Tag Archives: Juno Awards

Cryptopsy, Voivod, Kataklysm, etc. nominated for 2024 Juno Awards

Posted by on February 8, 2024

  The nominees for the 2024 Juno Awards have arrived. Known as Canada’s version of the Grammys, the nominations dropped on Tuesday (6th), celebrating Canada’s biggest artists. The 2024 award ceremony will take place on March 24th at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, hosted by Nelly Furtado. This year’s heavier nominees range from Nickelback to […]

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Striker win Juno award for “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year”

Posted by on June 30, 2020

  Edmonton’s finest heavy metal band Striker won a Juno award (Canadian Grammy) under “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year” for their album Play to Win which dropped October 2018 via their own Record Breaking Records. Artists who released albums between September 1, 2018 and November 8, 2019 met the criteria. The band expressed their excitement: […]

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Devastaton on the Nation address pandemic as JUNO Awards, RNRHOF Ceremony, Kvelertak, and more shows postponed

Posted by on March 12, 2020

Another wave of cancellations/postponements have been announced as this year’s Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony is postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Rolling Stone, the induction ceremony scheduled to take place on May 2nd at Cleveland’s Public Hall has officially been pushed to a later date.  RNRHOF President Joel Peresman issued […]

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Kataklysm pick up Juno Award for best metal album

Posted by on April 4, 2016

They do things different in Canada, and just because Drake, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber are dominating the pop world doesn’t mean they don’t have a perfectly robust metal scene. Take, for example, the Juno Awards, the Canadian version of the Grammys. We already wrote about the fact that their nominees for “Heavy Metal Album […]

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Gorguts, Protest The Hero, Anciients, More Nominated For Juno Awards

Posted by on February 4, 2014

Oh Canada. You’ve given us a number of great metal bands that some people either didn’t know or forgot they were from Canada. But hey, we’re all inclusive here at Metal Insider, so we’re bringing you a list of metal nominees from the Juno Awards a.k.a. music awards that are like the Grammys except Canadian. […]

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