Vanhalen Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 Slipknot lead Kerrang! contenders Slipknot are in pole position for the UK's biggest heavy rock ceremony, the Kerrang! Awards, with four nominations. Close behind with three chances each are The Darkness - the only band to win two awards last year - plus Muse, Blink 182, Lostprophets and HIM. Nominees will fight it out for titles including best single, best album, best newcomer and a new icon award for artists felt to have legendary status. Ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable will present the awards on Thursday. BEST SINGLE NOMINEES 2004 Ash - Orpheus Lostprophets - Last Train Home The Rasmus - In The Shadows HIM - Funeral of Hearts Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit Evanescence - Going Under The Distillers - Drain The Blood Previous big-name winners include Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Marilyn Manson, AC/DC and Iggy Pop. Seven of this year's awards have been voted for by the public, with the remainder judged by the Kerrang! team. The nine members of US-based Slipknot face competition in the best album category from Muse, Lostprophets, Blink 182, Killswitch Engage and The Distillers. Blink 182 are again among their rivals in the best video section, alongside The Offspring, New Found Glory and HIM. BEST ALBUM NOMINEES 2004 Slipknot - Vol 3 The Subliminal Verses Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache Muse - Absolution Lostprophets - Start Something Blink 182 - Blink 182 The Distillers - Coral Fang UK band Ash are in the running for best single, with Orpheus. Meanwhile, The Darkness will attempt to win best live act for the second year running, battling against Slipknot, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Welsh group Funeral For A Friend, last year's best UK newcomer. Nominations for the newcomer title this year go to Amplifier, Yourcodenameis:milo, Reuben, Oceansize and The Glitterati. Finnish band The Rasmus - also put forward for best single - will be up against bands including Velvet Revolver and My Chemical Romance for the best international newcomer prize. Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose Californication was voted best album of the last 10 years in July, are among the contenders for the best band on the planet award, won last year by nu-metal act Linkin Park
DCMaximo Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 All I can do is hope that the right bands win awards. By which I mean My Chemical Romance win best international newcomer, Funeral For A Friend win best live act, Ash win best single and Reuben getting best British newcomer. However, I get the impression that the same brain-dead winners will survive (Linkin Park as best best band in the world???). And is there REALLY no-one they could have found better as host than Stuart Cable?
Red Baron Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 HIM is the only band worth listening on that list
Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 I haven't seen an issue of Kerrang! in like 5 years. When I did, they were a metal tabloid. When did they make the big jump into the more commercially acceptable waters?
Youth N Asia Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 Glad to see that Ash is well liked somewhere. They just never caught on here like I thought they should of.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 Muse is like the Candlebox of Radiohead knock-offs.
Guest Basswitch Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 HIM is the only band worth listening on that list i agree for the most part. Muse is good too
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