As Everything Unfolds, Ultraviolet

  • Blink-182, One More Time

  • Creeper, Sanguivore

  • Enter Shikari, A Kiss for the Whole World

  • Holding Absence, The Noble Art of Self Destruction

  • Militarie Gun, Life Under the Gun

  • Sleep Token, Take Me Back to Eden

 

Best International Live Artist

  • Bad Omens

  • Electric Callboy

  • Ice Nine Kills

  • Landmvrks

  • Limp Bizkit

  • Slipknot

  • Spiritbox

 

Best Breakthrough Album

  • Empire State Bastard, Rivers of Heresy

  • Graphic Nature, A Mind Waiting to Die

  • Honey Revenge, Retrovision

  • Hot Milk, A Call to the Void

  • Sophie Lloyd, Imposter Syndrome

  • Wargasm, Venom

  • Zulu, A New Tomorrow

 

Best UK Artist

  • Architects

  • Bring Me the Horizon

  • Enter Shikari

  • Malevolence

  • Nova Twins

  • Skindred

  • Sleep Token

 

Best International Artist

  • Avenged Sevenfold

  • Bad Omens

  • Beartooth

  • Electric Callboy

  • Landmvrks

  • Slaughter to Prevail

  • Spiritbox

 

Best UK Live Artist

  • Bob Vylan

  • Bring Me the Horizon

  • Enter Shikari

  • Holding Absence

  • Malevolence

  • Sleep TokenWhile She Sleeps

 

Best Breakthrough Live Artist

  • Better Lovers

  • Kid Bookie

  • Knife Bride

  • Lake Malice

  • The Meffs

  • Scene Queen

  • Thrown

 

Best UK Breakthrough Artist

  • Alt Blk Era

  • Graphic Nature

  • Knife Bride

  • RØRY

  • Shayx

  • Unpeople

  • Zetra

 

Best International Breakthrough Artist

  • Games We Play

  • Half Me

  • Honey Revenge

  • Kim Dracula

  • Koyo

  • Speed

  • Thrown

 

Best Album Artwork

  • Baroness - Stone

  • Creeper - Sanguivore

  • Empire State Bastard - Rivers of Heresy

  • Metallica - 72 Seasons

  • Polaris - Fatalism

  • Sleep Token - Take Me Back to Eden

  • Svalbard - Weight of the Mask