Kerrang! Awards 2016 nominees revealed

Kerrang! Awards 2016The nominations for the Kerrang! Awards 2016 have been announced.

Due to take place on June 9th at London’s Troxy, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness and Skindred’s Benji Webb will host the night.

For the first time, the night will also feature a live gig after the ceremony with Asking Alexandria revealed as the first performers.

This year, the Kerrang! Awards has teamed up with Help Musicians UK, a charity that focusses on helping musicians at every stage of their careers and lives.

Speaking of this year’s awards, Kerrang! Editor James McMahon said: “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…

The full list of Kerrang! Awards 2016 nominations are:

BEST EVENT – Presented by Kerrang! TV
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 – Presented by Help Musicians
Counterfeit
Creeper
Milk Teeth
Muncie Girls
The Struts

BEST INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER
Cane Hill
The Dirty Nil
Beach Slang
Beautiful Bodies
Biters

BEST TRACK – Presented by Kerrang! Radio
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 – Presented by Red Stripe

Black Veil Brides
BABYMETAL
twenty one pilots
Nightwish
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

BEST ALBUM – Presented by Zippo
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

Fancy heading along?

Tickets for the Kerrang! Award ceremony and gig are on sale now priced from £22.




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