The fourth edition of annual ROLLING STONE Magazine’s Metal Awards have announced the nominees for this year. The nominees are a mixed bag of various sub-genres of metal ranging from extreme metal like thrash & black to progressive metal. Bands like Heretic, Devoid, 1833 AD, Noiseware and Skyharbor are amongst the most nominated bands.

Here is the list of all nominees across all categories:

Best Band
1833 AD
Devoid
Heretic
Orion
Skyharbor

Best  Album
Skyharbor – Blinding White Noise: Illusion and Chaos
1833 AD – My Dark Symphony
Orion – On The Banks Of Rubicon
Heretic – Words To Epilogues
Devoid – The Invasion

Best Song
Skyharbor – “Illusion: Dots”
Noiseware – “Flicker”
Devoid – “Brahma Weapon”
1833 AD – “Wiser Than The Wisest”
Alien Sky Cult – “We Are The Damned”
Heretic – “Ring Of Colours”

Best Vocalist
Akhil Unnikrishnan – Heretic
Aman Virdi – Noiseware
Arun Iyer – Devoid
Nishant Abraham – 1833 AD
Rainjong Lepcha – Rectified Spirit

Best Guitarist
Abhijit Namboodiripad & Hareesh Kumar – Heretic
Aniket Patni & Adhiraj Singh – Noiseware
Arun Iyer & Sanju Aguiar – Devoid
Keshav Dhar – Skyharbor
Vigneshkumar Venkatraman & Ashwin Kulkarni – Orion

Best Drummer
Gautam Deb – Noiseware
Nishant Hagjer – Rectified Spirit
Pritesh Prabhune – Orion
Pritpal Singh – Jehovah
Raghav Sehgal – 1833 AD
Shubham Kumar – Devoid

Best Bassist
Adwait Jadhav- Nihilanth
Benjamin Thomas – Heretic
Bob Alex – Noiseware
Himangshu Borah – Rectified Spirit
Nikhil Rufus Raj – Skyharbor

Best Keyboardist
Taz James – Chaotic Years
Vivin Kuruvilla – Wolf’s Lair
Pretom Boro – Tick’s Talk

[ Source: Rolling Stone India ]