Heavy Music Awards Explained

Heavy Music Awards
Awarded For:	Outstanding achievements in heavy music
Country:	United Kingdom
Presenter:	The Heavy Group
Network:	Scuzz (2017) Twitch (2020–2021)

The Heavy Music Awards (HMAs) are awards presented by The Heavy Group to recognize outstanding achievements in heavy music. It operates as both an annual awards ceremony and a live event. The first ceremony was held on 24 August 2017. Whilst its nominees are selected from a panel of people involved in the heavy metal scene, its winners are selected by an online vote.

The Heavy Music Awards (HMAs) is an annual event celebrating the best in rock, metal, and alternative music. Founded in 2017, the HMAs recognize artists, bands, producers, and other industry professionals through various award categories. The event is organized by the Heavy Group, a media company focusing on heavy music.

History

The Heavy Music Awards were conceived in late 2016 by Dave Bradley and Andy Pritchard, and announced on 1 March 2017 by their joint venture The Heavy Group.^{[1] [2]} Pritchard has stated that they set up the awards with the intention of "[treating] heavy music as a legitimate art form",^[3] with the hopes that the event would offer increased recognition and exposure for those involved in the scene/genre. The inaugural Heavy Music Awards ceremony, held on 24 August 2017 at the House of Vans in London, received 97,000 votes.^[4] The ceremony was broadcast on the British TV channel Scuzz on 16 September 2017.^[5] The 2018 edition, which took place on 22 August 2018 at KOKO in London,^[6] received 131,000 votes. The 2019 ceremony took place at the larger O2 Forum Kentish Town and was hosted by Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!.^[7]

In November 2019, the Heavy Music Awards moved its annual date from August to May.^[8] The Heavy Music Awards 2020 was due to take place on 21 May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, it was instead livestreamed on the Amazon Music UK Twitch channel on 3 September 2020, with its ceremony and live performers being filmed in differing locations.^{[9] [10]} The ceremony drew in 150,000 votes and was watched by 177,000 people online.^{[11] [12]} The 2021 edition Heavy Music Awards was held as both an in-person event (at the O2 Forum Kentish Town) and a livestream, and saw a sharp increase in voters; between 16 June and 14 July 2021,^[13] the awards finalists collectively received over 1.4 million votes.^[14] The livestream was shut down by Twitch after Milkie Way of Wargasm suffered a wardrobe malfunction that exposed her nipples whilst performing onstage with Trash Boat, leading the Heavy Music Awards channel to be striked for nudity and suspended for three days.^[15] Way refused to apologize for the incident, whilst Trash Boat vocalist Tobi Duncan accused Twitch of using a double standard, as both musicians were wearing outfits that exposed their nipples during the performance.

The 2023 edition was hosted at the OVO Arena Wembley, drawing in a crowd of 5,000 and receiving over 1.3 million votes from people in 161 countries.^{[16] [17] [18]}

Awards process

Nominees are selected for the Heavy Music Awards from a panel of people involved in the heavy music industry, from the UK and internationally. They are invited to list their top three albums for any given category, given it has been released in the previous year (between 1 January and 31 December) and fits specific criteria. The HMA has no say in selecting its finalists.^[19] The top 7 artists in each category are then listed as finalists that are voted on by the general public on the Heavy Music Awards website. Its trophies are manufactured by Gaudio Awards.^[20]

The Heavy Music Awards 2017 had an panel size of 300+ personnel, which has been expanded upon with its subsequent editions. The panel for the Heavy Music Awards 2024 is made up of almost 1,000 personnel.

List of ceremonies

Year	Date	Venue	Host city	Host(s)	Performers
2017	24 August	House of Vans	London	Alex Baker and Sophie K	Creeper, Venom Prison, Vukovi, Dead!.	^[21]
2018	23 August	KOKO		Sophie K	Fever 333, Milk Teeth, Black Peaks, Coldbones	^[22]
2019	22 August	O2 Forum Kentish Town		Laura Jane Grace	Cancer Bats, Loathe, Nova Twins, Delaire The Liar	^[23]
2020	3 September	Twitch (livestream) HMA's Offices (awards) Afterlive Music (performances)		Sophie K and Jon Mahon	The Hunna, Holding Absence, Heart of a Coward, Wargasm, Coldbones, Hawxx	^[24]
2021	2 September	O2 Forum Kentish Town		Alex Baker	Sleep Token, Trash Boat, Hot Milk, As Everything Unfolds	^[25]
2022	5 June				Beartooth, Holding Absence, Meet Me @ The Altar, Static Dress	^[26] ^[27]
2023	26 May	OVO Arena Wembley		Alex Baker, Alyx Holcombe and Nels Hylton	Boston Manor, Creeper, Lzzy Hale & Joe Hottinger (Unplugged ft. Sophie Lloyd), Underoath, Vukovi ft. Scene Queen	^[28] ^[29] ^[30] ^[31]
2024	22 August	O2 Forum Kentish Town		Alex Baker	Neck Deep, Casey, Graphic Nature, Unpeople	^[32] ^[33]

Award categories

Voted categories

As of the Heavy Music Awards 2024, nominees can win in the following categories:^[34]

• Best Album
• Best Breakthrough Album
• Best UK Artist (awarded as Best UK band from 2017 to 2021)
• Best UK Live Artist
• Best International Artist (awarded as Best International Band from 2017 to 2021)
• Best International Live Artist
• Best Breakthrough Live Artist
• Best UK Breakthrough Artist (awarded as Best UK Breakthrough Band from 2017 to 2022)
• Best International Breakthrough Artist (awarded as Best International Breakthrough Band from 2017 to 2022)
• Best Album Artwork

Non-voted categories

• The H (awarded for "exceptional positive contribution to the heavy music scene")
• Pioneer (awarded for "groundbreaking approach to artistry and presentation")
• Icon (presented for "exceptional long-standing positive contribution to the heavy music scene")

Retired categories

• Best Photographer (2017 to 2020)
• Best Live Band (2017 to 2020), Best Live Artist (2021 to 2022)
• Best Festival (2017 to 2023)
• Best Production (2017 to 2023) (awarded as Best Producer from 2017 to 2020)
• Best Video (2020 to 2023)
• Best Podcast (2021 to 2022)
• Best Single (2021 to 2023)

One-off categories

• Best Breakthrough Band (2017)
• Best Venue (2017)
• Innovation Award (2022) (awarded for "innovative application of new ideas for the greater good of the heavy music scene")

List of Heavy Music Awards winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2017

The H award was posthumously given to Kerrang! photographer Ashley Maile, and was accepted by on his behalf by his wife Caroline, sister Carly and friend Paul Harries.^[35]

Best Album^[36]	Best UK Band
All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us – Architects Gore – Deftones Low Teens – Every Time I Die Magma – Gojira Hardwired... to Self-Destruct – Metallica Rheia – Oathbreaker	Black Sabbath Architects Biffy Clyro Black Peaks Bring Me the Horizon Creeper Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Best Live Band	Best International Band
Enter Shikari Architects The Dillinger Escape Plan Every Time I Die Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Ghost Gojira	Gojira A Day to Remember Beartooth Deftones Every Time I Die Ghost Metallica
Best Photographer	Best Album Artwork
Ben Gibson Tom Barnes Corrine Cumming Ross Halfin Paul Harries Jennifer McCord John McMurtie	Popestar – Ghost All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us – Architects I'm Not Well – Black Foxxes Gore – Deftones Magma – Gojira The Violent Sleep of Reason – Meshuggah Sorceress – Opeth
Best Breakthrough Band	Best Festival
I Prevail Black Peaks Black Foxxes Casey Dead	Venom Prison Zeal & Ardor	Download 2000trees ArcTanGent Bloodstock Open Air Desertfest Reading & Leeds Slam Dunk
Best Producer	Best Venue^[37]
Fredrik Noström & Henrik Udd Tom Dalgety John Feldmann Greg Fidelman Matt Hyde Dan Lancaster Will Putney	O2 Academy, Brixton Black Heart, Camden The Dome, Tufnell Park KOKO, Camden O2 Forum, Kentish Town The Underworld, Camden
The H
Ashley Maile

2018

Best Album^[38]	Best UK Band
You Are We – While She Sleeps Forever – Code Orange The Dusk in Us – Converge Eternity, In Your Arms – Creeper The Spark – Enter Shikari Emperor of Sand – Mastodon After the Party – The Menzingers	Architects Arcane Roots Creeper Enter Shikari Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes Marmozets While She Sleeps
Best Live Band	Best International Band
Gojira Architects Enter Shikari Every Time I Die Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes Ghost While She Sleeps	Metallica Code Orange Converge Mastodon The Mezingers Parkway Drive Trivium
Best Photographer	Best UK Breakthrough Band
Ed Mason Corrine Cumming Ben Gibson Joshua Halling Paul Harries Tina Korhonen Jennifer McCord	Milk Teeth Bad Sign Conjurer Employed to Serve Holding Absence Loathe Venom Prison
Best Album Artwork	Best International Breakthrough Band
The Future in Whose Eyes? – Sikth (Meats Meier) Mirror Reaper – Bell Witch (Mariusz Lewandowski) The Dusk in Us – Converge (Jacob Bannon) Eternity, In Your Arms – Creeper (Nicky Barkla) Modern Ruin – Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (Dean Richardson/Studio Yuck) Emperor of Sand – Matsodon (Donny Phillips) Mesmer – Northlane (Jacques Duquette/Fvckrender)	Knocked Loose Brutus Can't Swim Palaye Royale Slotface Stand Atlantic Waterparks
Best Festival	Best Producer
Hellfest Open Air 2000trees ArcTanGent Bloodstock Open Air Download Festival Slam Dunk UK Tech Fest	Will Putney Kurt Ballou Romesh Dodangoda Neil D. Kennedy Dan Lancaster Brendan O'Brien Will Yip
The H
The Sophie Lancaster Foundation

2019

The H Award was given to the Dixon family. According to MMH News, the family "are revered on the live circuit for selflessly offering accommodation to bands touring the north east [of England] for many years."^[39]

Best Album^[40]	Best UK Band
Holy Hell – Architects All That Divides – Black Peaks Prequelle – Ghost Joy as an Act of Resistance – Idles Firepower – Judas Priest Reverence – Parkway Drive Time & Space – Turnstile	Bring Me the Horizon Architects Black Peaks Enter Shikari Iron Maiden Judas Priest While She Sleeps
Best Live Band	Best International Band
Architects Bring Me the Horizon Enter Shikari Fever 333 Ghost Parkway Drive Slayer	Parkway Drive Beartooth Behemoth Ghost Halestorm Turnstile Twenty One Pilots
Best Photographer	Best UK Breakthrough Band
Paul Harries Derek Bremer Thomas Lisle Coe-Brooker Corrine Cumming Jennifer McCord Tom Pullen Ester Segarra	Dream State Conjurer Holding Absence Parting Gift Puppy Sleep Token Yonaka
Album Artwork	Best International Breakthrough Band
Prequelle – Ghost (Zbigniew M. Bielak) Holy Hell – Architects (Dan Hillier) I Loved You At Your Darkest – Behemoth (Nicola Samori) Welcome to the Neighborhood – Boston Manor (Josh Halling & Martin Ruffin) Gravity – Bullet for My Valentine (Daniel Holub) Technology – Don Broco (Charlotte Smith) Firepower – Judas Priest (Claudio Bergamin)	Fever 333 Alien Weaponry Bad Wolves Møl Pagan The Faim Vein
Best Festival	Best Producer
Bloodstock Open Air 2000trees ArcTanGent Download Hellfest Open Air Slam Dunk Wacken Open Air	Dan Weller Tom Dalgety Romesh Dodangoda Lewis Johns Nick Raskulinecz Andy Sneap Will Yip
The H
The Dixon Family

2020

Bring Me the Horizon, Slipknot and Rammstein all had four nominations each.^[41] Catherine Marks and Ester Segarra became the first women to win in each of their respective categories, for Best Producer and Best Photographer. The H Award was given to Dom Fraiser and Space, owners of the Boileroom venue in Guildford. Space also produced Idles' Joy as an Act of Resistance.

Best Album^[42]	Best UK Band
We Are Not Your Kind – Slipknot Metal Galaxy – Babymetal Celebrity Mansions – Dinasour Pile-Up Sundowning – Sleep Token Fear Inoculum – Tool So What? – While She Sleeps	Bring Me the Horizon Architects Bury Tomorrow Employed to Serve Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Venom Prison While She Sleeps
Best Live Band	Best International Band
Rammstein Amon Amarth Behemoth Brutus Fever 333 Parkway Drive Slipknot	Slipknot Fever 333 The Interrupters Parkway Drive Rammstein Stray From the Path Tool
Best Photographer	Best UK Breakthrough Band
Ester Segarra Sarah Louise Bennet Corinne Cumming Paul Harries Jennifer McCord Jake Owens Sabrina Ramdoyal	Nova Twins Cold Years Higher Power Hot Milk Ithaca Pengshui
Best Video	Best Album Artwork
"Action" – Don Broco (dir. Benjamin Roberds) "In the Dark" – Bring Me the Horizon (dir. Oli Sykes) "Born Cold" – Creeper (dir. Oscar Sansom) "Stop the Clocks" – Enter Shikari (dir. Polygon) "Scary Mask" – Poppy ft. Fever 333 (dir. Titanic Sinclair) "Deutschland" – Rammstein (dir. Specter Berlin) "Unsainted" – Slipknot (dir. Shawn Crahan)	Gold & Grey – Baroness (John Dyer Baizley) Hidden History of the Human Race – Blood Incantation (Bruce Pennington) amo – Bring Me the Horizon (Darren Oorloff) The Nothing – Korn (Tension Division) Rammstein – Rammstein (Jes Larson) Samsara – Venom Prison (Eliran Kantor)
Best International Breakthrough Band	Best Festival
Polaris The Hu Jesus Piece Simple Creatures SKYND Stand Atlantic Thornhill	Download 2000trees ArcTanGent Bloodstock Open Air Hellfest Open Air Roadburn Slam Dunk
Best Producer
Catherine Marks Carl Brown Romesh Dodangoda Greg Fidelman Adam "Nolly" Getgood Larry Hibbitt George Lever
The H
Dom Fraser & Space

2021

Best Album	Best UK Band
– Bring Me the Horizon Cannibal – Bury Tomorrow Underneath – Code Orange Sex, Death & the Infinite Void – Creeper Ohms – Deftones Tickets to My Downfall – Machine Gun Kelly All Distortions Are Intentional – Neck Deep	Bring Me the Horizon Bury Tomorrow Creeper Loathe Neck Deep Nova Twins While She Sleeps
Best International Band	Best UK Breakthrough Band
Ghostemane Corey Taylor Deftones Five Finger Death Punch Lamb of God The Pretty Reckless Trivium	Wargasm As Everything Unfolds Caskets Death Blooms Phoxjaw Salem Static Dress
Best International Breakthrough Band	Best Album Artwork
Spiritbox Dying Wish END Ghøstkid Meet Me @ the Altar Tallah Yours Truly	Afterburner – Dance Gavin Dance (Mattias Adolfsson) Underneath – Code Orange (Jami Morgan) Sex, Death & the Infinite Void – Creeper (Demon Dance, Andy Pritchard) Anti-Icon – Ghostemane (Carlos Estrada aka Sliizz) Sleepless – Palm Reader (Tom Johnson, Jamie McDonals) Royal Swan – Phoxjaw (Peter the Roman)
Best Video	Best Podcast
"Taxi" – Nova Twins "Animals" – Architects (dir. Dan Searle) "Obey" – Bring Me the Horizon ft. Yungblud (dir. Oli Sykes) "Ohms" – Deftones (dir. Rafatoon) "Snowblood" – ERRA (dir. Kevin Johnson) "Hypa Hypa" – Eskimo Cowboy (dir. Pascal Schillo & Oliver Schillo) "Sleeps Society" – While She Sleeps	The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds) The Jasta Show (Jamey Jasta) Lifers (Ed Gamble) The Punk Rock MBA (Finn McKenty) Riot Act (Stephen Hill & Remfry Dedman) Sappenin' (Sean Smith & Morgan Richards) Someone Who Isn't Me (Daniel P. Carter)
Best Production
Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible – Enter Shikari (Rou Reynolds) – Bring Me the Horizon (Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes) Underneath – Code Orange (Jami Morgan & Nick Raskulinecz) Sex, Death & the Infinite Void – Creeper (Xandy Barry) Brain Pain – Four Year Strong (Will Putney) I Let It In and It Took Everything – Loathe (Loathe & George Lever) Sleepless – Palm Reader (Lewis Johns)
The H
Music Venue Trust

2022

The H Award was given to Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycle challenge established in 2013 by ex-Metal Hammer editor-in-chief Alexander Milas and Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood. As of 2022, it has raised over £1 million for Teenage Cancer Trust, Nordoff Robbins, Childline, and Save The Children.^[43] The Innovation Award was given to While She Sleeps in recognition of their fan-led Sleeps Society initiative,^[44] which allowed the band to release their fifth album Sleeps Society (2021) and stay afloat without the backing of a label and touring amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[45] [46]}

Best Album^[47]	Best UK Artist
For Those That Wish to Exist – Architects Below – Beartooth Bullet for My Valentine – Bullet for My Valentine Amazing Things – Don Broco The Greatest Mistake of My Life – Holding Absence Holding Absence Eternal Blue – Spiritbox Glow On – Turnstile	Architects Bring Me the Horizon Don Broco Enter Shikari Nova Twins Sleep Token While She Sleeps
Best International Artist	Best Live Artist
Beartooth A Day to Remember Gojira Lorna Shore Spiritbox Trivium Turnstile	Enter Shikari Bring Me the Horizon Bullet for My Valentine Don Broco Sleep Token Wargasm While She Sleeps
Best UK Breakthrough Band	Best International Breakthrough Band
Cassyette Bob Vylan Heriot Kid Kapichi Pupil Slicer Static Dress Witch Fever	KennyHoopla Bloodywood Magnolia Park Meet Me @ the Altar Pinkshift Vended Yours Truly
Best Single	Best Production
"Die4u" – Bring Me the Horizon "Meteor" – Architects "Out for Blood" – Code Orange "Afterlife" – Holding Absence "Circle With Me" – Spiritbox "In the Court of the Dragon" – Trivium "Fleabag" – Yungblud	Bullet for My Valentine – Bullet for My Valentine (Carl Brown) Fortitude – Gojira (Joe Duplantier) The Greatest Mistake of My Life – Holding Absence (Dan Weller) Hushed and Grim – Mastodon (David Bottrill) Eternal Blue – Spiritbox (Daniel Braunstein and Michael Stringer) In the Court of the Dragon – Trivium (Josh Wilbur) Sleeps Society – While She Sleeps (Carl Brown and Sean Long)
Best Podcast	Best Video
On Wednesdays We Wear Black (Sophie K & Yasmine Summan) The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds) Hell Bent For Metal (Tom Dare and Matt Rushton) Life in the Stocks (Matt Stocks) Peer Pleasure (Dewey Helpus) Sappenin Podcast with Sean Smith (Sean Smith and Morgan Richards) The State of the Scene Podcast (Sam & Marcos)	"Pump It" – Electric Callboy (dir. Pascal Schillo & Oliver Schillo) "Die4u" – Bring Me the Horizon (dir. Oli Sykes) "Out for Blood" – Code Orange (dir. Max Moore) "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan" – Don Broco (dir. Do Not Entry) "Born for One Thing" – Gojira (dir. Charles De Meyes) "Hip to Be Scared" – Ice Nine Kills ft. Jacoby Shaddix (dir. Jensen Noen) "Don't You Feel Amazing?" – Trash Boat (dir. Zak Pinchin)
Best Album Artwork
In the Court of the Dragon – Trivium (Mathieu Nozières) For Those That Wish to Exist – Architects (Tom Welsh, Giles Smith, Featherwax) – Converge & Chelsea Wolfe (Jacob Bannon) Conquering – Employed to Serve (Luke Preece) Hushed and Grim – Mastodon (Paul Romano) Let the Bad Times Roll – The Offspring (Daveed Benito) Echo – Of Mice & Men (Derek Hess)
The H
Heavy Metal Truants
Innovation Award
The Sleeps Society – While She Sleeps

2023

The Scottish pop-punk band Vukovi led the Heavy Music Awards 2023 with five nominations (winning one), whilst Nova Twins, Halestorm and Ghost all received four nominations.^[48] The H Award was given to the Teddy Rocks Festival, founded by The Bottom Line guitarist Tom Newton to raise money for Teddy20, a children's cancer charity. The Icon award was given to Daniel P. Carter, radio DJ and host of the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show.

Best Album^[49]	Best Breakthrough Album
The Death of Peace of Mind – Bad Omens The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit – Architects Impera – Ghost Back From the Dead – Halestorm Supernova – Nova Twins The End, So Far – Slipknot Nula – Vukovi	Love and Other Lies – Charlotte Sands Rakshak – Bloodywood Sad Girl Mixtape – Cassyette Profound Morality – Heriot Rouge Carpet Disaster – Static Dress Explicit: The Mixxxtape – Wargasm Congregation – Witch Fever
Best UK Artist	Best UK Live Artist
Sleep Token Bob Vylan Creeper Holding Absence Malevolence Nova Twins Vukovi	Skindred Biffy Clyro Creeper Enter Shikari Neck Deep Nova Twins Vukovi
Best International Artist	Best UK Breakthrough Artist
Halestorm Bad Omens Electric Callboy Ghost I Prevail Polyphia Spiritbox	As December Falls Blackgold Cody Frost Delilah Bon Kid Bookie Lake Malice ZAND
Best International Breakthrough Artist	Best Single
Scene Queen Charlotte Sands Chat Pile LS Dunes Scowl Soul Blind Zulu	"The Void Stares Back" – Enter Shikari ft. Wargasm "When We Were Young" – Architects "Strangers" – Bring Me the Horizon "Ghost Brigade" – Creeper "Call Me Little Sunshine" – Ghost "They Fear Us" – Ithaca "STFU" – Neck Deep
Best Production	Best Video
Nula – Vukovi The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit – Architects The Death of Peace of Mind – Bad Omens Back From the Dead – Halestorm They Fear Us – Ithaca Where Myth Becomes Memory – Rolo Tomassi Rouge Carpet Disaster – Static Dress	"Werewolf" – Motionless in White "Sad Girl Summer" – Cassyette "The Liars Club" – Coheed and Cambria "Hurrikan" – Electric Callboy "Choose Your Fighter" – Nova Twins "Glitch" – Parkway Drive "Playing God" – Polyphia
Best Album Artwork	Best Festival
Malicious Intent – Malevolence – Coheed and Cambria Darker Still – Parkway Drive Remember That You Will Die – Polyphia Nula – Vukovi Congregation – Witch Fever Zeal & Ardor – Zeal & Ardor	Download 2000trees Aftershock BMTH Malta Weekender Hellfest Outbreak Slam Dunk
Best International Live Artist	Best Breakthrough Live Artist
Electric Callboy Alexisonfire Ghost Halestorm My Chemical Romance Parkway Drive Turnstile	Static Dress As Everything Unfolds Cassyette Heriot Joey Valence & Brae Lake Malice Witch Fever
The H
Teddy Rocks Festival
Pioneer
Biffy Clyro
Icon
Daniel P. Carter

2024

Best Album^[50] ^[51]	Best Breakthrough Album
Take Me Back to Eden – Sleep Token Ultraviolet – As Everything Unfolds One More Time... – Blink-182 Sanguivore – Creeper A Kiss For the Whole World – Enter Shikari The Noble Art of Self Destruction – Holding Absence	A Mind Waiting to Die – Graphic Nature Rivers of Heresy – Empire State Bastard Retrovision – Honey Revenge A Call to the Void – Hot Milk Imposter Syndrome – Sophie Lloyd Venom – Wargasm A New Tomorrow – Zulu
Best UK Artist	Best International Artist
Skindred Architects Bring Me the Horizon Enter Shikari Malevolence Nova Twins Sleep Token	Spiritbox Avenged Sevenfold Bad Omens Beartooth Electric Callboy Landmvrks Slaughter to Prevail
Best UK Live Artist	Best International Live Artist
Holding Absence Bob Vylan Bring Me the Horizon Enter Shikari Malevolence Sleep Token While She Sleeps	Electric Callboy Bad Omens Ice Nine Kills Landmvrks Limp Bizkit Slipknot Spiritbox
Best Breakthrough Live Artist	Best UK Breakthrough Live Artist
Thrown Better Lovers Kid Bookie Knife Bride Lake Malice The Meffs Scene Queen	Røry ALT BLK ERA Graphic Nature Knife Bride Snayx Unpeople Zetra
Best International Breakthrough Artist	Best Album Artwork
Kim Dracula Games We Play Half Me Honey Revenge Koyo Speed Thrown	Sanguivore – Creeper Stone – Baroness Rivers of Heresy – Empire State Bastard 72 Seasons – Metallica Take Me Back to Eden – Sleep Token The Weight of the Mask – Svalbard
The H
Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses
Icon
Andy Copping

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