Kerrang! Awards 2007 Explained

Kerrang! Awards 2007
Sponsor:	Kerrang!
Location:	The Brewery, London
Country:	England
Host:	Scott Ian

The Kerrang! Awards 2007 were held in London, England, on 23 August 2007 at The Brewery in Romford and were hosted by Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.^[1]

Kerrang! announced the 2007 nominees on 8 August at the Kerrang! Day of Rock at Virgin Megastores in London. The main categories were dominated by My Chemical Romance and Enter Shikari with four nominations, followed by Fall Out Boy with three.^[2] Enter Shikari and Machine Head were the biggest winners of the night, taking home two awards apiece.^[3]

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best British Newcomer

• Gallows
• Kids in Glass Houses
• The Ghost of a Thousand
• You Me at Six
• LostAlone

Best International Newcomer

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Madina Lake
• Job for a Cowboy
• The Sleeping
• Hellogoodbye

Best Live Band

• Angels & Airwaves
• Muse
• Enter Shikari
• Aiden
• Lostprophets

Best Single

• Thirty Seconds to Mars — "The Kill"
• My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"
• Funeral for a Friend — "Into Oblivion"
• Enter Shikari — "Sorry You're Not a Winner"
• AFI — "Miss Murder"

Best Album

• My Chemical Romance — The Black Parade
• Machine Head — The Blackening
• Biffy Clyro — Puzzle
• Enter Shikari — Take to the Skies
• Fall Out Boy — Infinity on High

Best Video

• My Chemical Romance — "Welcome to the Black Parade"
• Fall Out Boy — "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
• Hellogoodbye — "Here (In Your Arms)"
• Linkin Park — "What I've Done"
• Paramore — "Misery Business"

Best British Band

• Lostprophets
• Muse
• Enter Shikari
• Biffy Clyro
• Funeral for a Friend

Best International Band

• My Chemical Romance
• Machine Head
• The Used
• Fall Out Boy
• Panic! at the Disco

Classic Songwriter

• Deftones

Spirit of Independence

• Enter Shikari

Hard Rock Hero

• Machine Head

Kerrang! Icon

• Nine Inch Nails

Hall of Fame

• Judas Priest

External links

• Kerrang! Awards official website

Notes and References

1. News: Watch the K! Awards live on the internet . . . August 22, 2007 . June 3, 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616162603/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2007/08/watch_the_k_awards_live_on_the.html . June 16, 2013 .
2. News: Kerrang! Awards 2007: It's Enter Shakiri v My Chemical Romance. IndieLondon.co.uk. June 3, 2012.
3. News: Alex. Fletcher. Kerrang Awards 2007: The Winners. Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation. August 24, 2007. May 10, 2012.