HEAVY MUSIC AWARDS SET TO TAKE PLACE IN LONDON ON AUGUST 22ND – DETAILS HERE!

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This years Heavy Music Awards (aka HMA’s) have revealed the performing artists for this years event which will be taking place in Kentish Town’s O2 Academy on August 22nd…

 

The line-up is rounded out by two HMA24 finalists – all-round venue crushing juggernaut GRAPHIC NATURE will hit the stage second, while our openers – fresh from a support slot with Metallica – are the inimitable UNPEOPLE.

Nominees have been compiled from nominations by the HMA industry panel of almost 1,000 individuals, picking their favourites from the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. The winners will be decided via public vote – hit the button below to vote now and be in with a chance of winning tickets to HMA24 on Thursday 22 August 2024 at O2 Forum Kentish Town.

BEST ALBUM
As Everything Unfolds – Ultraviolet
Blink-182 – One More Time…
Creeper – Sanguivore
Enter Shikari – A Kiss For The Whole World
Holding Absence – The Noble Art of Self Destruction
Militarie Gun – Life Under The Gun
Sleep Token – Take Me Back To Eden

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM
Empire State Bastard – Rivers of Heresy
Graphic Nature – A Mind Waiting to Die
Honey Revenge – Retrovision
Hot Milk – A Call To The Void
Sophie Lloyd – Imposter Syndrome
Wargasm – Venom
Zulu – A New Tomorrow

BEST UK ARTIST
PRESENTED BY PRS FOR MUSIC
Architects
Bring Me The Horizon
Enter Shikari
Malevolence
Nova Twins
Skindred
Sleep Token

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
PRESENTED BY ARISING EMPIRE
Avenged Sevenfold
Bad Omens
Beartooth
Electric Callboy
Landmvrks
Slaughter To Prevail
Spiritbox

BEST UK LIVE ARTIST
Bob Vylan
Bring Me The Horizon
Enter Shikari
Holding Absence
Malevolence
Sleep Token
While She Sleeps

BEST INTERNATIONAL LIVE ARTIST
PRESENTED BY TICKETMASTER
Bad Omens
Electric Callboy
Ice Nine Kills
Landmvrks
Limp Bizkit
Slipknot
Spiritbox

BEST BREAKTHROUGH LIVE ARTIST
PRESENTED BY O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN
Better Lovers
Kid Bookie
Knife Bride
Lake Malice
The Meffs
Scene Queen
Thrown

BEST UK BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
ALT BLK ERA
Graphic Nature
Knife Bride
RØRY
SNAYX
unpeople
Zetra

Photo credit: Rebecca Need-Menear

BEST INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Games We Play
Half Me
Honey Revenge
Kim Dracula
Koyo
Speed
Thrown

BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
Baroness – Stone
Creeper – Sanguivore
Empire State Bastard – Rivers of Heresy
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Polaris – Fatalism
Sleep Token – Take Me Back To Eden
Svalbard – Weight Of The Mask

Launched in 2017, the Heavy Music Awards democratically recognise the best of the year across the heavy music landscape. With a panel of several hundred industry insiders nominating the finalists, the public has the final say on who wins.

For those interested in voting on the above categories, you can do so here.

Oran O’Beirne

www.overdrive.ie 2024