The nominees for this year’s ‘Juno Awards‘ were announced earlier this morning, February 11th. The annual Canada-based awards show shines a light on artists from the Great White North, with the winners set to be unveiled via a ceremony held at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC on March 30th.
Michael Bublé will host that event, with Sum 41 set to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, while also staging their farewell live performance at the event. The full list of nominees can be found at junoawards.ca. As for the nominees relevant to readers of this site, read on.
Metal/hard Music Album Of The Year:
“Beyond The Reach Of The Sun” – Anciients
“PowerNerd” – Devin Townsend
“Fire” – Kittie
“The Fear Of Fear” – Spiritbox
“ULTRAPOWER” – Striker
Group Of The Year Presented By SiriusXM Canada:
Crash Adams
Mother Mother
Spiritbox
Sum 41
The Beaches
Instrumental Album Of The Year:
“Disaster Pony” – Disaster Pony
“Distant Places” – Eric Bearclaw
“Ginger Beef” – Ginger Beef
“memory palace” – Intervals
“Confluencias” – Melón Jimenez & Lara Wong
Rock Album Of The Year:
“Pages” – Big Wreck
“Vices” – JJ Wilde
“Grief Chapter” – Mother Mother
“Set Your Pussy Free” – NOBRO
“Heaven :x: Hell” – Sum 41
