Kerrang! Awards 2010

Fri 30th Jul, 2010 in International News

The British rock bible Kerrang! has handed out its annual awards in London, with several Soundwave festival 2011 acts among the nominees and on the winners list.

The recently confirmed Soundwave act 30 Seconds To Mars won the converted Best International Band award, beating Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Metallica and recent Soundwave visitors Paramore.

Jared Leto’s group was also nominated in the Best Live Band, Best Album and Best Video categories.

Sacramento hardcore band Trash Talk – the fourth act confirmed for Soundwave 2011 – received the prize for Best International Newcomer.

The first act confirmed for the Soundwave lineup – the Welsh post-hardcore group The Blackout – were nominated for Best Single with the track Save Ourselves (The Warning), but lost to You Me At Six’s – Liquid Confidence.

Kerrang! awards:

Best Album: Paramore – Brand New Eyes
Nominees: 30 Seconds To Mars – This Is War, Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions, Bullet For My Valentine – Fever, Paramore – Brand New Eyes, and You Me At Six – Hold Me Down.

Best Single: You Me At Six – Liquid Conference
Nominees: Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare, The Blackout – Save Ourselves (The Warning), Four Year Strong – Wasting Time (Eternal Summer), Slipknot – Snuff, and You Me At Six – Liquid Confidence.

Best Live Band: Bullet For My Valentine
Nominees: 30 Seconds To Mars, Bullet For MyValentine, Green Day, Paramore, and Skindred.

Best International Band: 30 Seconds To Mars
Nominees: 30 Seconds To Mars, Avenged Sevenfold, Green Day, Metallica, and Paramore.

Best British Band: Bullet For My Valentine
Nominees: Bullet For My Valentine, Enter Shikari, The King Blues, Lostprophets, and You Me At Six.

Best British Newcomer: Rise To Remain
Nominees: Deaf Havana, General Fiasco, Out Of Sight, Rise To Remain, and Throats.

Best International Newcomer: Trash Talk
Nominees: Dommin, Framing Hanley, Halestorm, The Swellers, and Trash Talk.

Best Video: Biffy Clyro – The Captain
Nominees: 30 Seconds To Mars – Kings And Queens, Biffy Clyro – The Captain, Cancer Bats – Sabotage, Lostprophets – It’s Not The End Of The World (But I Can See It From Here), and Paramore – Brick By Boring Brick.

There were also several special awards given out on the night including:

The No Half Measures Award: Frank Turner

The Classic Songwriter Award: Lostprophets

The Kerrang! Inspiration Award: Rammstein

The Kerrang! Services To Metal Award: Paul Gray

The Kerrang! Icon Award: Ronnie James Dio

The Kerrang! Hall Of Fame Award: Motley Crue