Kerrang! Awards 2011 Explained

The Kerrang! Awards 2011 were held in London, England, on 9 June 2011, at The Brewery in Romford and were hosted by Slipknot singer Corey Taylor and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.^[1]

On 4 May 2011, Kerrang! announced the 2011 nominees.^[2] The main categories were dominated by My Chemical Romance with five nominations, Thirty Seconds to Mars with four and Avenged Sevenfold, The Blackout, Bullet for My Valentine, and Bring Me the Horizon with three apiece. Thirty Seconds to Mars was the biggest winner of the night, taking home two awards.^[3]

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best British Newcomer

• Asking Alexandria
• Blitz Kids
• The Dead Lay Waiting
• Francesqa
• Octane OK

Best International Newcomer

• Black Veil Brides
• Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows
• Hyro Da Hero
• The Pretty Reckless
• We Are the In Crowd

Best British Band

• The Blackout
• Bring Me the Horizon
• Bullet for My Valentine
• Enter Shikari
• You Me at Six

Best International Band

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• All Time Low
• Avenged Sevenfold
• My Chemical Romance
• Paramore

Best Live

• Thirty Seconds to Mars
• All Time Low
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Bullet for My Valentine
• My Chemical Romance

Best album

• Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare
• The Blackout – Hope
• Bring Me the Horizon – There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret.
• Escape the Fate – Escape the Fate
• My Chemical Romance –

Best Single

• Thirty Seconds to Mars – "Hurricane"
• Bring Me the Horizon – "Blessed with a Curse"
• Bullet for My Valentine – "Your Betrayal"
• My Chemical Romance – "Planetary (Go!)"
• Panic! at the Disco – "The Ballad of Mona Lisa"

Best Video

• Thirty Seconds to Mars – "Hurricane"
• A Day to Remember – "All I Want"
• The Blackout – "Higher & Higher"
• My Chemical Romance – "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
• Young Guns – "Stitches"

Classic Songwriter

• Biffy Clyro

Devotion Award

• Skindred

Kerrang! Inspiration

• Def Leppard

Kerrang! Icon

• Alice Cooper

Kerrang! Hall of Fame

• Korn

Kerrang! Legend

• Ozzy Osbourne

External links

• Kerrang! Awards official website

Notes and References

1. News: Petter. Larsson. Kerrang! Awards 2011 winners walk rock's black carpet. Beehive City. Honeycomb Publishing & Media. 10 June 2011. 16 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110827055351/http://www.beehivecity.com/music/kerrang-awards-2011-winners-walk-the-black-carpet-21141/. 27 August 2011.
2. News: And the nominees are... . . 4 May 2011 . 16 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110704165813/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2011/05/and_the_nominees_are_1.html . 4 July 2011 .
3. News: 30 Seconds To Mars Win Double Kerrang! Awards. Contactmusic.com. 10 June 2011. 16 February 2012.