Rolling Stone India invited entries for the third Rolling Stone Metal awards in eight categories from bands across the country and they have the final nominees for this year’s awards. Fans can vote for their favorite bands in three categories – Best Song, Best Album and Best Band – starting May 25th, 2012 right up to June 25th, 2012. The Rolling Stone Metal Awards will be held on July 1st, 2012 at the Blue Frog and will also feature performances by some of the best metal bands in the country.

Best Band:
Dark Helm
Eccentric Pendulum
Goddess Gagged
Pangea
Providence

Best Album:
Persepolis – Dark Helm
Winding the Optics – Eccentric Pendulum
Resurfaces – Goddess Gagged
Snails Are When I Was Young – Pangea
Vanguard – Providence

Best Song:
“The Axioms of Aphotic Expressions” – Eccentric Pendulum
“Visionary” – Goddess Gagged
“Every Photo Doesn’t Have A Ghost” – Pangea
“Watch Them Fall” – Providence
“Maeva” – Skyharbor

Best Vocalist:
Nikhil Vastarey – Eccentric Pendulum
Siddharth Basrur – Goddess Gagged
Aman Virdi – Noiseware
Sunneith Revankar – Providence
Sunneith Revankar – Skyharbor

Best Guitarist:
Devesh Dayal & Arman Menzies – Goddess Gagged
Adhiraj Singh & Aniket Patni – Noiseware
Akshay Rajpurohit – Pangea
Shezan Shaikh & Charan Singh Pathania – Providence
Keshav Dhar – Skyharbor

Best Drummer:
Vibhas Venkatraman – Eccentric Pendulum
Jeremy D’Souza – Goddess Gagged
Ifty Sarwar – Insane Prophecy
Gautam Deb – Noiseware
Aaron Pinto – Providence

Best Bassist:
Shubhrayu De – Dark Helm
Arun Natarajan – Eccentric Pendulum
Krishna Jhaveri – Goddess Gagged
Xulfi Nawaz – Insane Prophecy
Srikanth Rao – Providence

Best Keyboardist:
Vivek Arun – Amethysts
Taz James – Chaotic Years
Aniketh Shankar – Dark Helm
Antriksh Bali – Ebonix
Shadaab Kadri    – Pangea