Heavy Music Awards announce 2018 finalists

Heavy Music Awards have announced their 2018 award finalists!

The Heavy Music Awards shine a spotlight on artists, producers, venues, festivals and designers whose incredible talent deserves the attention of the wider world. To achieve this, they have a judging panel of several hundred key music industry figures nominating the finalists, before the public votes on the winners. The finalists for this year’s awards were announced at the launch event at Gorilla in Manchester last week, which also featured performances from MILESTONES, LOATHE and COLD YEARS.

You can view the finalists for each category below:

Best Album
CODE ORANGE – Forever (Roadrunner Records – Produced by Kurt Ballou & Will Yip)
CONVERGE – The Dusk In Us (Epitaph Records/Deathwish Inc – Produced by Kurt)
CREEPER – Eternity, In Your Arms (Roadrunner Records – Produced by Neil D. Kennedy)
ENTER SHIKARI – The Spark (Ambush Reality – Produced by David Kosten & Rou Reynolds)
MASTODON – Emperor Of Sand (Reprise Records – Produced by Brendan O’Brien)
THE MENZINGERS – After The Party (Epitaph Records – Produced by Will Yip)
WHILE SHE SLEEPS – You Are We (Independent – Produced by WHILE SHE SLEEPS)

Best UK Band
ARCANE ROOTS (Easy Life)
ARCHITECTS (Epitaph Records)
CREEPER (Roadrunner Records)
ENTER SHIKARI (Ambush Reality)
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES (International Death Cult)
MARMOZETS (Roadrunner Records)
WHILE SHE SLEEPS (Independent)

Best International Band
CODE ORANGE (Roadrunner Records)
CONVERGE (Epitaph Records)
MASTODON (Reprise Records)
THE MEZINGERS (Epitaph Records)
METALLICA (Blackened Recordings)
PARKWAY DRIVE (Epitaph Records)
TRIVIUM (Roadrunner Records)

Best Live Band
Presented by Jackson Guitars
ARCHITECTS (Epitaph Records)
ENTER SHIKARI (Ambush Reality)
EVERY TIME I DIE (Epitaph Records)
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES (International Death Cult)
GHOST (Loma Vista Recordings)
GOJIRA (Roadrunner Records)
WHILE SHE SLEEPS (Independent)

Best UK Breakthrough Band
BAD SIGN (Basick Records)
CONJURER (Holy Roar Records)
EMPLOYED TO SERVE (Holy Roar Records)
HOLDING ABSENCE (Sharptone Records)
LOATHE (Sharptone Records)
MILK TEETH (Roadrunner Records)
VENOM PRISON (Prosthetic Records)

Best International Breakthrough Band
BRUTUS (Hassle Records)
CAN’T SWIM (Pure Noise Records)
KNOCKED LOOSE (Pure Noise Records)
PALAYE ROYALE (Sumerian Records)
SLOTFACE (Propeller Recordings)
STAND ATLANTIC (Rude Records)
WATERPARKS (Equal Vision Records)

Best Album Artwork
Presented by The Pit
BELL WITCH – Mirror Reaper (Profound Lore Records – Artwork by Mariusz Lewandowski)
CONVERGE – The Dusk In Us (Epitaph Records / Deathwish Inc – Artwork by Jacob Bannon)
CREEPER – Eternity, In Your Arms (Roadrunner Records – Artwork by Nicky Barkla)
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES – Modern Ruin (International Death Cult – Artwork by Dean Richardson / Studio Yuck)
MASTODON – Emperor of Sand (Reprise Records – Artwork by Donny Phillips)
NORTHLANE – Mesmer (UNFD – Artwork by Jacques Duquette / Fvckrender)
SIKTH – The Future In Whose Eyes? (Millennium Night – Artwork by Meats Meier)

Best Festival
2000trees Festival (United Kingdom)
Arc Tan Gent (United Kingdom)
Bloodstock Open Air (United Kingdom)
Download Festival (United Kingdom)
Hellfest Open Air (France)
Slam Dunk Festival (United Kingdom)
UK Tech Fest (United Kingdom)

Best Photographer
Corinne Cumming
Ben Gibson
Joshua Halling
Paul Harries
Tina Korhonen
Jennifer McCord
Ed Mason

Best Producer
Kurt Ballou
Romesh Dodangoda
Neil D Kennedy
Dan Lancaster
Brendan O’Brien
Will Putney
Will Yip

Voting is now open and the winners will be announced at the awards on 23rd August at KOKO in London, which will later be shown on Scuzz TV. Voters are also automatically entered into a draw to win tickets to the awards.

Voting closes June 27th and you can vote here. 

For more information on the Heavy Music Awards like their official page on Facebook.