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{{Infobox award
| name = Heavy Music Awards
| current_awards =
| image =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Outstanding achievements in [[heavy metal music|heavy music]]
| country = United Kindgom
| presenter = The Heavy Group
| network = [[Scuzz]] (2017)<br />[[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] (2020–2021)
| year = {{Start date and age|2017|8|24|df=yes}}
| website = {{URL|heavymusicawards.com}}
}}
The '''Heavy Music Awards''' ('''HMAs''') are awards presented by The Heavy Group to recognize outstanding achievements in [[Heavy Music|heavy music]]. It operates as both an annual awards ceremony and a live event. The first ceremony was held on August 24, 2017. Whilst its nominees are selected from a panel of people involved in the heavy [[music industry]], its winners are selected by an online vote.
== History ==
The Heavy Music Awards were conceived in late 2016 by Dave Bradley and Andy Pritchard, and announced on 1 March 2017 by their joint venture The Heavy Group.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=van der Merwe |first=Renette |date=3 September 2020 |title=Heavy Music Awards: Q&A with co-founder Andy Pritchard |url=https://thealtclub.com/heavy-music-awards-qa-with-co-founder-andy-pritchard/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Alt Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=1 March 2017 |title=New Public-Voted Heavy Music Awards Announced |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/new-public-voted-heavy-music-awards-announced/067666 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> Pritchard has stated that they set up the awards with the intention of "[treating] [[Heavy metal music|heavy music]] as a legitimate art form",<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=22 August 2019 |title="Some days the world sees us, sometimes it doesn't, but we're always there": The Heavy Music Awards team on rock in 2019 |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...eavy-music-awards-team-on-rock-in-2019/077166 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> with the hopes of the event offering increasing recognition and exposure for those involved in the scene/genre.<ref name=":14" /> The inaugural Heavy Music Awards ceremony, held on 24 August 2017 at the House of Vans in [[London]], received 97,000 votes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=23 August 2018 |title="We've steamrollered last year's voting figures": Inside the return of the Heavy Music Awards |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...e-the-return-of-the-heavy-music-awards/073587 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":28" /> The ceremony was broadcast on the British TV channel [[Scuzz]] on 16 September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=24 August 2017 |title="We have been overwhelmed by the support": First ever Heavy Music Awards to take place tonight |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...avy-music-awards-to-take-place-tonight/069562 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The 2018 edition, which took place on 22 August 2018 at KOKO in London,<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |last=Clare |first=Katie |date=2018-08-26 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2018 KOKO London – Live Review |url=https://louderthanwar.com/heavy-music-awards-2018-koko-london-live-review/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Louder Than War]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> received 131,000 votes.<ref name=":5" /> The 2019 ceremony took place at the larger [[O2 Forum Kentish Town]] and was hosted by [[Laura Jane Grace]] of [[Against Me!]].<ref name=":20" /><ref>{{Cite web |title="We'll be welcoming world-class artists to our stage": Heavy Music Awards 2019 partners with O2 Forum Kentish Town |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...19-partners-with-o2-forum-kentish-town/074500 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2019, the Heavy Music Awards moved its annual date from August to May.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=MusicWeek Staff |date=6 November 2019 |title=Heavy Music Awards moves to May for 2020, returns to O2 Forum Kentish Town |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...-2020-returns-to-o2-forum-kentish-town/078000 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The Heavy Music Awards 2020 was due to take place on 21 May 2020.<ref name=":1" /> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] lockdowns, it was instead [[Live streaming|livestreamed]] on the [[Amazon Music|Amazon Music UK]] [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] channel on 3 September 2020, with its ceremony and live performers being filmed in differing locations.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=May |first=Steve |date=2020-09-07 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2020 announced on Amazon Music Twitch channel |url=https://audiomediainternational.com...020-announced-on-amazon-music-twitch-channel/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Audio Media International |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paine |first=Andre |date=4 November 2020 |title=Amazon Music on backing the 'raw energy of the rock scene' |url=https://www.musicweek.com/digital/r...cking-the-raw-energy-of-the-rock-scene/081784 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The ceremony drew in 150,000 votes and was watched by 177,000 people online.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanley |first=James |date=3 September 2020 |title=Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon and Download Festival among Heavy Music Awards winners |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/re...tival-among-heavy-music-awards-winners/081004 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2020-09-04 |title=Slipknot, Bring Me the Horizon, Rammstein, Others Honored At 'Heavy Music Awards' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/s...mmstein-others-honored-at-heavy-music-awards/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en}}</ref> The 2021 edition Heavy Metal Awards was held as both an in-person event (at the O2 Forum Kentish Town) and a livestream, and saw a sharp increase in voters; between 16 June and 14 July 2021,<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |last=MusicWeek Staff |date=16 June 2021 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2021 finalists announced |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/re...g is open now until,win tickets to the awards. |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> the awards finalists collectively received over 1.4 million votes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Waite |first=Jacob |date=2021-09-17 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2021 Goes Hybrid |url=https://www.tpimagazine.com/heavy-music-awards-2021-goes-hybrid/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=TPi |language=en-GB}}</ref> The livestream was shut down by Twitch after Milkie Way of [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]] suffered a [[wardrobe malfunction]] that exposed her nipples whilst performing onstage with [[Trash Boat]], leading the Heavy Metal Awards channel to be striked for nudity and suspended for three days.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Childers |first=Chad ChildersChad |date=2021-09-03 |title=Twitch Shut Down Heavy Music Awards Stream Over Nipple Incident |url=https://loudwire.com/twitch-shut-down-2021-heavy-music-awards-stream-wargasm-milkie-way-nipples/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> Way refused to apologize for the incident, whilst Trash Boat vocalist Tobi Duncan accused Twitch of using a [[double standard]], as both musicians were wearing outfits that exposed their nipples during the performance.<ref name=":4" />
The 2023 edition was hosted at the [[Wembley Arena|OVO Arena Wembley]], drawing in a crowd of 5,000 and receiving over 1.3 million votes from people in 161 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colothan |first=Scott |date=18 April 2023 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2023 announces first wave of live performers |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/kerrang/entertainment/music/heavy-music-awards-2023-live-performers/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Planet Rock}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Best |first=Josephine |date=2023-06-06 |title=Features {{!}} Heavy Music Awards 2023 Round Up |url=https://clunkmag.com/features-heavy-music-awards-2023-round-up/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Clunk Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Dan |date=2023-06-02 |title=A New Generation Rises Up at the Heavy Music Awards 2023 |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/culture/a-new-generation-rises-up-at-the-heavy-music-awards-2023 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards process ==
Nominees are selected for the Heavy Music Awards from a panel of people involved in the heavy [[music industry]], who are invited to list their top three albums for any given category, given it has been released in the previous year (between 1 January and 31 December) and fits specific criteria.<ref name=":14" /> The HMA has no say in selecting its finalists.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/about |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> The top 7 artists in each category are then listed as finalists that are voted on by the general public on the Heavy Music Awards website.<ref name=":14" /> Its trophies are manufactured by Gaudio Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocking Out at the Heavy Music Awards |url=https://gaudio.co.uk/news/rocking-out-at-the-heavy-music-awards/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Gaudio Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The Heavy Music Awards 2017 had an initial panel size of 300+ personnel,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=The Moshville Times - Heavy Music Awards – judging panel blasts past 300 |url=https://www.moshville.co.uk/news/2017/04/heavy-music-awards-judging-panel-blasts-past-300/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=The Moshville Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> which has been expanded upon with its subsequent editions. The panel for the Heavy Music Awards 2024 is made up of almost 1,000 personnel.<ref name=":26" /><ref name=":27" />
==List of ceremonies==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:9%;"| Date
! style="width:13%;"| Venue
! style="width:10%;"| Host city
! style="width:20%;"| Host(s)
! style="width:28%;"| Performers
! style="width:4%;" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| 24 August
| House of Vans
| rowspan="8" | [[London]]
| Alex Baker and Sophie K
| [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]], [[Venom Prison]], [[Vukovi]], Dead!.
|align="center"|<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2017 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma17 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2018
| 23 August
|KOKO
| Sophie K
| [[Fever 333]], [[Milk Teeth]], [[Black Peaks]], Coldbones
| align="center" |<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2018 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma18 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| 22 August 2019
|[[O2 Forum Kentish Town]]
| [[Laura Jane Grace]]
| [[Cancer Bats]], [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]], [[Nova Twins]], Delaire The Liar
| align="center" |<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2019 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma19 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2020
| 3 September
| [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] (livestream)<br />HMA's Offices (awards)<br />Afterlive Music (performances)
| Sophie K and Jon Mahon
| [[The Hunna]], [[Holding Absence]], Heart of a Coward, [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]], Coldbones, Hawxx
| align="center" |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2020 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma20 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2021
| 2 September
| rowspan="2" |O2 Forum Kentish Town
| rowspan="2" | Alex Baker
| [[Sleep Token]], [[Trash Boat]], [[Hot Milk (band)|Hot Milk]], [[As Everything Unfolds]]
| align="center" |<ref name=":25">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2021 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma21 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2022
| 5 June
| [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]], [[Holding Absence]], [[Meet Me at the Altar|Meet Me @ The Altar]], [[Static Dress]]
|align="center"|<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2022 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma22 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HMA22 Event Details Unveiled Including Full Performing Line-Up |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/hma22-event-details-unveiled-including-full-performing-line-up |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| 26 May
|[[Wembley Arena|OVO Arena Wembley]]
|Alex Baker, Alyx Holcombe and Nels Hylton
| [[Boston Manor (band)|Boston Manor]], Creeper, [[Lzzy Hale]] & Joe Hottinger (Unplugged ft. Sophie Lloyd), [[Underoath]], Vukovi ft. [[Scene Queen]]
| align="center" |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2023 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma23 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=First Wave of Performers and Hosts Announced for Heavy Music Awards 2023 |url=https://rocknloadmag.com/news/first...-hosts-announced-for-heavy-music-awards-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Rock 'N' Load |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Baker, Alyx Holcombe & Nels Hylton to Host HMA23 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/hma23-hosts-announced |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2023-05-30 |title=Watch: HALESTORM's LZZY HALE And JOE HOTTINGER Perform With SOPHIE LLOYD At 2023 HEAVY MUSIC AWARDS |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch...-with-sophie-lloyd-at-2023-heavy-music-awards |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2024
| 22 August
|O2 Forum Kentish Town
|{{TBA}}
|{{TBA}}
| align="center" |<ref name=":27">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|}
== Award categories ==
=== Voted categories ===
As of the Heavy Music Awards 2024, nominees can win in the following categories:<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2024 Finalists Announced |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2024-nominees-announced |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Best Album
* Best Breakthrough Album
* Best UK Artist (awarded as Best UK band from 2017 to 2021)
* Best UK Live Artist
* Best International Artist (awarded as Best International Band from 2017 to 2021)
* Best International Live Artist
* Best Breakthrough Live Artist
* Best UK Breakthrough Artist (awarded as Best UK Breakthrough Band from 2017 to 2022)
* Best International Breakthrough Artist (awarded as Best International Breakthrough Band from 2017 to 2022)
* Best Album Artwork
=== Non-voted categories ===
* The H (awarded for "exceptional positive contribution to the heavy music scene")
* Pioneer (awarded for "groundbreaking approach to artistry and presentation")
* Icon (formerly Innovation Award) (presented for "exceptional long-standing positive contribution to the heavy music scene")
=== Retired categories ===
* Best Breakthrough Band (2017)
* Best Venue (2017)
* Best Photographer (2017 to 2020)
* Best Live Band (2017 to 2020), Best Live Artist (2021 to 2022)
* Best Festival (2017 to 2023)
* Best Production (2017 to 2023) (awarded as Best Producer from 2017 to 2020)
* Best Video (2020 to 2023)
* Best Podcast (2021 to 2022)
* Best Single (2021 to 2023)
== List of Heavy Music Awards winners and nominees ==
Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold'''.
=== 2017 ===
The H award was posthumously given to ''[[Kerrang!]]'' photographer Ashley Maile, and was accepted by on his behalf by his wife Caroline, sister Carly and friend Paul Harries.<ref name=":28">{{Cite web |last=Clare |first=Katie |date=2017-08-27 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2017 {{!}} House of Vans, London |url=https://louderthanwar.com/heavy-music-awards-2017/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Louder Than War]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=22 May 2017 |title=The Heavy Music Awards reveals shortlist |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/the-heavy-music-awards-reveals-shortlist/068555 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
**''[[Gore (Deftones album)|Gore]]'' – [[Deftones]]
** ''[[Low Teens]]'' – [[Every Time I Die]]
** ''[[Magma (Gojira album)|Magma]]'' – [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]
** ''[[Hardwired... to Self-Destruct]]'' – [[Metallica]]
** ''[[Rheia (album)|Rheia]]'' – [[Oathbreaker (band)|Oathbreaker]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Black Sabbath]]'''
** Architects
** [[Biffy Clyro]]
** [[Black Peaks]]
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Enter Shikari]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]
** [[Every Time I Die]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]'''
** [[A Day to Remember]]
** [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
** [[Deftones]]
** [[Every Time I Die]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Metallica]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Ben Gibson'''
** Tom Barnes
** Corrine Cumming
** [[Ross Halfin]]
** Paul Harries
** Jennifer McCord
** [[John McMurtrie|John McMurtie]]
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Popestar]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]'''
** ''[[All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** ''[[I'm Not Well]]'' – [[Black Foxxes]]
** ''Gore'' – Deftones
** ''Magma'' – Gojira
** ''[[The Violent Sleep of Reason]]'' – [[Meshuggah]]
** ''[[Sorceress (Opeth album)|Sorceress]]'' – [[Opeth]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[I Prevail]]'''
** [[Black Peaks]]
** [[Black Foxxes]]
** [[Casey (band)|Casey]]
** Dead!
** [[Venom Prison]]
** [[Zeal & Ardor]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Download Festival|Download]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Bloodstock Open Air]]
** Desertfest
** [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading & Leeds]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Venue<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2017: The winners list |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/heavy-music-awards-2017-the-winners-list/069586 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Fredrik Noström & Henrik Udd'''
** [[Tom Dalgety]]
** [[John Feldmann]]
** [[Greg Fidelman]]
** [[Matt Hyde]]
** [[Dan Lancaster]]
** [[Will Putney]]
|
* '''[[Brixton Academy|O2 Academy]], Brixton'''
** Black Heart, [[Camden Town|Camden]]
** The Dome, [[Tufnell Park]]
** KOKO, Camden
** [[O2 Forum Kentish Town|O2 Forum, Kentish Town]]
** [[Camden Underworld|The Underworld]], Camden
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":22" />
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |'''Ashley Maile''' (awarded posthumously)
|}
=== 2018 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Harriet |date=2018-04-30 |title=Heavy Music Awards announce 2018 finalists |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/heavy-music-awards-announce-2018-finalists/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[You Are We]]'' – [[While She Sleeps]]'''
** ''[[Forever (Code Orange album)|Forever]]'' – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** ''[[The Dusk in Us]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]]
** ''[[Eternity, in Your Arms|Eternity, In Your Arms]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** ''[[The Spark (album)|The Spark]]'' – [[Enter Shikari]]
** ''[[Emperor of Sand]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]
** ''[[After the Party (album)|After the Party]]'' – [[The Menzingers]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** [[Arcane Roots]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Marmozets]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Every Time I Die]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Metallica]]'''
** [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** [[Converge (band)|Converge]]
** [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]
** [[The Menzingers|The Mezingers]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Ed Mason'''
** Corrine Cumming
** Ben Gibson
** Joshua Halling
** Paul Harries
** [[Tina Korhonen]]
** Jennifer McCord
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Milk Teeth]]'''
** Bad Sign
** [[Conjurer (band)|Conjurer]]
** [[Employed to Serve]]
** [[Holding Absence]]
** [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]]
** [[Venom Prison]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[The Future in Whose Eyes?]] –''''' '''[[Sikth]] (Meats Meier)'''
** ''[[Mirror Reaper]]'' – [[Bell Witch (band)|Bell Witch]] (Mariusz Lewandowski)
** ''[[The Dusk in Us]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]] ([[Jacob Bannon]])
** ''[[Eternity, in Your Arms|Eternity, In Your Arms]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creepe]]<nowiki/>r (Nicky Barkla)
** ''[[Modern Ruin (Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes album)|Modern Ruin]]'' – [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]<br />(Dean Richardson/Studio Yuck)
** ''[[Emperor of Sand]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Matsodon]] (Donny Phillips)
** ''[[Mesmer (album)|Mesmer]]'' – [[Northlane]] (Jacques Duquette/Fvckrender)
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* '''[[Knocked Loose]]'''
** [[Brutus (Belgian band)|Brutus]]
** [[Can't Swim]]
** [[Palaye Royale]]
** [[Sløtface|Slotface]]
** [[Stand Atlantic]]
** [[Waterparks (band)|Waterparks]]
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Hellfest|Hellfest Open Air]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Bloodstock Open Air]]
** [[Download Festival]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
** UK Tech Fest
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* '''[[Will Putney]]'''
** [[Kurt Ballou]]
** Romesh Dodangoda
** Neil D. Kennedy
** [[Dan Lancaster]]
** [[Brendan O'Brien (record producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]
** [[Will Yip]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H Award<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":21" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |The [[Murder of Sophie Lancaster|Sophie Lancaster]] Foundation
|}
=== 2019 ===
The H Award was given to the Dixon family. According to ''MMH News'', the family "are revered on the live circuit for selflessly offering accommodation to bands touring the [[North East England|north east]] [of England] for many years."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ingram |first=Stephanie |date=2019-08-23 |title=Heavy Music Awards |url=https://mmhradio.co.uk/heavy-metal-music-awards-mmh-news/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=MMH News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Eamon |date=20 August 2019 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2019 Announce Finalists. |url=http://www.eonmusic.co.uk/5/post/2019/08/heavy-music-awards-2019-announce-finalists.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=eonmusic: music for life. |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Holy Hell (Architects album)|Holy Hell]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** ''All That Divides'' – [[Black Peaks]]
** ''[[Prequelle]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** ''[[Joy as an Act of Resistance]]'' – [[Idles]]
** ''[[Firepower (album)|Firepower]]'' – [[Judas Priest]]
** ''[[Reverence (Parkway Drive album)|Reverence]]'' – [[Parkway Drive]]
** ''[[Time & Space]]'' – [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
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* '''[[Bring Me the Horizon]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[Black Peaks]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Iron Maiden]]
** [[Judas Priest]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Fever 333]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Slayer]]
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* '''[[Parkway Drive]]'''
** [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
** [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Halestorm]]
** [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
** [[Twenty One Pilots]]
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Paul Harries'''
** Derek Bremer
** Thomas Lisle Coe-Brooker
** Corrine Cumming
** Jennifer McCord
** Tom Pullen
** Ester Segarra
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* '''[[Dream State]]'''
** [[Conjurer (band)|Conjurer]]
** [[Holding Absence]]
** Parting Gift
** [[Puppy (band)|Puppy]]
** [[Sleep Token]]
** [[Yonaka]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Album Artwork<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Prequelle]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] (Zbigniew M. Bielak)'''
** ''[[Holy Hell (Architects album)|Holy Hell]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (Dan Hillier)
** ''[[I Loved You at Your Darkest|I Loved You At Your Darkest]]'' – [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] ([[Nicola Samori]])
** ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Boston Manor album)|Welcome to the Neighborhood]]'' – [[Boston Manor (band)|Boston Manor]] (Josh Halling & Martin Ruffin)
** ''[[Gravity (Bullet for My Valentine album)|Gravity]]'' – [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (Daniel Holub)
** ''[[Technology (Don Broco album)|Technology]]'' – [[Don Broco]] (Charlotte Smith)
** ''[[Firepower (album)|Firepower]]'' – [[Judas Priest]] ([[Claudio Bergamin]])
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* '''[[Fever 333]]'''
** [[Alien Weaponry]]
** [[Bad Wolves]]
** Møl
** [[Pagan (band)|Pagan]]
** [[The Faim]]
** [[Vein.fm|Vein]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Bloodstock Open Air]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Download Festival|Download]]
** [[Hellfest|Hellfest Open Air]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
** [[Wacken Open Air]]
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* '''[[Dan Weller]]'''
** [[Tom Dalgety]]
** Romesh Dodangoda
** Lewis Johns
** [[Nick Raskulinecz]]
** [[Andy Sneap]]
** [[Will Yip]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":16" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |'''The Dixon Family'''
|}
=== 2020 ===
[[Catherine Marks]] and Ester Segarra became the first women to win in each of their respective categories, for Best Producer and Best Photographer.<ref name=":12" /> The H Award was given to Dom Fraiser and Space, owner of the Boileroom venue in [[Guildford]].<ref name=":12" />
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2020 finalists announced - ALTCORNER.com |url=https://altcorner.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2020-finalists-announced/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=altcorner.com}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[We Are Not Your Kind]]'' – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]'''
** ''[[Metal Galaxy]]'' – [[Babymetal]]
** ''Celebrity Mansions'' – [[Dinosaur Pile-Up|Dinasour Pile-Up]]
** ''[[Sundowning (Sleep Token album)|Sundowning]]'' – [[Sleep Token]]
** ''[[Fear Inoculum]]'' – [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
** ''[[So What? (While She Sleeps album)|So What?]]'' – [[While She Sleeps]]
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* '''[[Bring Me the Horizon]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[Bury Tomorrow]]
** [[Employed to Serve]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Venom Prison]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
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| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rammstein]]'''
** [[Amon Amarth]]
** [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]
** [[Brutus (Belgian band)|Brutus]]
** [[Fever 333]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
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* '''[[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]'''
** [[Fever 333]]
** [[The Interrupters (band)|The Interrupters]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Rammstein]]
** [[Stray from the Path|Stray From the Path]]
** [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
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| valign="top" |
* '''Ester Segarra'''
** Sarah Louise Bennet
** Corinne Cumming
** Paul Harries
** Jennifer McCord
** Jake Owens
** Sabrina Ramdoyal
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* '''[[Nova Twins]]'''
** Cold Years
** [[Higher Power (band)|Higher Power]]
** [[Hot Milk (band)|Hot Milk]]
** [[Ithaca (band)|Ithaca]]
** Pengshui
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''"Action" – [[Don Broco]] (dir. Benjamin Roberds)'''
** "[[In the Dark (Bring Me the Horizon song)|In the Dark]]" – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (dir. [[Oli Sykes]])
** "Born Cold" – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]] (dir. Oscar Sansom)
** "Stop the Clocks" – [[Enter Shikari]] (dir. Polygon)
** "[[Scary Mask]]" – [[Poppy (singer)|Poppy]] ft. [[Fever 333]] (dir. [[Titanic Sinclair]])
** "[[Deutschland (song)|Deutschland]]" – [[Rammstein]] (dir. Specter Berlin)
** "[[Unsainted]]" – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] (dir. [[Shawn Crahan]])
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* '''''[[Gold & Grey]]'' – [[Baroness (band)|Baroness]] ([[John Dyer Baizley]])'''
** ''[[Hidden History of the Human Race]]'' – [[Blood Incantation]] (Bruce Pennington)
** ''[[Amo (Bring Me the Horizon album)|amo]]'' – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (Darren Oorloff)
** ''[[The Nothing (Korn album)|The Nothing]]'' – [[Korn]] (Tension Division)
** ''[[Rammstein]]'' – [[Rammstein]] (Jes Larson)
** ''Samsara'' – [[Venom Prison]] ([[Eliran Kantor]])
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
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| valign="top" |
* '''[[Polaris (Australian band)|Polaris]]'''
** [[The Hu]]
** [[Jesus Piece (band)|Jesus Piece]]
** [[Simple Creatures]]
** [[Skynd (band)|SKYND]]
** [[Stand Atlantic]]
** [[Thornhill (band)|Thornhill]]
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* '''[[Download Festival|Download]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Bloodstock Open Air]]
** [[Hellfest|Hellfest Open Air]]
** Roadburn
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''[[Catherine Marks]]'''
** Carl Brown
** Romesh Dodangoda
** [[Greg Fidelman]]
** [[Adam "Nolly" Getgood]]
** [[Larry Hibbitt]]
** George Lever
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |'''Dom Fraser & Space'''
|}
=== 2021 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Post Human: Survival Horror]] –'' [[Bring Me the Horizon]]'''
** ''[[Cannibal (Bury Tomorrow album)|Cannibal]]'' – [[Bury Tomorrow]]
** ''[[Underneath (Code Orange album)|Underneath]]'' – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** ''[[Sex, Death & the Infinite Void]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** ''[[Ohms (album)|Ohms]]'' – [[Deftones]]
** ''[[Tickets to My Downfall]]'' – [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]]
** ''[[All Distortions Are Intentional]]'' – [[Neck Deep]]
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* '''Bring Me the Horizon'''
** Bury Tomorrow
** Creeper
** Loathe
** Neck Deep
** Nova Twins
** While She Sleeps
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Ghostemane]]'''
** [[Corey Taylor]]
** [[Deftones]]
** [[Five Finger Death Punch]]
** [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]]
** [[The Pretty Reckless]]
** [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
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* '''[[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]'''
** [[As Everything Unfolds]]
** Caskets
** Death Blooms
** Phoxjaw
** [[Salem (British punk band)|Salem]]
** [[Static Dress]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Spiritbox]]'''
** [[Dying Wish (band)|Dying Wish]]
** [[End (band)|END]]
** Ghøstkid
** [[Meet Me at the Altar|Meet Me @ the Altar]]
** [[Tallah]]
** Yours Truly
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Afterburner (Dance Gavin Dance album)|Afterburner]]'' – [[Dance Gavin Dance]] ([[Mattias Adolfsson]])'''
** ''[[Underneath (Code Orange album)|Underneath]]'' – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]] (Jami Morgan)
** ''[[Sex, Death & the Infinite Void]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]] (Demon Dance, Andy Pritchard)
** ''Anti-Icon'' – [[Ghostemane]] (Carlos Estrada aka Sliizz)
** ''Sleepless'' – Palm Reader (Tom Johnson, Jamie McDonals)
** ''Royal Swan'' – [[Phoxjaw]] (Peter the Roman)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Podcast<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''"Taxi" – [[Nova Twins]]'''
** "[[Animals (Architects song)|Animals]]" – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (dir. Dan Searle)
** "[[Obey (Bring Me the Horizon and Yungblud song)|Obey]]" – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] ft. [[Yungblud]] (dir. [[Oli Sykes]])
** "[[Ohms (song)|Ohms]]" – [[Deftones]] (dir. Rafatoon)
** "Snowblood" – [[Erra (band)|ERRA]] (dir. Kevin Johnson)
** "Hypa Hypa" – Eskimo Cowboy (dir. Pascal Schillo & Oliver Schillo)
** "Sleeps Society" – [[While She Sleeps]]
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* '''The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds)'''
** The Jasta Show ([[Jamey Jasta]])
** Lifers (Ed Gamble)
** The Punk Rock MBA ([[Finn McKenty]])
** Riot Act (Stephen Hill & Remfry Dedman)
** Sappenin' (Sean Smith & Morgan Richards)
** Someone Who Isn't Me ([[Daniel P. Carter]])
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Production<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''''[[Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible]]'' – [[Enter Shikari]] (Rou Reynolds)'''
** ''[[Post Human: Survival Horror]] –'' [[Bring Me the Horizon]] ([[Jordan Fish]] & [[Oli Sykes]]) ing Me the Horizon (Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes)r B
** [[Underneath (Code Orange album)|''Underneath'']] ''– [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]'' (Jami Morgan & [[Nick Raskulinecz]])
** ''[[Sex, Death & the Infinite Void]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]] (Xandy Barry)
** ''[[Brain Pain]]'' – [[Four Year Strong]] ([[Will Putney]])
** ''[[I Let It In and It Took Everything]]'' – [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]] (Loathe & George Lever)
** ''Sleepless'' – Palm Reader (Lewis Johns)
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |'''Music Venue Trust'''
|}
=== 2022 ===
The H Award was given to Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycle challenge established in 2013 by ex-''[[Metal Hammer]]'' editor-in-chief Alexander Milas and Iron Maiden manager [[Rod Smallwood]]. As of 2022, it has raised over £1 million for [[Teenage Cancer Trust]], Nordoff Robbins, [[Childline]], and [[Save the Children|Save The Children]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=MusicWeek Staff |date=7 June 2022 |title="It's inspiring to see so many people support us": Heavy Metal Truants to embark on 10th annual charity ride |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...-to-embark-on-10th-annual-charity-ride/085945 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The Innovation Award was given to While She Sleeps in recognition of their fan-led Sleeps Society initiative,<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards: The community spirit of the alternative music scene |url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/heavy-music-awards-2022 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.prsformusic.com |language=en}}</ref> which allowed the band to release their fifth album ''[[Sleeps Society]]'' (2021) and stay afloat without the backing of a label and touring amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe DiVitaJoe |date=2020-10-15 |title=While She Sleeps Form 'Sleeps Society' With New Song + We Want In |url=https://loudwire.com/while-she-sleeps-sleeps-society-album-song-patreon/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=The Heavy Music Awards 2022: A night of celebration and community |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/culture/the-heavy-music-awards-2022-a-night-of-celebration-and-community |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=The Heavy Music Awards 2022: A night of celebration and community |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/culture/the-heavy-music-awards-2022-a-night-of-celebration-and-community |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last= |date=9 March 2022 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2022 Finalists Announced |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2022-finalists-announced |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Artist<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[For Those That Wish to Exist]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** ''[[Below (album)|Below]]'' – [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
** ''[[Bullet for My Valentine (album)|Bullet for My Valentine]] –'' [[Bullet for My Valentine]]
** ''[[Amazing Things (Don Broco album)|Amazing Things]]'' – Don Broco
** ''[[Holding Absence|The Greatest Mistake of My Life]]'' – Holding Absence Holding Absence
** ''[[Eternal Blue (album)|Eternal Blue]]'' – Spiritbox
** ''[[Glow On]]'' – Turnstile
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Don Broco]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Nova Twins]]
** [[Sleep Token]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Artist<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Artist<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]'''
** [[A Day to Remember]]
** [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]
** [[Lorna Shore]]
** [[Spiritbox]]
** [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
** [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Enter Shikari]]'''
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Bullet for My Valentine]]
** [[Don Broco]]
** [[Sleep Token]]
** [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Cassyette]]'''
** [[Bob Vylan]]
** [[Heriot (band)|Heriot]]
** [[Kid Kapichi]]
** [[Pupil Slicer]]
** [[Static Dress]]
** Witch Fever
| valign="top" |
* '''[[KennyHoopla]]'''
** [[Bloodywood]]
** [[Magnolia Park (band)|Magnolia Park]]
** [[Meet Me at the Altar|Meet Me @ the Altar]]
** [[Pinkshift]]
** [[Vended]]
** [[Yours Truly (band)|Yours Truly]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Single<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Production<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''"[[Die4U|Die4u]]" – Bring Me the Horizon'''
** "Meteor" – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** "Out for Blood" – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** "Afterlife" – [[Holding Absence]]
** "Circle With Me" – [[Spiritbox]]
** "In the Court of the Dragon" – [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
** "Fleabag" – [[Yungblud]]
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Bullet for My Valentine (album)|Bullet for My Valentine]]'' – [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (Carl Brown)'''
** ''[[Fortitude (album)|Fortitude]]'' – [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]] ([[Joe Duplantier]])
** ''The Greatest Mistake of My Life'' – [[Holding Absence]] ([[Dan Weller]])
** ''[[Hushed and Grim]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] ([[David Bottrill]])
** ''[[Eternal Blue (album)|Eternal Blue]]'' – Spiritbox (Daniel Braunstein and Michael Stringer)
** ''[[In the Court of the Dragon]]'' – [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] (Josh Wilbur)
** ''[[Sleeps Society]]'' – [[While She Sleeps]] (Carl Brown and Sean Long)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Podcast<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''On Wednesdays We Wear Black (Sophie K & Yasmine Summan)'''
** The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds)
** Hell Bent For Metal (Tom Dare and Matt Rushton)
** Life in the Stocks (Matt Stocks)
** Peer Pleasure (Dewey Halpus)
** Sappenin Podcast with Sean Smith ([[Sean Smith (Welsh singer)|Sean Smith]] and Morgan Richards)
** The State of the Scene Podcast (Sam & Marcos)
| valign="top" |
* '''"Pump It" – [[Electric Callboy]] (dir. Pascal Schillo & Oliver Schillo)'''
** "[[Die4U|Die4u]]" – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (dir. [[Oli Sykes]])
** "Out for Blood" – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]] (dir. Max Moore)
** "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan" – [[Don Broco]] (dir. Do Not Entry)
** "Born for One Thing" – [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]] (dir. Charles De Meyes)
** "Hip to Be Scared" – [[Ice Nine Kills]] ft. [[Jacoby Shaddix]] (dir. [[Jensen Noen]])
** "Don't You Feel Amazing?" – [[Trash Boat]] (dir. Zak Pinchin)
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''''[[In the Court of the Dragon]]'' – [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] (Mathieu Nozières)'''
** ''[[For Those That Wish to Exist]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (Tom Welsh, Giles Smith, Featherwax)
** ''[[Bloodmoon: I]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]] & [[Chelsea Wolfe]] ([[Jacob Bannon]])
** ''Conquering'' – [[Employed to Serve]] (Luke Preece)
** ''[[Hushed and Grim]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] (Paul Romano)
** ''[[Let the Bad Times Roll]]'' – [[The Offspring]] (Daveed Benito)
** ''[[Echo (Of Mice & Men album)|Echo]]'' – [[Of Mice & Men (band)|Of Mice & Men]] (Derek Hess)
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":11" />
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |Heavy Metal Truants
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Innovation Award
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |The Sleeps Society – [[While She Sleeps]]
|}
=== 2023 ===
The Scottish [[pop-punk]] band [[Vukovi]] led the Heavy Music Awards 2023 with five nominations (winning one), whilst Nova Twins, Halestorm and Ghost all received four nominations.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Wilson-Taylor |first=James |date=24 May 2023 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2023: Everything You Need To Know |url=https://rocksound.tv/news/heavy-music-awards-2023-nominees-performers-tickets |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=[[Rock Sound]]}}</ref> The H Award was given to the Teddy Rocks Festival, founded by The Bottom Line guitarist Tom Newton to raise money for Teddy20, a [[Childhood cancer|children's cancer]] charity.<ref name=":7" /> The Icon award was given to [[Daniel P. Carter]], radio DJ and host of the [[BBC Radio 1]] Rock Show.<ref name=":6" />
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=2023-03-15 |title=All 2023 Heavy Music Awards Nominees Revealed For 14 Categories |url=https://noisecreep.com/2023-heavy-music-awards-nominees/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Noisecreep]] |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Album<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[The Death of Peace of Mind]]'' – [[Bad Omens]]'''
** ''[[The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** ''[[Impera]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** ''[[Back from the Dead (Halestorm album)|Back From the Dead]]'' – [[Halestorm]]
** ''[[Supernova (Nova Twins album)|Supernova]]'' – [[Nova Twins]]
** ''[[The End, So Far]]'' – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
** ''Nula'' – [[Vukovi]]
| valign="top" |
* '''''Love and Other Lies'' – Charlotte Sands'''
** ''[[Rakshak (album)|Rakshak]]'' – [[Bloodywood]]
** ''Sad Girl Mixtape'' – [[Cassyette]]
** ''[[Profound Morality]]'' – [[Heriot (band)|Heriot]]
** ''Rouge Carpet Disaster'' – [[Static Dress]]
** ''Explicit: The MiXXXtape'' – [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]
** ''Congregation'' – Witch Fever
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Live Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Sleep Token]]'''
** [[Bob Vylan]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Holding Absence]]
** [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]
** [[Nova Twins]]
** [[Vukovi]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Skindred]]'''
** [[Biffy Clyro]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Neck Deep]]
** [[Nova Twins]]
** [[Vukovi]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Halestorm]]'''
** [[Bad Omens]]
** [[Electric Callboy]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[I Prevail]]
** [[Polyphia]]
** [[Spiritbox]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[As December Falls]]'''
** Blackgold
** Cody Frost
** [[Delilah Bon]]
** [[Kid Bookie]]
** Lake Malice
** ZAND
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Single<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Scene Queen]]'''
** Charlotte Sands
** [[Chat Pile]]
** [[L.S. Dunes|LS Dunes]]
** Scowl
** Soul Blind
** Zulu
| valign="top" |
* '''"The Void Stares Back"''' – Enter Shikari ft. Wargasm
** "When We Were Young" – Architects
** "Strangers" – Bring Me the Horizon
** "Ghost Brigade" – Creeper
** "Call Me Little Sunshine" – Ghost
** "They Fear Us" – Ithaca
** "STFU" – Neck Deep
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Production<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''Nula'' – [[Vukovi]]'''
** ''[[The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit]]'' – Architects
** ''[[The Death of Peace of Mind]]'' – [[Bad Omens]]
** ''Back From the Dead'' – Halestorm
** ''They Fear Us'' – Ithaca
** ''Where Myth Becomes Memory'' – Rolo Tomassi
** ''Rouge Carpet Disaster'' – Static Dress
| valign="top" |
* '''"Werewolf" – Motionless in White'''
** "Sad Girl Summer" – [[Cassyette]]
** "The Liars Club" – [[Coheed and Cambria]]
** "Hurrikan" – [[Electric Callboy]]
** "Choose Your Fighter" – Nova Twins
** "Glitch" – Parkway Drive
** "Playing God" – Polyphia
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''Malicious Intent'' – [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]'''
** ''[[Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind]]'' – [[Coheed and Cambria]]
** ''[[Darker Still]]'' – [[Parkway Drive]]
** ''[[Remember That You Will Die]]'' – [[Polyphia]]
** ''Nula'' – [[Vukovi]]
** ''Congregation'' – Witch Fever
** ''[[Zeal & Ardor (album)|Zeal & Ardor]]'' – [[Zeal & Ardor]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Download Festival|Download]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[Aftershock Festival|Aftershock]]
** BMTH Malta Weekender
** [[Hellfest]]
** [[Outbreak Festival|Outbreak]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Live Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Live Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Electric Callboy]]'''
** [[Alexisonfire]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** Halestorm
** My Chemical Romance
** Parkway Drive
** Turnstile
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Static Dress]]'''
** [[As Everything Unfolds]]
** [[Cassyette]]
** [[Heriot (band)|Heriot]]
** [[Joey Valence & Brae]]
** Lake Malice
** Witch Fever
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |'''Teddy Rocks Festival'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Pioneer<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |[[Biffy Clyro|'''Biffy Clyro''']]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Icon<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |[[Daniel P. Carter|'''Daniel P. Carter''']]
|}
=== 2024 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Album<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |
* ''Ultraviolet'' – [[As Everything Unfolds]]
* ''[[One More Time...]]'' – [[Blink-182]]
* ''[[Sanguivore (album)|Sanguivore]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
* ''[[A Kiss for the Whole World|A Kiss For the Whole World]]'' – [[Enter Shikari]]
* ''The Noble Art of Self Destruction'' – [[Holding Absence]]
* ''[[Take Me Back to Eden]]'' – [[Sleep Token]]
| valign="top" |
* ''[[Rivers of Heresy]]'' – [[Empire State Bastard]]
* ''A Mind Waiting to Die'' – Graphic Nature
* ''Retrovision'' – [[Honey Revenge]]
* ''A Call to the Void'' – [[Hot Milk (band)|Hot Milk]]
* ''Imposter Syndrome'' – Sophie Lloyd
* ''[[Venom (Wargasm album)|Venom]]'' – [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]
* ''[[A New Tomorrow]]'' – [[Zulu (band)|Zulu]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
* [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
* [[Enter Shikari]]
* [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]
* [[Nova Twins]]
* [[Skindred]]
* [[Sleep Token]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Avenged Sevenfold]]
* [[Bad Omens]]
* [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
* [[Electric Callboy]]
* [[Landmvrks]]
* [[Slaughter to Prevail]]
* [[Spiritbox]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Bob Vylan]]
* [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
* [[Enter Shikari]]
* [[Holding Absence]]
* [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]
* [[Sleep Token]]
* [[While She Sleeps]]
| valign="top" |
* [[Bad Omens]]
* [[Electric Callboy]]
* [[Ice Nine Kills]]
* [[Landmvrks]]
* [[Limp Bizkit]]
* [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
* [[Spiritbox]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |
* [[Better Lovers]]
* [[Kid Bookie]]
* Knife Bride
* Lake Malice
* The Meffs
* [[Scene Queen]]
* Thrown
| valign="top" |
* ALT BLK ERA
* Graphic Nature
* Knife Bride
* Røry
* Snayx
* Unpeople
* Zetra
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |
* Games We Play
* Half Me
* [[Honey Revenge]]
* [[Kim Dracula]]
* Koyo
* Speed
* Thrown
| valign="top" |
* ''[[Stone (Baroness album)|Stone]]'' – [[Baroness (band)|Baroness]]
* ''[[Sanguivore (album)|Sanguivore]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
* ''[[Rivers of Heresy]]'' – Empire State Bastard
* ''[[72 Seasons]]'' – [[Metallica]]
* ''[[Take Me Back to Eden]]'' – [[Sleep Token]] Sleep To
* ''The Weight of the Mask'' – Svalbard
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |TBA
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Icon
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |TBA
|}
== References ==
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{{Infobox award
| name = Heavy Music Awards
| current_awards =
| image =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Outstanding achievements in [[heavy metal music|heavy music]]
| country = United Kindgom
| presenter = The Heavy Group
| network = [[Scuzz]] (2017)<br />[[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] (2020–2021)
| year = {{Start date and age|2017|8|24|df=yes}}
| website = {{URL|heavymusicawards.com}}
}}
The '''Heavy Music Awards''' ('''HMAs''') are awards presented by The Heavy Group to recognize outstanding achievements in [[Heavy Music|heavy music]]. It operates as both an annual awards ceremony and a live event. The first ceremony was held on August 24, 2017. Whilst its nominees are selected from a panel of people involved in the heavy [[music industry]], its winners are selected by an online vote.
== History ==
The Heavy Music Awards were conceived in late 2016 by Dave Bradley and Andy Pritchard, and announced on 1 March 2017 by their joint venture The Heavy Group.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=van der Merwe |first=Renette |date=3 September 2020 |title=Heavy Music Awards: Q&A with co-founder Andy Pritchard |url=https://thealtclub.com/heavy-music-awards-qa-with-co-founder-andy-pritchard/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Alt Club}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=1 March 2017 |title=New Public-Voted Heavy Music Awards Announced |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/new-public-voted-heavy-music-awards-announced/067666 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> Pritchard has stated that they set up the awards with the intention of "[treating] [[Heavy metal music|heavy music]] as a legitimate art form",<ref name=":20">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=22 August 2019 |title="Some days the world sees us, sometimes it doesn't, but we're always there": The Heavy Music Awards team on rock in 2019 |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...eavy-music-awards-team-on-rock-in-2019/077166 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> with the hopes of the event offering increasing recognition and exposure for those involved in the scene/genre.<ref name=":14" /> The inaugural Heavy Music Awards ceremony, held on 24 August 2017 at the House of Vans in [[London]], received 97,000 votes.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=23 August 2018 |title="We've steamrollered last year's voting figures": Inside the return of the Heavy Music Awards |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...e-the-return-of-the-heavy-music-awards/073587 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":28" /> The ceremony was broadcast on the British TV channel [[Scuzz]] on 16 September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=24 August 2017 |title="We have been overwhelmed by the support": First ever Heavy Music Awards to take place tonight |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...avy-music-awards-to-take-place-tonight/069562 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The 2018 edition, which took place on 22 August 2018 at KOKO in London,<ref name=":21">{{Cite web |last=Clare |first=Katie |date=2018-08-26 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2018 KOKO London – Live Review |url=https://louderthanwar.com/heavy-music-awards-2018-koko-london-live-review/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Louder Than War]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> received 131,000 votes.<ref name=":5" /> The 2019 ceremony took place at the larger [[O2 Forum Kentish Town]] and was hosted by [[Laura Jane Grace]] of [[Against Me!]].<ref name=":20" /><ref>{{Cite web |title="We'll be welcoming world-class artists to our stage": Heavy Music Awards 2019 partners with O2 Forum Kentish Town |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...19-partners-with-o2-forum-kentish-town/074500 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2019, the Heavy Music Awards moved its annual date from August to May.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=MusicWeek Staff |date=6 November 2019 |title=Heavy Music Awards moves to May for 2020, returns to O2 Forum Kentish Town |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...-2020-returns-to-o2-forum-kentish-town/078000 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The Heavy Music Awards 2020 was due to take place on 21 May 2020.<ref name=":1" /> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] lockdowns, it was instead [[Live streaming|livestreamed]] on the [[Amazon Music|Amazon Music UK]] [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] channel on 3 September 2020, with its ceremony and live performers being filmed in differing locations.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=May |first=Steve |date=2020-09-07 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2020 announced on Amazon Music Twitch channel |url=https://audiomediainternational.com...020-announced-on-amazon-music-twitch-channel/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Audio Media International |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paine |first=Andre |date=4 November 2020 |title=Amazon Music on backing the 'raw energy of the rock scene' |url=https://www.musicweek.com/digital/r...cking-the-raw-energy-of-the-rock-scene/081784 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The ceremony drew in 150,000 votes and was watched by 177,000 people online.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanley |first=James |date=3 September 2020 |title=Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon and Download Festival among Heavy Music Awards winners |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/re...tival-among-heavy-music-awards-winners/081004 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2020-09-04 |title=Slipknot, Bring Me the Horizon, Rammstein, Others Honored At 'Heavy Music Awards' |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/s...mmstein-others-honored-at-heavy-music-awards/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en}}</ref> The 2021 edition Heavy Metal Awards was held as both an in-person event (at the O2 Forum Kentish Town) and a livestream, and saw a sharp increase in voters; between 16 June and 14 July 2021,<ref name=":24">{{Cite web |last=MusicWeek Staff |date=16 June 2021 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2021 finalists announced |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/re...g is open now until,win tickets to the awards. |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> the awards finalists collectively received over 1.4 million votes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Waite |first=Jacob |date=2021-09-17 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2021 Goes Hybrid |url=https://www.tpimagazine.com/heavy-music-awards-2021-goes-hybrid/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=TPi |language=en-GB}}</ref> The livestream was shut down by Twitch after Milkie Way of [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]] suffered a [[wardrobe malfunction]] that exposed her nipples whilst performing onstage with [[Trash Boat]], leading the Heavy Metal Awards channel to be striked for nudity and suspended for three days.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Childers |first=Chad ChildersChad |date=2021-09-03 |title=Twitch Shut Down Heavy Music Awards Stream Over Nipple Incident |url=https://loudwire.com/twitch-shut-down-2021-heavy-music-awards-stream-wargasm-milkie-way-nipples/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref> Way refused to apologize for the incident, whilst Trash Boat vocalist Tobi Duncan accused Twitch of using a [[double standard]], as both musicians were wearing outfits that exposed their nipples during the performance.<ref name=":4" />
The 2023 edition was hosted at the [[Wembley Arena|OVO Arena Wembley]], drawing in a crowd of 5,000 and receiving over 1.3 million votes from people in 161 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colothan |first=Scott |date=18 April 2023 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2023 announces first wave of live performers |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/kerrang/entertainment/music/heavy-music-awards-2023-live-performers/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Planet Rock}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Best |first=Josephine |date=2023-06-06 |title=Features {{!}} Heavy Music Awards 2023 Round Up |url=https://clunkmag.com/features-heavy-music-awards-2023-round-up/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Clunk Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Franklin |first=Dan |date=2023-06-02 |title=A New Generation Rises Up at the Heavy Music Awards 2023 |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/culture/a-new-generation-rises-up-at-the-heavy-music-awards-2023 |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards process ==
Nominees are selected for the Heavy Music Awards from a panel of people involved in the heavy [[music industry]], who are invited to list their top three albums for any given category, given it has been released in the previous year (between 1 January and 31 December) and fits specific criteria.<ref name=":14" /> The HMA has no say in selecting its finalists.<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/about |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> The top 7 artists in each category are then listed as finalists that are voted on by the general public on the Heavy Music Awards website.<ref name=":14" /> Its trophies are manufactured by Gaudio Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocking Out at the Heavy Music Awards |url=https://gaudio.co.uk/news/rocking-out-at-the-heavy-music-awards/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Gaudio Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>
The Heavy Music Awards 2017 had an initial panel size of 300+ personnel,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=The Moshville Times - Heavy Music Awards – judging panel blasts past 300 |url=https://www.moshville.co.uk/news/2017/04/heavy-music-awards-judging-panel-blasts-past-300/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=The Moshville Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> which has been expanded upon with its subsequent editions. The panel for the Heavy Music Awards 2024 is made up of almost 1,000 personnel.<ref name=":26" /><ref name=":27" />
==List of ceremonies==
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! style="width:9%;"| Date
! style="width:13%;"| Venue
! style="width:10%;"| Host city
! style="width:20%;"| Host(s)
! style="width:28%;"| Performers
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|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| 24 August
| House of Vans
| rowspan="8" | [[London]]
| Alex Baker and Sophie K
| [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]], [[Venom Prison]], [[Vukovi]], Dead!.
|align="center"|<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2017 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma17 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2018
| 23 August
|KOKO
| Sophie K
| [[Fever 333]], [[Milk Teeth]], [[Black Peaks]], Coldbones
| align="center" |<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2018 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma18 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| 22 August 2019
|[[O2 Forum Kentish Town]]
| [[Laura Jane Grace]]
| [[Cancer Bats]], [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]], [[Nova Twins]], Delaire The Liar
| align="center" |<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2019 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma19 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2020
| 3 September
| [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] (livestream)<br />HMA's Offices (awards)<br />Afterlive Music (performances)
| Sophie K and Jon Mahon
| [[The Hunna]], [[Holding Absence]], Heart of a Coward, [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]], Coldbones, Hawxx
| align="center" |<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2020 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma20 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2021
| 2 September
| rowspan="2" |O2 Forum Kentish Town
| rowspan="2" | Alex Baker
| [[Sleep Token]], [[Trash Boat]], [[Hot Milk (band)|Hot Milk]], [[As Everything Unfolds]]
| align="center" |<ref name=":25">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2021 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma21 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2022
| 5 June
| [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]], [[Holding Absence]], [[Meet Me at the Altar|Meet Me @ The Altar]], [[Static Dress]]
|align="center"|<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2022 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma22 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HMA22 Event Details Unveiled Including Full Performing Line-Up |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/hma22-event-details-unveiled-including-full-performing-line-up |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| 26 May
|[[Wembley Arena|OVO Arena Wembley]]
|Alex Baker, Alyx Holcombe and Nels Hylton
| [[Boston Manor (band)|Boston Manor]], Creeper, [[Lzzy Hale]] & Joe Hottinger (Unplugged ft. Sophie Lloyd), [[Underoath]], Vukovi ft. [[Scene Queen]]
| align="center" |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2023 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/awards/hma23 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-18 |title=First Wave of Performers and Hosts Announced for Heavy Music Awards 2023 |url=https://rocknloadmag.com/news/first...-hosts-announced-for-heavy-music-awards-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Rock 'N' Load |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Baker, Alyx Holcombe & Nels Hylton to Host HMA23 |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/hma23-hosts-announced |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2023-05-30 |title=Watch: HALESTORM's LZZY HALE And JOE HOTTINGER Perform With SOPHIE LLOYD At 2023 HEAVY MUSIC AWARDS |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/watch...-with-sophie-lloyd-at-2023-heavy-music-awards |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2024
| 22 August
|O2 Forum Kentish Town
|{{TBA}}
|{{TBA}}
| align="center" |<ref name=":27">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|}
== Award categories ==
=== Voted categories ===
As of the Heavy Music Awards 2024, nominees can win in the following categories:<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2024 Finalists Announced |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2024-nominees-announced |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Best Album
* Best Breakthrough Album
* Best UK Artist (awarded as Best UK band from 2017 to 2021)
* Best UK Live Artist
* Best International Artist (awarded as Best International Band from 2017 to 2021)
* Best International Live Artist
* Best Breakthrough Live Artist
* Best UK Breakthrough Artist (awarded as Best UK Breakthrough Band from 2017 to 2022)
* Best International Breakthrough Artist (awarded as Best International Breakthrough Band from 2017 to 2022)
* Best Album Artwork
=== Non-voted categories ===
* The H (awarded for "exceptional positive contribution to the heavy music scene")
* Pioneer (awarded for "groundbreaking approach to artistry and presentation")
* Icon (formerly Innovation Award) (presented for "exceptional long-standing positive contribution to the heavy music scene")
=== Retired categories ===
* Best Breakthrough Band (2017)
* Best Venue (2017)
* Best Photographer (2017 to 2020)
* Best Live Band (2017 to 2020), Best Live Artist (2021 to 2022)
* Best Festival (2017 to 2023)
* Best Production (2017 to 2023) (awarded as Best Producer from 2017 to 2020)
* Best Video (2020 to 2023)
* Best Podcast (2021 to 2022)
* Best Single (2021 to 2023)
== List of Heavy Music Awards winners and nominees ==
Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold'''.
=== 2017 ===
The H award was posthumously given to ''[[Kerrang!]]'' photographer Ashley Maile, and was accepted by on his behalf by his wife Caroline, sister Carly and friend Paul Harries.<ref name=":28">{{Cite web |last=Clare |first=Katie |date=2017-08-27 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2017 {{!}} House of Vans, London |url=https://louderthanwar.com/heavy-music-awards-2017/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=[[Louder Than War]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=George |date=22 May 2017 |title=The Heavy Music Awards reveals shortlist |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/the-heavy-music-awards-reveals-shortlist/068555 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
**''[[Gore (Deftones album)|Gore]]'' – [[Deftones]]
** ''[[Low Teens]]'' – [[Every Time I Die]]
** ''[[Magma (Gojira album)|Magma]]'' – [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]
** ''[[Hardwired... to Self-Destruct]]'' – [[Metallica]]
** ''[[Rheia (album)|Rheia]]'' – [[Oathbreaker (band)|Oathbreaker]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Black Sabbath]]'''
** Architects
** [[Biffy Clyro]]
** [[Black Peaks]]
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Enter Shikari]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]
** [[Every Time I Die]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]'''
** [[A Day to Remember]]
** [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
** [[Deftones]]
** [[Every Time I Die]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Metallica]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Ben Gibson'''
** Tom Barnes
** Corrine Cumming
** [[Ross Halfin]]
** Paul Harries
** Jennifer McCord
** [[John McMurtrie|John McMurtie]]
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Popestar]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]'''
** ''[[All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** ''[[I'm Not Well]]'' – [[Black Foxxes]]
** ''Gore'' – Deftones
** ''Magma'' – Gojira
** ''[[The Violent Sleep of Reason]]'' – [[Meshuggah]]
** ''[[Sorceress (Opeth album)|Sorceress]]'' – [[Opeth]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Band<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[I Prevail]]'''
** [[Black Peaks]]
** [[Black Foxxes]]
** [[Casey (band)|Casey]]
** Dead!
** [[Venom Prison]]
** [[Zeal & Ardor]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Download Festival|Download]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Bloodstock Open Air]]
** Desertfest
** [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading & Leeds]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":23" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Venue<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2017: The winners list |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/heavy-music-awards-2017-the-winners-list/069586 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":23" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Fredrik Noström & Henrik Udd'''
** [[Tom Dalgety]]
** [[John Feldmann]]
** [[Greg Fidelman]]
** [[Matt Hyde]]
** [[Dan Lancaster]]
** [[Will Putney]]
|
* '''[[Brixton Academy|O2 Academy]], Brixton'''
** Black Heart, [[Camden Town|Camden]]
** The Dome, [[Tufnell Park]]
** KOKO, Camden
** [[O2 Forum Kentish Town|O2 Forum, Kentish Town]]
** [[Camden Underworld|The Underworld]], Camden
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":22" />
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |'''Ashley Maile''' (awarded posthumously)
|}
=== 2018 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Harriet |date=2018-04-30 |title=Heavy Music Awards announce 2018 finalists |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/heavy-music-awards-announce-2018-finalists/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[You Are We]]'' – [[While She Sleeps]]'''
** ''[[Forever (Code Orange album)|Forever]]'' – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** ''[[The Dusk in Us]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]]
** ''[[Eternity, in Your Arms|Eternity, In Your Arms]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** ''[[The Spark (album)|The Spark]]'' – [[Enter Shikari]]
** ''[[Emperor of Sand]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]
** ''[[After the Party (album)|After the Party]]'' – [[The Menzingers]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** [[Arcane Roots]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Marmozets]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Every Time I Die]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Metallica]]'''
** [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** [[Converge (band)|Converge]]
** [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]
** [[The Menzingers|The Mezingers]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Ed Mason'''
** Corrine Cumming
** Ben Gibson
** Joshua Halling
** Paul Harries
** [[Tina Korhonen]]
** Jennifer McCord
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Milk Teeth]]'''
** Bad Sign
** [[Conjurer (band)|Conjurer]]
** [[Employed to Serve]]
** [[Holding Absence]]
** [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]]
** [[Venom Prison]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[The Future in Whose Eyes?]] –''''' '''[[Sikth]] (Meats Meier)'''
** ''[[Mirror Reaper]]'' – [[Bell Witch (band)|Bell Witch]] (Mariusz Lewandowski)
** ''[[The Dusk in Us]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]] ([[Jacob Bannon]])
** ''[[Eternity, in Your Arms|Eternity, In Your Arms]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creepe]]<nowiki/>r (Nicky Barkla)
** ''[[Modern Ruin (Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes album)|Modern Ruin]]'' – [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]<br />(Dean Richardson/Studio Yuck)
** ''[[Emperor of Sand]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Matsodon]] (Donny Phillips)
** ''[[Mesmer (album)|Mesmer]]'' – [[Northlane]] (Jacques Duquette/Fvckrender)
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Knocked Loose]]'''
** [[Brutus (Belgian band)|Brutus]]
** [[Can't Swim]]
** [[Palaye Royale]]
** [[Sløtface|Slotface]]
** [[Stand Atlantic]]
** [[Waterparks (band)|Waterparks]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Hellfest|Hellfest Open Air]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Bloodstock Open Air]]
** [[Download Festival]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
** UK Tech Fest
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Will Putney]]'''
** [[Kurt Ballou]]
** Romesh Dodangoda
** Neil D. Kennedy
** [[Dan Lancaster]]
** [[Brendan O'Brien (record producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]
** [[Will Yip]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H Award<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":21" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |The [[Murder of Sophie Lancaster|Sophie Lancaster]] Foundation
|}
=== 2019 ===
The H Award was given to the Dixon family. According to ''MMH News'', the family "are revered on the live circuit for selflessly offering accommodation to bands touring the [[North East England|north east]] [of England] for many years."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ingram |first=Stephanie |date=2019-08-23 |title=Heavy Music Awards |url=https://mmhradio.co.uk/heavy-metal-music-awards-mmh-news/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=MMH News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18">{{Cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Eamon |date=20 August 2019 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2019 Announce Finalists. |url=http://www.eonmusic.co.uk/5/post/2019/08/heavy-music-awards-2019-announce-finalists.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=eonmusic: music for life. |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Holy Hell (Architects album)|Holy Hell]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** ''All That Divides'' – [[Black Peaks]]
** ''[[Prequelle]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** ''[[Joy as an Act of Resistance]]'' – [[Idles]]
** ''[[Firepower (album)|Firepower]]'' – [[Judas Priest]]
** ''[[Reverence (Parkway Drive album)|Reverence]]'' – [[Parkway Drive]]
** ''[[Time & Space]]'' – [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Bring Me the Horizon]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[Black Peaks]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Iron Maiden]]
** [[Judas Priest]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Fever 333]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Slayer]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Parkway Drive]]'''
** [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
** [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[Halestorm]]
** [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
** [[Twenty One Pilots]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Paul Harries'''
** Derek Bremer
** Thomas Lisle Coe-Brooker
** Corrine Cumming
** Jennifer McCord
** Tom Pullen
** Ester Segarra
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Dream State]]'''
** [[Conjurer (band)|Conjurer]]
** [[Holding Absence]]
** Parting Gift
** [[Puppy (band)|Puppy]]
** [[Sleep Token]]
** [[Yonaka]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Album Artwork<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Prequelle]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] (Zbigniew M. Bielak)'''
** ''[[Holy Hell (Architects album)|Holy Hell]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (Dan Hillier)
** ''[[I Loved You at Your Darkest|I Loved You At Your Darkest]]'' – [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] ([[Nicola Samori]])
** ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Boston Manor album)|Welcome to the Neighborhood]]'' – [[Boston Manor (band)|Boston Manor]] (Josh Halling & Martin Ruffin)
** ''[[Gravity (Bullet for My Valentine album)|Gravity]]'' – [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (Daniel Holub)
** ''[[Technology (Don Broco album)|Technology]]'' – [[Don Broco]] (Charlotte Smith)
** ''[[Firepower (album)|Firepower]]'' – [[Judas Priest]] ([[Claudio Bergamin]])
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Fever 333]]'''
** [[Alien Weaponry]]
** [[Bad Wolves]]
** Møl
** [[Pagan (band)|Pagan]]
** [[The Faim]]
** [[Vein.fm|Vein]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":16" /><ref name=":18" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Bloodstock Open Air]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Download Festival|Download]]
** [[Hellfest|Hellfest Open Air]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
** [[Wacken Open Air]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Dan Weller]]'''
** [[Tom Dalgety]]
** Romesh Dodangoda
** Lewis Johns
** [[Nick Raskulinecz]]
** [[Andy Sneap]]
** [[Will Yip]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":16" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |'''The Dixon Family'''
|}
=== 2020 ===
[[Catherine Marks]] and Ester Segarra became the first women to win in each of their respective categories, for Best Producer and Best Photographer.<ref name=":12" /> The H Award was given to Dom Fraiser and Space, owner of the Boileroom venue in [[Guildford]].<ref name=":12" />
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards 2020 finalists announced - ALTCORNER.com |url=https://altcorner.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2020-finalists-announced/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=altcorner.com}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[We Are Not Your Kind]]'' – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]'''
** ''[[Metal Galaxy]]'' – [[Babymetal]]
** ''Celebrity Mansions'' – [[Dinosaur Pile-Up|Dinasour Pile-Up]]
** ''[[Sundowning (Sleep Token album)|Sundowning]]'' – [[Sleep Token]]
** ''[[Fear Inoculum]]'' – [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
** ''[[So What? (While She Sleeps album)|So What?]]'' – [[While She Sleeps]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Bring Me the Horizon]]'''
** [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** [[Bury Tomorrow]]
** [[Employed to Serve]]
** [[Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes|Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes]]
** [[Venom Prison]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Rammstein]]'''
** [[Amon Amarth]]
** [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]]
** [[Brutus (Belgian band)|Brutus]]
** [[Fever 333]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]'''
** [[Fever 333]]
** [[The Interrupters (band)|The Interrupters]]
** [[Parkway Drive]]
** [[Rammstein]]
** [[Stray from the Path|Stray From the Path]]
** [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Photographer<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''Ester Segarra'''
** Sarah Louise Bennet
** Corinne Cumming
** Paul Harries
** Jennifer McCord
** Jake Owens
** Sabrina Ramdoyal
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Nova Twins]]'''
** Cold Years
** [[Higher Power (band)|Higher Power]]
** [[Hot Milk (band)|Hot Milk]]
** [[Ithaca (band)|Ithaca]]
** Pengshui
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''"Action" – [[Don Broco]] (dir. Benjamin Roberds)'''
** "[[In the Dark (Bring Me the Horizon song)|In the Dark]]" – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (dir. [[Oli Sykes]])
** "Born Cold" – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]] (dir. Oscar Sansom)
** "Stop the Clocks" – [[Enter Shikari]] (dir. Polygon)
** "[[Scary Mask]]" – [[Poppy (singer)|Poppy]] ft. [[Fever 333]] (dir. [[Titanic Sinclair]])
** "[[Deutschland (song)|Deutschland]]" – [[Rammstein]] (dir. Specter Berlin)
** "[[Unsainted]]" – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] (dir. [[Shawn Crahan]])
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* '''''[[Gold & Grey]]'' – [[Baroness (band)|Baroness]] ([[John Dyer Baizley]])'''
** ''[[Hidden History of the Human Race]]'' – [[Blood Incantation]] (Bruce Pennington)
** ''[[Amo (Bring Me the Horizon album)|amo]]'' – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (Darren Oorloff)
** ''[[The Nothing (Korn album)|The Nothing]]'' – [[Korn]] (Tension Division)
** ''[[Rammstein]]'' – [[Rammstein]] (Jes Larson)
** ''Samsara'' – [[Venom Prison]] ([[Eliran Kantor]])
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
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| valign="top" |
* '''[[Polaris (Australian band)|Polaris]]'''
** [[The Hu]]
** [[Jesus Piece (band)|Jesus Piece]]
** [[Simple Creatures]]
** [[Skynd (band)|SKYND]]
** [[Stand Atlantic]]
** [[Thornhill (band)|Thornhill]]
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* '''[[Download Festival|Download]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[ArcTanGent Festival|ArcTanGent]]
** [[Bloodstock Open Air]]
** [[Hellfest|Hellfest Open Air]]
** Roadburn
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Producer<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":13" />
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''[[Catherine Marks]]'''
** Carl Brown
** Romesh Dodangoda
** [[Greg Fidelman]]
** [[Adam "Nolly" Getgood]]
** [[Larry Hibbitt]]
** George Lever
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |'''Dom Fraser & Space'''
|}
=== 2021 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Post Human: Survival Horror]] –'' [[Bring Me the Horizon]]'''
** ''[[Cannibal (Bury Tomorrow album)|Cannibal]]'' – [[Bury Tomorrow]]
** ''[[Underneath (Code Orange album)|Underneath]]'' – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** ''[[Sex, Death & the Infinite Void]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** ''[[Ohms (album)|Ohms]]'' – [[Deftones]]
** ''[[Tickets to My Downfall]]'' – [[Machine Gun Kelly (musician)|Machine Gun Kelly]]
** ''[[All Distortions Are Intentional]]'' – [[Neck Deep]]
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* '''Bring Me the Horizon'''
** Bury Tomorrow
** Creeper
** Loathe
** Neck Deep
** Nova Twins
** While She Sleeps
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Ghostemane]]'''
** [[Corey Taylor]]
** [[Deftones]]
** [[Five Finger Death Punch]]
** [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]]
** [[The Pretty Reckless]]
** [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
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* '''[[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]'''
** [[As Everything Unfolds]]
** Caskets
** Death Blooms
** Phoxjaw
** [[Salem (British punk band)|Salem]]
** [[Static Dress]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Spiritbox]]'''
** [[Dying Wish (band)|Dying Wish]]
** [[End (band)|END]]
** Ghøstkid
** [[Meet Me at the Altar|Meet Me @ the Altar]]
** [[Tallah]]
** Yours Truly
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* '''''[[Afterburner (Dance Gavin Dance album)|Afterburner]]'' – [[Dance Gavin Dance]] ([[Mattias Adolfsson]])'''
** ''[[Underneath (Code Orange album)|Underneath]]'' – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]] (Jami Morgan)
** ''[[Sex, Death & the Infinite Void]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]] (Demon Dance, Andy Pritchard)
** ''Anti-Icon'' – [[Ghostemane]] (Carlos Estrada aka Sliizz)
** ''Sleepless'' – Palm Reader (Tom Johnson, Jamie McDonals)
** ''Royal Swan'' – [[Phoxjaw]] (Peter the Roman)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Podcast<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''"Taxi" – [[Nova Twins]]'''
** "[[Animals (Architects song)|Animals]]" – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (dir. Dan Searle)
** "[[Obey (Bring Me the Horizon and Yungblud song)|Obey]]" – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] ft. [[Yungblud]] (dir. [[Oli Sykes]])
** "[[Ohms (song)|Ohms]]" – [[Deftones]] (dir. Rafatoon)
** "Snowblood" – [[Erra (band)|ERRA]] (dir. Kevin Johnson)
** "Hypa Hypa" – Eskimo Cowboy (dir. Pascal Schillo & Oliver Schillo)
** "Sleeps Society" – [[While She Sleeps]]
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* '''The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds)'''
** The Jasta Show ([[Jamey Jasta]])
** Lifers (Ed Gamble)
** The Punk Rock MBA ([[Finn McKenty]])
** Riot Act (Stephen Hill & Remfry Dedman)
** Sappenin' (Sean Smith & Morgan Richards)
** Someone Who Isn't Me ([[Daniel P. Carter]])
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Production<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" />
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''''[[Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible]]'' – [[Enter Shikari]] (Rou Reynolds)'''
** ''[[Post Human: Survival Horror]] –'' [[Bring Me the Horizon]] ([[Jordan Fish]] & [[Oli Sykes]]) ing Me the Horizon (Jordan Fish & Oli Sykes)r B
** [[Underneath (Code Orange album)|''Underneath'']] ''– [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]'' (Jami Morgan & [[Nick Raskulinecz]])
** ''[[Sex, Death & the Infinite Void]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]] (Xandy Barry)
** ''[[Brain Pain]]'' – [[Four Year Strong]] ([[Will Putney]])
** ''[[I Let It In and It Took Everything]]'' – [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]] (Loathe & George Lever)
** ''Sleepless'' – Palm Reader (Lewis Johns)
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |'''Music Venue Trust'''
|}
=== 2022 ===
The H Award was given to Heavy Metal Truants, a charity cycle challenge established in 2013 by ex-''[[Metal Hammer]]'' editor-in-chief Alexander Milas and Iron Maiden manager [[Rod Smallwood]]. As of 2022, it has raised over £1 million for [[Teenage Cancer Trust]], Nordoff Robbins, [[Childline]], and [[Save the Children|Save The Children]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=MusicWeek Staff |date=7 June 2022 |title="It's inspiring to see so many people support us": Heavy Metal Truants to embark on 10th annual charity ride |url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/rea...-to-embark-on-10th-annual-charity-ride/085945 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Music Week]] |language=en}}</ref> The Innovation Award was given to While She Sleeps in recognition of their fan-led Sleeps Society initiative,<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Heavy Music Awards: The community spirit of the alternative music scene |url=https://www.prsformusic.com/m-magazine/features/heavy-music-awards-2022 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.prsformusic.com |language=en}}</ref> which allowed the band to release their fifth album ''[[Sleeps Society]]'' (2021) and stay afloat without the backing of a label and touring amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe DiVitaJoe |date=2020-10-15 |title=While She Sleeps Form 'Sleeps Society' With New Song + We Want In |url=https://loudwire.com/while-she-sleeps-sleeps-society-album-song-patreon/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=The Heavy Music Awards 2022: A night of celebration and community |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/culture/the-heavy-music-awards-2022-a-night-of-celebration-and-community |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=The Heavy Music Awards 2022: A night of celebration and community |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/culture/the-heavy-music-awards-2022-a-night-of-celebration-and-community |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last= |date=9 March 2022 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2022 Finalists Announced |url=https://www.heavymusicawards.com/news/heavy-music-awards-2022-finalists-announced |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Heavy Music Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Artist<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[For Those That Wish to Exist]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** ''[[Below (album)|Below]]'' – [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
** ''[[Bullet for My Valentine (album)|Bullet for My Valentine]] –'' [[Bullet for My Valentine]]
** ''[[Amazing Things (Don Broco album)|Amazing Things]]'' – Don Broco
** ''[[Holding Absence|The Greatest Mistake of My Life]]'' – Holding Absence Holding Absence
** ''[[Eternal Blue (album)|Eternal Blue]]'' – Spiritbox
** ''[[Glow On]]'' – Turnstile
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* '''[[Architects (British band)|Architects]]'''
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Don Broco]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Nova Twins]]
** [[Sleep Token]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Artist<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Live Artist<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]'''
** [[A Day to Remember]]
** [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]
** [[Lorna Shore]]
** [[Spiritbox]]
** [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
** [[Turnstile (band)|Turnstile]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Enter Shikari]]'''
** [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
** [[Bullet for My Valentine]]
** [[Don Broco]]
** [[Sleep Token]]
** [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]
** [[While She Sleeps]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Band<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Band<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Cassyette]]'''
** [[Bob Vylan]]
** [[Heriot (band)|Heriot]]
** [[Kid Kapichi]]
** [[Pupil Slicer]]
** [[Static Dress]]
** Witch Fever
| valign="top" |
* '''[[KennyHoopla]]'''
** [[Bloodywood]]
** [[Magnolia Park (band)|Magnolia Park]]
** [[Meet Me at the Altar|Meet Me @ the Altar]]
** [[Pinkshift]]
** [[Vended]]
** [[Yours Truly (band)|Yours Truly]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Single<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Production<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''"[[Die4U|Die4u]]" – Bring Me the Horizon'''
** "Meteor" – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** "Out for Blood" – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]]
** "Afterlife" – [[Holding Absence]]
** "Circle With Me" – [[Spiritbox]]
** "In the Court of the Dragon" – [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]]
** "Fleabag" – [[Yungblud]]
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[Bullet for My Valentine (album)|Bullet for My Valentine]]'' – [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (Carl Brown)'''
** ''[[Fortitude (album)|Fortitude]]'' – [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]] ([[Joe Duplantier]])
** ''The Greatest Mistake of My Life'' – [[Holding Absence]] ([[Dan Weller]])
** ''[[Hushed and Grim]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] ([[David Bottrill]])
** ''[[Eternal Blue (album)|Eternal Blue]]'' – Spiritbox (Daniel Braunstein and Michael Stringer)
** ''[[In the Court of the Dragon]]'' – [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] (Josh Wilbur)
** ''[[Sleeps Society]]'' – [[While She Sleeps]] (Carl Brown and Sean Long)
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Podcast<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''On Wednesdays We Wear Black (Sophie K & Yasmine Summan)'''
** The Downbeat (Craig Reynolds)
** Hell Bent For Metal (Tom Dare and Matt Rushton)
** Life in the Stocks (Matt Stocks)
** Peer Pleasure (Dewey Halpus)
** Sappenin Podcast with Sean Smith ([[Sean Smith (Welsh singer)|Sean Smith]] and Morgan Richards)
** The State of the Scene Podcast (Sam & Marcos)
| valign="top" |
* '''"Pump It" – [[Electric Callboy]] (dir. Pascal Schillo & Oliver Schillo)'''
** "[[Die4U|Die4u]]" – [[Bring Me the Horizon]] (dir. [[Oli Sykes]])
** "Out for Blood" – [[Code Orange (band)|Code Orange]] (dir. Max Moore)
** "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan" – [[Don Broco]] (dir. Do Not Entry)
** "Born for One Thing" – [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]] (dir. Charles De Meyes)
** "Hip to Be Scared" – [[Ice Nine Kills]] ft. [[Jacoby Shaddix]] (dir. [[Jensen Noen]])
** "Don't You Feel Amazing?" – [[Trash Boat]] (dir. Zak Pinchin)
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":10" />
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''''[[In the Court of the Dragon]]'' – [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] (Mathieu Nozières)'''
** ''[[For Those That Wish to Exist]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (Tom Welsh, Giles Smith, Featherwax)
** ''[[Bloodmoon: I]]'' – [[Converge (band)|Converge]] & [[Chelsea Wolfe]] ([[Jacob Bannon]])
** ''Conquering'' – [[Employed to Serve]] (Luke Preece)
** ''[[Hushed and Grim]]'' – [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] (Paul Romano)
** ''[[Let the Bad Times Roll]]'' – [[The Offspring]] (Daveed Benito)
** ''[[Echo (Of Mice & Men album)|Echo]]'' – [[Of Mice & Men (band)|Of Mice & Men]] (Derek Hess)
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":11" />
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |Heavy Metal Truants
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Innovation Award
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |The Sleeps Society – [[While She Sleeps]]
|}
=== 2023 ===
The Scottish [[pop-punk]] band [[Vukovi]] led the Heavy Music Awards 2023 with five nominations (winning one), whilst Nova Twins, Halestorm and Ghost all received four nominations.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Wilson-Taylor |first=James |date=24 May 2023 |title=Heavy Music Awards 2023: Everything You Need To Know |url=https://rocksound.tv/news/heavy-music-awards-2023-nominees-performers-tickets |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=[[Rock Sound]]}}</ref> The H Award was given to the Teddy Rocks Festival, founded by The Bottom Line guitarist Tom Newton to raise money for Teddy20, a [[Childhood cancer|children's cancer]] charity.<ref name=":7" /> The Icon award was given to [[Daniel P. Carter]], radio DJ and host of the [[BBC Radio 1]] Rock Show.<ref name=":6" />
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19">{{Cite web |last=DiVita |first=Joe |date=2023-03-15 |title=All 2023 Heavy Music Awards Nominees Revealed For 14 Categories |url=https://noisecreep.com/2023-heavy-music-awards-nominees/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=[[Noisecreep]] |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Album<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''[[The Death of Peace of Mind]]'' – [[Bad Omens]]'''
** ''[[The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit]]'' – [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
** ''[[Impera]]'' – [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** ''[[Back from the Dead (Halestorm album)|Back From the Dead]]'' – [[Halestorm]]
** ''[[Supernova (Nova Twins album)|Supernova]]'' – [[Nova Twins]]
** ''[[The End, So Far]]'' – [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
** ''Nula'' – [[Vukovi]]
| valign="top" |
* '''''Love and Other Lies'' – Charlotte Sands'''
** ''[[Rakshak (album)|Rakshak]]'' – [[Bloodywood]]
** ''Sad Girl Mixtape'' – [[Cassyette]]
** ''[[Profound Morality]]'' – [[Heriot (band)|Heriot]]
** ''Rouge Carpet Disaster'' – [[Static Dress]]
** ''Explicit: The MiXXXtape'' – [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]
** ''Congregation'' – Witch Fever
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Live Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Sleep Token]]'''
** [[Bob Vylan]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Holding Absence]]
** [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]
** [[Nova Twins]]
** [[Vukovi]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Skindred]]'''
** [[Biffy Clyro]]
** [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
** [[Enter Shikari]]
** [[Neck Deep]]
** [[Nova Twins]]
** [[Vukovi]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Halestorm]]'''
** [[Bad Omens]]
** [[Electric Callboy]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** [[I Prevail]]
** [[Polyphia]]
** [[Spiritbox]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[As December Falls]]'''
** Blackgold
** Cody Frost
** [[Delilah Bon]]
** [[Kid Bookie]]
** Lake Malice
** ZAND
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Single<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Scene Queen]]'''
** Charlotte Sands
** [[Chat Pile]]
** [[L.S. Dunes|LS Dunes]]
** Scowl
** Soul Blind
** Zulu
| valign="top" |
* '''"The Void Stares Back"''' – Enter Shikari ft. Wargasm
** "When We Were Young" – Architects
** "Strangers" – Bring Me the Horizon
** "Ghost Brigade" – Creeper
** "Call Me Little Sunshine" – Ghost
** "They Fear Us" – Ithaca
** "STFU" – Neck Deep
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Production<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Video<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''Nula'' – [[Vukovi]]'''
** ''[[The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit]]'' – Architects
** ''[[The Death of Peace of Mind]]'' – [[Bad Omens]]
** ''Back From the Dead'' – Halestorm
** ''They Fear Us'' – Ithaca
** ''Where Myth Becomes Memory'' – Rolo Tomassi
** ''Rouge Carpet Disaster'' – Static Dress
| valign="top" |
* '''"Werewolf" – Motionless in White'''
** "Sad Girl Summer" – [[Cassyette]]
** "The Liars Club" – [[Coheed and Cambria]]
** "Hurrikan" – [[Electric Callboy]]
** "Choose Your Fighter" – Nova Twins
** "Glitch" – Parkway Drive
** "Playing God" – Polyphia
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Festival<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''''Malicious Intent'' – [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]'''
** ''[[Vaxis – Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind]]'' – [[Coheed and Cambria]]
** ''[[Darker Still]]'' – [[Parkway Drive]]
** ''[[Remember That You Will Die]]'' – [[Polyphia]]
** ''Nula'' – [[Vukovi]]
** ''Congregation'' – Witch Fever
** ''[[Zeal & Ardor (album)|Zeal & Ardor]]'' – [[Zeal & Ardor]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Download Festival|Download]]'''
** [[2000trees]]
** [[Aftershock Festival|Aftershock]]
** BMTH Malta Weekender
** [[Hellfest]]
** [[Outbreak Festival|Outbreak]]
** [[Slam Dunk Records|Slam Dunk]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Live Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Live Artist<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":19" />
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Electric Callboy]]'''
** [[Alexisonfire]]
** [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]]
** Halestorm
** My Chemical Romance
** Parkway Drive
** Turnstile
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Static Dress]]'''
** [[As Everything Unfolds]]
** [[Cassyette]]
** [[Heriot (band)|Heriot]]
** [[Joey Valence & Brae]]
** Lake Malice
** Witch Fever
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |The H<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: center;" |'''Teddy Rocks Festival'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Pioneer<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |[[Biffy Clyro|'''Biffy Clyro''']]
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%" |Icon<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |[[Daniel P. Carter|'''Daniel P. Carter''']]
|}
=== 2024 ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Album<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |
* ''Ultraviolet'' – [[As Everything Unfolds]]
* ''[[One More Time...]]'' – [[Blink-182]]
* ''[[Sanguivore (album)|Sanguivore]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
* ''[[A Kiss for the Whole World|A Kiss For the Whole World]]'' – [[Enter Shikari]]
* ''The Noble Art of Self Destruction'' – [[Holding Absence]]
* ''[[Take Me Back to Eden]]'' – [[Sleep Token]]
| valign="top" |
* ''[[Rivers of Heresy]]'' – [[Empire State Bastard]]
* ''A Mind Waiting to Die'' – Graphic Nature
* ''Retrovision'' – [[Honey Revenge]]
* ''A Call to the Void'' – [[Hot Milk (band)|Hot Milk]]
* ''Imposter Syndrome'' – Sophie Lloyd
* ''[[Venom (Wargasm album)|Venom]]'' – [[Wargasm (band)|Wargasm]]
* ''[[A New Tomorrow]]'' – [[Zulu (band)|Zulu]]
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Architects (British band)|Architects]]
* [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
* [[Enter Shikari]]
* [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]
* [[Nova Twins]]
* [[Skindred]]
* [[Sleep Token]]
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* [[Avenged Sevenfold]]
* [[Bad Omens]]
* [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]]
* [[Electric Callboy]]
* [[Landmvrks]]
* [[Slaughter to Prevail]]
* [[Spiritbox]]
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Bob Vylan]]
* [[Bring Me the Horizon]]
* [[Enter Shikari]]
* [[Holding Absence]]
* [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]
* [[Sleep Token]]
* [[While She Sleeps]]
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* [[Bad Omens]]
* [[Electric Callboy]]
* [[Ice Nine Kills]]
* [[Landmvrks]]
* [[Limp Bizkit]]
* [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
* [[Spiritbox]]
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Breakthrough Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best UK Breakthrough Live Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
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* [[Better Lovers]]
* [[Kid Bookie]]
* Knife Bride
* Lake Malice
* The Meffs
* [[Scene Queen]]
* Thrown
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* ALT BLK ERA
* Graphic Nature
* Knife Bride
* Røry
* Snayx
* Unpeople
* Zetra
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! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best International Breakthrough Artist<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
! style="background:#EEDD85; width=50%" |Best Album Artwork<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-24 |title=The Heavy Music Awards Unveils 2024 Finalists |url=https://knotfest.com/blogs/news/the-heavy-music-awards-unveils-2024-finalists |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Knotfest |language=en}}</ref>
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* Games We Play
* Half Me
* [[Honey Revenge]]
* [[Kim Dracula]]
* Koyo
* Speed
* Thrown
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* ''[[Stone (Baroness album)|Stone]]'' – [[Baroness (band)|Baroness]]
* ''[[Sanguivore (album)|Sanguivore]]'' – [[Creeper (band)|Creeper]]
* ''[[Rivers of Heresy]]'' – Empire State Bastard
* ''[[72 Seasons]]'' – [[Metallica]]
* ''[[Take Me Back to Eden]]'' – [[Sleep Token]] Sleep To
* ''The Weight of the Mask'' – Svalbard
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== References ==
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[[Category:British music awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2017]]
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erforming arts trophies]][[Category:Recurring events established in 2017]]
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