Austrian power metal act Dragony, are nominated for an Amadeus Austrian Music Award. The Amadeus Austrian Music Award is quite the important acknowledgement for national bands and artists, Austria’s biggest and most prestigious music award, Dragony has been nominated in the category “Hard’n’Heavy.” The ceremony will take place on April 29 in the Volkstheater in Vienna, and will be broadcast on Austrian public television channel ORF1. Fans can support the band by voting in the Amadeus Awards online poll. Go here. The Amadeus Award was presented, for the first time, in 2000 and year after year proves to be the premier event of celebration in the country’s music scene.

Dragony comments:

“We are very happy about this nomination, and are honored to receive this nod of recognition for our album Viribus Unitis in our home country of Austria, especially since the concept of the album is heavily influenced by Austrian history. It certainly also feels like our work over the past fifteen years as a Power Metal band in Austria is being appreciated by our local music scene, and we are very grateful for this. Fans can still support us to maybe even win the award, by voting in the Amadeus Awards online poll! However regardless of the result, we would like to thank our fans for their continued support over all these years!”

Dragony is:

Frederic Brünner – Drums
Herbert Glos – Bass
Manuel Hartleb – Keyboards
Andreas Poppernitsch – Guitars
Simon Saito – Guitars
Siegfried Samer (who also contributes to Metal Insider) – Vocals