Voting is open for the Kerrang! Awards 2016!!
Iron Maiden, Biffy Clyro, Asking Alexandria and All Time Low have multiple nods
The nominations for the Kerrang! Awards 2016 have been revealed and voting is open NOW!
Metal legends Iron Maiden lead the charge with nominations in two prestigious categories – Best British Band and Best Album for ‘The Book of Souls’.
Also up for two gongs are Biffy Clyro (Best British Band, Best Event for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay), Asking Alexandria (Best Album for ‘The Black’ and Best British Band) and All Time Low (Best International Band and Best Track for ‘Missing You’).
Other big name acts who’ve picked up nods include Guns N’ Roses, Slipknot, You Me At Six, Panic! At The Disco, Black Veil Brides, twenty one pilots and Babymetal.
Elsewhere, Kerrang! Radio’s very own Fresh Blood With Alex Baker is up for Best Radio Show! Hurrah!
One of the biggest nights in rock music, the Kerrang! Awards takes place at The Troxy in London on Thursday 9th June with The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins and Skindred’s Benji Webbe are on hosting duties.
Not only can you be there, but you can also watch Asking Alexandria and more perform once all the partying is done! Head to Kerrang! Radio Tickets now to get your tickets to this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Kerrang! Editor James McMahon says: “This year’s Kerrang! Awards nominations are the definition of strong. All Killer, No Filler as our 2016 Kerrang! Tour headliners Sum 41 might say. There’s no category you look at and think, ‘Yup, Guns N’ Roses are going to walk away with that…’, and I think that’s testament to just what a strong rock scene – globally, and closer to home – we exist within right now.
“Normally when I have to write quotes for press releases like this, I say something like, “OMG, I’m so excited about the night!” but to be honest, I just feel a bit sad about it. It’s going to be a bloodbath. Many brilliant bands are going to go home disappointed. I might start drinking now.
“It goes without saying, mind, that Kerrang! Is very, very proud to be surrounded by as much talent as we have been at any point in our 35 year old history. But yeah, definitely starting drinking now…”
The nominees are as follows:
BEST EVENT Guns N’ Roses – Las Vegas Reunion Shows 5 Seconds Of Summer – Sounds Live Feels Live tour Slipknot – Alexandra Palace shows You Me At Six – The Ghost Inside Benefit Show Biffy Clyro – Edinburgh's Hogmanay BEST BRITISH NEWCOMER Counterfeit Creeper Milk Teeth Muncie Girls The Struts BEST INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER Cane Hill The Dirty Nil Beach Slang Beautiful Bodies Biters BEST TRACK Moose Blood – Honey Against The Current – Running With The Wild Things Panic! At The Disco – Emperor’s New Clothes Architects – A Match Made In Heaven All Time Low – Missing You BEST LIVE BAND Black Veil Brides Babymetal twenty one pilots Nightwish Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes BEST ALBUM Iron Maiden – The Book Of Souls Neck Deep – Life’s Not Out To Get You Asking Alexandria – The Black No Devotion – Permanence Baroness – Purple BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND All Time Low Metallica PVRIS A Day To Remember Fall Out Boy BEST BRITISH BAND Bring Me The Horizon Iron Maiden Enter Shikari Biffy Clyro Asking Alexandria BEST FANBASE Gerard Way Pierce The Veil Black Veil Brides Paramore twenty one pilots BEST FILM Star Wars: The Force Awakens Deadpool Minions Ant-Man Jurassic World BEST TV SHOW The Walking Dead Daredevil Jessica Jones Making A Murderer Adventure Time BEST RADIO SHOW Fresh Blood With Alex Baker – Kerrang! Radio MOJO Rocks with Phil Alexander – Planet Rock Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P Carter Beats 1 with Zane Lowe Nights With Alice Cooper – Planet Rock BEST VIDEO GAME Far Cry Primal Fallout 4 Rise Of The Tomb Raider Guitar Hero Live Star Wars Battlefront BEST COMIC BOOK The Wicked + The Divine 2000 AD Saga Nimona Descender BEST FESTIVAL Download Slam Dunk Reading & Leeds Bloodstock The Great Escape BEST COMEDIAN Matt Berry Amy Schumer Josie Long Bill Bailey Louis CK TWEETER OF THE YEAR Jono Yates Corey Taylor Mark Hoppus Becky Blomfield Hayley Williams