News : Australian Metal Awards 2009

The first annual Australian Metal Awards kick off in in Sydney within a matter of hours! For those in the area, get on down for a night of all star Aussie Metal!

Winners  for each of the 20 categories will be announced on the night, along with a performance by leading Australian metal band Sadistik Exekution who are set to demolish The Forum with their only return to the stage after 10 years. Other acts include Choas Divine, Eyefear, Bane of Isildur, Five Star Prison Cell and more!.

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has accepted an invite from event organisers to attend and gauge the size of the genre for a potential inclusion in furture ARIA Award events. This is our massive chance to show ARIA that heavy metal in Australia is a force to be reckoned with and that their is no other group of people more dedicated to their music than us! And, as an extra incentive to get to the venue nice and early, the first 20 people through the door will receive an Australian Metal pack worth over $100 in value.

The winners of the 2009 Australian Metal Awards will receive the most metal award ever, and has been made by the Rev Kriss Hades of Sadistik Exekution

7th Nov 2009
AUSTRALIAN METAL AWARDS @ The Forum, Sydney
w/ Sadistik Execution, Five Star Prison Cell, Ouroboros, Chaos Divine, A Secret Death, Eyefear, Bane of Isildur and Death Audio
Tickets available through Moshtix.

AUSTRALIAN METAL AWARDS 2009 – AWARD FINIALISTS
Best metal mag/fan/webzine: MetalObession.net, Blunt Magazine, Pyromusic
Most popular merch: Frankenbok, Ne Obliviscaris, Psycroptic
Best album cover: Aeon of Horus, Psycroptic, Buried In Verona
Best band name: Five Star Prison Cell, Psycroptic, Buried in Verona
Best film clip: Psycroptic – “Initiate”. Vanishing Point – “Surrender”, Five Star Prison Cell – “Deloris”
Best Producer/Recording Engineer: Reggie Bowman (Scream Louder Studios) – Self Titled Dreadnaught, Jarrad Hearman (Sing Sing Studios) – “Avalon” Chaos Divine, Sammy Giacotto (Peak Time Productions) – “The Unseen” Eyefear
Best drummer: Dave Hayley – Psycroptic, Ben Mazzarol – Chaos Divine, David Horgan – Ouroboros
Best bass player: Michael Conti – Ouroboros, Cameron Grant – Psycroptic, Michael Kruit – Chaos Divine
Best regional band: Alchemist, Aeon of Horus, 3 Faces West
Best youth band: 3 Faces West, Asphyxia, Beneath Dying Skies
Best export: Alchemist, Mortal Sin, Psycroptic
Best live band: Five Star Prison Cell, Lord, Psycroptic
Best guitarist: Stu Marshall – Pain Division, Ryan Felton – Chaos Divine, Jimmy Lardner-Brown – Killrazer
Best vocalist: Lord Tim – Lord, Dave Anderton – Chaos Divine, Evgeny Linnik – Ouroboros
Best keyboard player: Sammy Giaccotto – Eyefear, Chris Stevenson – The Eternal, Adam Agius – Alchemist
Best new band: Asphyxia, Death Audio, 3 Faces West
Song of the year: “Gloom with a view” – A Secret Death, “Dig” – Frankenbok, “Refuse the Sickness” – Chaos Divine
Best unsigned band: Ouroboros, Eye of the Enemy, Aventine Hill
Best album: “Avalon” – Chaos Divine, “(Ob)Servant” – Psycroptic, “Truths of the Blood” – Black Asylum
Overall best band 2009: Psycroptic, Ouroboros, Chaos Divine