Metallica, Black Star Riders & Joe Bonamassa among winners of The Rocks 2017!

Celebrating its fourth glorious year, The Rocks is a direct response to traditional music industry back-patting events like The BRITs that largely overlook our beloved genre of rock.

Each year, Wyatt asks Planet Rock listeners to cast their votes across a number of categories – and after fans cast their votes from quite literally every corner of the globe, the results are now in!

Metallica were the big winners triumphing in two categories – Best International Band and International Album – with Black Star Riders, Inglorious, Def Leppard, The Raven Age, Joe Bonamassa and Iron Maiden all picking up one coveted award apiece.

The full winners’ list is as follows:   

Best British Album
Black Star Riders - Heavy Fire

Best International Band
Metallica

Best British Single
Inglorious - Holy Water

International Album
Metallica - Hardwired to Self-Destruct

Best New Band
The Raven Age

Best Worldwide Solo Artist
Joe Bonamassa

Best British Band
Iron Maiden

The Brick Wall Award (given to the band or artist who most passionately denied The Donald (Trump) using their music or gaining access to themselves, all while using creative descriptions and language!)
Def Leppard

Congratulations to all the winners! You can see the results from 2016 here and 2015 here.