Loudwire Music Awards New Performers Announced

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The Loudwire Music Awards has announced that Anthrax and Nothing More will perform alongside previously announced artists Ice-T and Body Count, Halestorm, Starset and Power Trip in addition to a special guest performance from Rob Halford. Tickets for the concert, which takes place Oct. 24 at The Novo in downtown Los Angeles, are on-sale now here.

The Loudwire Music Awards will be curating exclusive playlists on Apple Music to spotlight the top hard rock and heavy metal released this year, and Apple Music will be featuring these playlists in support of the following awards categories: Heavy Metal Song of the Year, Hard Rock Song of the Year and Breakthrough Band. For the above categories, the fans will let their voices be heard by streaming the songs and the total streaming numbers will dictate the winners.

This year Loudwire’s staff opened up the band/artist nomination process by inviting the input of hard rock and heavy metal’s top managers, publicists, DJs, agents, A&R reps, festival promoters and the artists themselves. The 2017 Loudwire Music Awards nominee class sees multiple nominations for industry heavyweights like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Avenged Sevenfold, and exciting newcomers Power Trip, Code Orange, and Frank Carter & The Rattlensnakes.

Loudwire.com readers can vote in multiple awards categories, including Album and Artist of the Year at Loudwireawards.Com.

Following are the categories and nominees for the 2017 Loudwire Music Awards:

HARD ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR
* In This Moment
* Korn
* Papa Roach
* Pretty Reckless
* Starset
* Stone Sour

METAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
* Avenged Sevenfold
* Body Count
* Code Orange
* Mastodon
* Metallica
* Power Trip

HARD ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
* At The Drive In “In*Ter * A*Li*A”
* Highly Suspect “The Boy Who Died Wolf”
* Papa Roach “Crooked Teeth”
* Royal Thunder “WICK”
* Starset “Vessels”
* Stone Sour “Hydrograd”

METAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
* Avenged Sevenfold “The Stage”
* Body Count “Bloodlust”
* Code Orange “Forever”
* Mastodon “Emperor of Sand”
* Metallica “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”
* Power Trip “Nightmare Logic”

HARD ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR
* Foo Fighters “Run”
* Fozzy “Judas”
* I Prevail “Alone”
* Nothing More “Go To War”
* Of Mice & Men “Unbreakable”
* Starset “Monster”

METAL SONG OF THE YEAR
* Body Count “No Lives Matter”
* DragonForce “Ashes of the Dawn”
* Municipal Waste “Amateur Sketch”
* Obituary “Sentence Day”
* Pallbearer “I Saw The End”
* Power Trip “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)”

BEST LIVE BAND
* Amon Amarth
* Anthrax
* Behemoth
* The Dillinger Escape Plan
* Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
* Iron Maiden

MOST DEDICATED FANS
* Babymetal
* Blink-182
* Halestorm
* I Prevail
* Iron Maiden
* Rammstein

BREAKTHROUGH BAND
* Avatar
* Beartooth
* Bloodclot
* Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
* King Woman
* Royal Thunder

BEST NEW ARTIST
* Black Map
* Cover Your Tracks
* Ded
* Gone Is Gone
* Greta Van Fleet
* Zeal & Ardor

BEST VOCALIST
* Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
* Maria Brink, In This Moment
* Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden
* Myles Kennedy, Alter Bridge
* MLNY Parsonz, Royal Thunder
* Corey Taylor, Stone Sour

BEST GUITARIST
* Tosin Abasi. Animals As Leaders
* Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance, Avenged Sevenfold
* Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher, Mastodon
* Dave Mustaine & Kiko Loureiro – Megadeth
* Mark Tremonti, Alter Bridge
* Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne/Zakk Sabbath

BEST DRUMMER
* Charlie Benante, Anthrax
* Brann Dailor, Mastodon
* Mario Duplantier, Gojira
* Tomas Haake, Meshuggah
* Matt Greiner, August Burns Red
* Vinnie Paul, Hellyeah

BEST BASSIST
* Frank Bello, Anthrax
* Derek Boyer, Suffocation
* Rex Brown, Rex Brown
* Matt Freeman, Rancid
* Steve Harris, Iron Maiden
* Mike Kerr, Royal Blood

Previously announced:

The COURAGE AWARD – Tony Iommi

The LEMMY AWARD – Rob Halford of JUDAS PRIEST

WWE’s Chris Jericho will serve as host for the first-ever Loudwire Music Awards ceremony and concert with Rob Halford of Judas Priest receiving the “Lemmy Lifetime Achievement Award,” named in honor of late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. Halford will join Black Sabbath guitarist and fellow heavy metal icon Tony Iommi, who will be presented with the “Courage Award,” which recognizes not only his unparalleled musical output, but his absolute bravery in his battle with cancer.

Watch the video announcement of nominees and added performers