Public voting for the ceremony’s 11 categories opens Wednesday March 9th with Bring Me The Horizon, Turnstile, Code Orange, Wargasm, A Day To Remember, Sleep Token and Gojira among the list of finalists.
Among the most prominent stages in all of heavy culture, the sixth annual Heavy Music Awards have revealed their 2022 field of nominees and the aggregate of artists offers an impressive snapshot of the health and diversity of the community.
Once again teaming with Amazon Music UK, the HMAs continue to serve as a beacon of artistry, celebrating the contributions of trailblazers and creatives in the space of outsider art and alternative culture. Sourcing a keenly knowledgable, proactively immersed panel of some 700 industry tastemakers to determine the nominees, the Heavy Music Awards doubles down on it’s emphasis of indepdence and democracy by turning over the 11 categories entirely to the fans.
Starting Wednesday March 9th at 2pm GMT, the greater community of heavy culture will be able to cast their vote via VOTE.HEAVYMUSICAWARDS.COM to help determine which artists should take home the hardware for honors including Best Album, Best Artist, Best Single and Best Video, Best Podcast and Best Breakout Artist of the Year – just to name a few.
Leading the field of 2022 Heavy Music Awards nominees, metalcore titans Architects, the wildly-inventive Don Broco, metal powerhouse Trivium and phenoms in Spiritbox each came away with four nods apiece. Fresh off of career years, UK collectives Bullet For My Valentine, Holding Absence and While She Sleeps also each tallied three nominations tied to their most recent releases as well.
Rounding out the comprehensive field of honorees, international sensations like Bring Me the Horizon, A Day To Remember, Mastodon, and Gojira, are in the same company with emerging sensations like Pupil Slicer, Code Orange, Turnstile and Vended. The diversity within the field of finalists underscores an auspicious forecast for what is on the horizon in heavy music.
Voting for HMA22 opens at 2pm GMT on Wednesday March 9th 2022 at vote.heavymusicawards.com and closes at 5pm on April 22nd, 2022.
All voters will be entered into a ballot for tickets to the ceremony on Sunday June 5th, 2022 at O2 Forum Kentish Town, London.
See the complete list of 2022 Heavy Music Awards nominees below
BEST ALBUM
Presented by Amazon Music
Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist Epitaph Records
Produced by Dan Searle, Co-Produced by Josh Middleton
Beartooth – Below Red Bull Records Produced by Caleb Shomo
Bullet For My Valentine – Bullet For My Valentine Spinefarm Records Produced by Carl Bown
Don Broco – Amazing Things SharpTone Records Produced by Jason Perry
Holding Absence – The Greatest Mistake of My Life SharpTone Records Produced by Dan Weller
Spiritbox – Eternal Blue Rise Records
Produced & Engineered by Daniel Braunstein, Co-Produced by Michael Stringer
Turnstile – Glow On Roadrunner Records Produced by Mike Elizondo
BEST UK ARTIST
Presented by Allianz Musical Insurance
Architects (Epitaph Records)
Bring Me The Horizon (RCA)
Don Broco (SharpTone Records)
Enter Shikari (So Recordings)
Nova Twins (Marshall Records)
Sleep Token (Spinefarm Records)
While She Sleeps (Spinefarm Records / Sleeps Brothers)
BEST LIVE ARTIST
Presented by Marshall
Bring Me The Horizon (RCA)
Bullet For My Valentine (Spinefarm Records)
Don Broco (SharpTone Records)
Enter Shikari (So Recordings)
Sleep Token (Spinefarm Records)
Wargasm (Angry Songs For Sad People)
While She Sleeps (Spinefarm Records / Sleeps Brothers)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
Presented by Arising Empire
A Day To Remember (Fueled By Ramen)
Beartooth (Red Bull Records)
Gojira (Roadrunner Records)
Lorna Shore (Century Media)
Spiritbox (Rise Records)
Trivium (Roadrunner Records)
Turnstile (Roadrunner Records)
BEST UK BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Presented by O2 Forum Kentish Town
Bob Vylan (Ghost Theatre)
Cassyette (Devil Land)
Heriot (Church Road Records)
Kid Kapichi (Independent)
Pupil Slicer (Prosthetic Records)
Static Dress (Independent)
Witch Fever (Music For Nations)
BEST INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Presented by Goth Girlfriends
Bloodywood (Independent)
KennyHoopla (Arista Records)
Magnolia Park (Epitaph Records)
Meet Me @ The Altar (Fueled By Ramen)
Pinkshift (Independent)
Vended (Independent)
Yours Truly (UNFD)
BEST SINGLE
Presented by SharpTone Records
Architects – Meteor Epitaph Records
Produced by Dan Searle, co-produced by Josh Middleton
Bring Me The Horizon – Die4u RCA
Produced by BloodPop & Evil Twin
Code Orange – Out For Blood Roadrunner Records Produced by Rob Cavallo
Holding Absence – Afterlife SharpTone Records Produced by Dan Weller
Spiritbox – Circle With Me Rise Records
Produced & Engineered by Daniel Braunstein, co-produced by Michael Stringer
Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon Roadrunner Records Produced by Josh Wilbur
Yungblud – Fleabag Locomotion Recordings / Interscope Produced by Andrew Wells, Chris Greatti & Mike Crossey
BEST PRODUCTION
Presented by AfterLive Music
Bullet For My Valentine – Bullet For My Valentine Spinefarm Records Produced by Carl Bown
Gojira – Fortitude Roadrunner Records Produced by Joe Duplantier
Holding Absence – The Greatest Mistake of My Life Sharptone Records Produced by Dan Weller
Mastodon – Hushed and Grim Reprise Records Produced by David Bottrill
Spiritbox – Eternal Blue Rise Records
Produced & Engineered by Daniel Braunstein, co-produced by Michael Stringer
Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon Roadrunner Records Produced by Josh Wilbur
While She Sleeps – Sleeps Society Spinefarm Records / Sleeps Brothers Produced by Carl Bown & Sean Long
BEST VIDEO
Presented by Lightwave Productions
Bring Me The Horizon – Die4U RCA
Directed by Oliver Sykes
Code Orange – Out For Blood Roadrunner Records Directed by Max Moore
Don Broco – Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan SharpTone Records Directed by Do Not Entry
Gojira – Born For One Thing Roadrunner Records Directed by Charles De Meyer
Ice Nine Kills ft. Jacoby Shaddix – Hip To Be Scared Fearless Records / Concord Recorded Music Directed by Jensen Noen
Trash Boat – Don’t You Feel Amazing? Hopeless Records Directed by Zak Pinchin
BEST PODCAST
Presented by Amazon Music
The Downbeat Hosted by Craig Reynolds
Hell Bent For Metal Hosted by Tom Dare & Matt Rushton
Life In The Stocks Hosted by Matt Stocks
On Wednesdays We Wear Black Hosted by Alyx Holcombe, Sophie K & Yasmine Summan
Peer Pleasure Hosted by Dewey Halpus
Sappenin Podcast with Sean Smith Hosted by Sean Smith & Morgan Richards
The State Of The Scene Podcast Hosted by Sam & Marcos
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK
Architects – For Those That Wish To Exist Epitaph Records
Artwork by Tom Welsh, Giles Smith, Featherwax
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe – Bloodmoon: I Epitaph Records / Deathwish Inc Artwork by Jacob Bannon
Employed To Serve – Conquering Spinefarm Records Artwork by Luke Preece
Mastodon – Hushed And Grim Reprise Records Artwork by Paul Romano
The Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll Concord Recorded Music Artwork by Daveed Benito
Of Mice & Men – Echo SharpTone Records Artwork by Derek Hess
Trivium – In The Court Of The Dragon Roadrunner Records Artwork by Mathieu Nozières
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