NEWS: Heavy Music Awards 2020 – The Winners!

After much delay this years Heavy Music Awards finally took place last night and there weren’t many surprises in the winners this time around. It seems strange to have a Best Festival award at the end of a summer where there have been no festivals in the physical sense however it seems logical to award that on the basis of previous years. It is nice to see a the owners of a smaller Metal venue picking up an award in this mix of previously critically acclaimed artists, while we tip or hat to Polaris, who have worked incredibly hard to get where they are today. You can read the full details here.

Heavy Music Awards 2020 – The Winners

BEST ALBUM – Slipknot ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ (Roadrunner Records / Produced by Greg Fidelman)
Presented by Amazon Music

BEST VIDEO – Don Broco ‘Action’ (Sharptone Records / Directed by Benjamin Roberds)
Presented by Moshhh

BEST FESTIVAL – Download Festival
Presented by Ticketmaster

BEST PHOTOGRAPHER – Ester Segarra

BEST PRODUCER – Catherine Marks
Presented by AfterLive Music

BEST ALBUM ARTWORK – Baroness ‘Gold and Grey’ (Abraxan Hymns / Artwork by John Dyer Baizley)

BEST UK BREAKTHROUGH BAND – Nova Twins (333 Wreckords)
Presented by Primordial Radio

BEST INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH BAND – Polaris (Sharptone Records)
Presented by Subfrantic

BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND – Slipknot (Roadrunner Records)
Presented by eOne

BEST LIVE BAND – Rammstein (Universal)
Presented by O2 Forum Kentish Town

BEST UK BAND – Bring Me The Horizon (RCA Records)
Presented by Amazon Music

THE H – Awarded for exceptional positive contribution to the heavy music scene
Dom Fraser & Space (the duo behind Guildford’s much-loved Boileroom)