Metal Hammer Award Nominations

The full list of nominations for this year's Metal Hammer Awards on 16 June.

BEST UK BAND

Iron Maiden, Bullet For My Valentine, Paradise Lost, Saxon, Judas Priest

BEST LIVE BAND

Gallows, Machine Head, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Turisas

BREAKTHOUGH ARTIST

Still Remains, Apocalyptica, Devildriver, Every Time I Die, Bloodsimple

RIFF LORD

Slash, Ace Frehley, Dave Mustaine, Mikael Akerfeldt, Jon Shaffer

SHREDDER

Alexi Laiho, Dan Donegan, Jesper Stormblad, Dino Cazares, Mike Amott

BEST UNDERGROUND BAND

Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Black Dhalia Murder, Municipal Waste, Gallhammer, Trigger The Bloodshed

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND

Nightwish, Avenged Sevenfold, In Flames, Down, Dir En Grey

BEST VIDEO

Himsa - 'Unleash Carnage', Goat The Head - 'Darwinian Minions', Bullet For My Valentine - 'Scream Aim Fire', As I Lay Dying - 'Nothing Left', Dimmu Borgir - 'The Serpentine Offering'

BEST METAL LABEL

Roadrunner, Metal Blade, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, SPV, Spinefarm

BEST ALBUM

Avenged Sevenfold - 'self titled', Down - 'III: Over The Under', Children Of Bodom - 'Blooddrunk', Atreyu - 'Leads Sails Paper Anchor', Testament - 'The Formation of Damnation'

INCOMING! BEST BAND

Baroness - 'The Red Album', Evile - 'Enter The Grave', Engel - 'Absolute Design', Airbourne - 'Runnin' Wild', Suicide Silence - 'The Cleansing'

Inspiration Award

Carcass, Nine Inch Nails, Kiss, Meshuggah, Slipknot