Rolling Stone invited entries for the third Rolling Stone Metal awards in eight categories from bands across the country and we have the final nominees for this year’s awards. Fans can vote for their favorite bands in three categories – Best Song, Best Album and Best Band – starting May 25th, 2012right up to June 25th, 2012. The Rolling Stone Metal Awards will be held on July 1st, 2012 at the Blue Frog and will also feature performances by some of the best metal bands in the country.
Best Band
Dark Helm
Eccentric Pendulum
Goddess Gagged
Pangea
Providence
Best Album
Persepolis – Dark Helm
Winding the Optics – Eccentric Pendulum
Resurfaces – Goddess Gagged
Snails Are When I Was Young – Pangea
Vanguard –Providence
Best Song
“The Axioms of Aphotic Expressions” – Eccentric Pendulum
“Visionary” – Goddess Gagged
“Every Photo Doesn’t Have A Ghost” – Pangea
“Watch Them Fall” –Providence
“Maeva” – Skyharbor
Best Vocalist
Nikhil Vastarey – Eccentric Pendulum
Siddharth Basrur – Goddess Gagged
Aman Virdi – Noiseware
Sunneith Revankar –Providence
Sunneith Revankar – Skyharbor
Best Guitarist
Devesh Dayal & Arman Menzies – Goddess Gagged
Adhiraj Singh & Aniket Patni – Noiseware
Akshay Rajpurohit – Pangea
Shezan Shaikh & Charan Singh Pathania –Providence
Keshav Dhar – Skyharbor
Best Drummer
Vibhas Venkatraman – Eccentric Pendulum
Jeremy D’Souza – Goddess Gagged
Ifty Sarwar – Insane Prophecy
Gautam Deb – Noiseware
Aaron Pinto –Providence
Best Bassist
Shubhrayu De – Dark Helm
Arun Natarajan – Eccentric Pendulum
KrishnaJhaveri – Goddess Gagged
Xulfi Nawaz – Insane Prophecy
Srikanth Rao –Providence
Best Keyboardist
Vivek Arun – Amethysts
Taz James – Chaotic Years
Aniketh Shankar – Dark Helm
Antriksh Bali – Ebonix
Shadaab Kadri – Pangea
