Earlier in December, the Grammys revealed their list of nominees, including those running for “Best Metal Performance” which boasts bands like Ghost, Lamb of God, August Burns Red, and Sevendust. Now, Canada’s version of the awards, the JUNO unveiled their list for “Heavy Metal Album of the Year” and the list of bands is really diverse on styles, running the gamut from the female-fronted hard rock of Diemonds, to Kataklysm’s death metal to the noise rock of KEN Mode. Really every nominated band is a different genre of metal. Well done, Juno Awards! The nominees are:

Cancer Bats – Searching For

[youtube]https://youtu.be/MS4mE4UrOAM[/youtube]

Diemonds – Never Wanna Die
[youtube]https://youtu.be/WAfYPtmYBEc[/youtube]

Fuck The Facts – Desire Will Rot
[youtube]https://youtu.be/_n-jdxHYSgg[/youtube]

Kataklysm – Of Ghosts And Gods
[youtube]https://youtu.be/V-KME77Pi60[/youtube]

KEN mode – Success
[youtube]https://youtu.be/zXIrKFcgkGM[/youtube]

Unlike the Grammys which has non-American nominees with Ghost, the JUNO awards have only Canadian bands and seeing they recognize grindcore, death metal and hard rock equally adds a good mix to the event.

The awards ceremony will be held on April 03rd in Calgary, Alberta.

Alix Vallecillo

Black Metal enthusiast from Los Angeles who thought was a good idea to grab a camera and shoot underground shows for the hell of it. Pseudo-writer with little to no expectations of ever winning a Pulitzer but totally down to write about your unknown band if it's good to my ears. I enjoy long walks on the beach, deep conversation, holding hands and attending Satanic music shows every now and then.

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