Rolling Stone Metal Awards – the first and only awards show honoring the best in Indian metal – returns in its fourth edition this year. The nominations for Rolling Stone Metal Awards this year include Delhi-based progressive metal band Skyharbor, Mumbai thrash metal band Devoid, Delhi black metal band 1833 AD, Pune experimental metal band Noiseware, Kochi alternative metal band Heretic and progressive death metal band Orion, among others. Devoid and Heretic lead the tally, with six nominations each, while Skyharbor, 1833 AD and Noiseware have five nominations each.
RSMA, which has previously honored artists such as Demonic Resurrection, Scribe, Bhayanak Maut, Undying Inc and Eccentric Pendulum, will give away awards for Best Band, Best Song and Best Album based on popular choice and critics’ choice separately. Awards will be also handed in the Best Guitarist, Best Bassist, Best drummer, Best Vocalist and Best Keyboardist categories. Awards for the Best Album Artwork and Emerging Artist will be announced at the awards event, which takes place in the last week of June or first week of July.
Public voting in the popular choice categories for Best Band, Best Album and Best Song is now open on the Rolling Stone India Facebook page in the following links
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Best Song Click Here
Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2013 Nominees
Best Band
1833 AD
Devoid
Heretic
Orion
Skyharbor
Best Album
Skyharbor – Blinding White Noise: Illusion and Chaos
1833 AD – My Dark Symphony
Orion – On The Banks Of Rubicon
Heretic – Words To Epilogues
Devoid – The Invasion
Best Song
Skyharbor – “Illusion: Dots”
Noiseware – “Flicker”
Devoid – “Brahma Weapon”
1833 AD – “Wiser Than The Wisest”
Alien Sky Cult – “We Are The Damned”
Heretic – “Ring Of Colours”
Best Vocalist
Akhil Unnikrishnan – Heretic
Aman Virdi – Noiseware
Arun Iyer – Devoid
Nishant Abraham – 1833 AD
Rainjong Lepcha – Rectified Spirit
Best Guitarist
Abhijit Namboodiripad & Hareesh Kumar – Heretic
Aniket Patni & Adhiraj Singh – Noiseware
Arun Iyer & Sanju Aguiar – Devoid
Keshav Dhar – Skyharbor
Vigneshkumar Venkatraman & Ashwin Kulkarni – Orion
Best Drummer
Gautam Deb – Noiseware
Nishant Hagjer – Rectified Spirit
Pritesh Prabhune – Orion
Pritpal Singh – Jehovah
Raghav Sehgal – 1833 AD
Shubham Kumar – Devoid
Best Bassist
Adwait Jadhav- Nihilanth
Benjamin Thomas – Heretic
Bob Alex – Noiseware
Himangshu Borah – Rectified Spirit
Nikhil Rufus Raj – Skyharbor
Best Keyboardist
Taz James – Chaotic Years
Vivin Kuruvilla – Wolf’s Lair
Pretom Boro – Tick’s Talk