With only two weeks to go until the Kerrang! Awards 2006, the Nominations for the most debauched rock ‘n’ roll event of the year have been unveiled. Exclusively announced at the Kerrang! Day of Rock on 10 August 2006 at Virgin Megastore (the Official Retail Sponsor of the Kerrang! Awards) on London’s Oxford Street, the Nominations have produced some tight, some surprising, and at times controversial, results.
KERRANG! AWARDS 2006 FULL NOMINATIONS
Best British Newcomer
Nominees:
Bring Me The Horizon
Brigade
The Automatic
Mendeed
Enter Shikari
The Blackout
The Answer
Best International Newcomer
Nominees:
Aiden
Panic! At The Disco
The Academy Is…
Wolfmother
Angels And Airwaves
From First To Last
Best Live Band
Nominees:
Muse
Bullet For My Valentine
Trivium
Mastodon
Dragonforce
Best Single
Nominees:
Fall Out Boy – Sugar We’re Going Down
Bullet For My Valentine – Tears Don’t Fall
Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
Trivium – Dying In Your Arms
Lostprophets – Rooftops
Placebo – Infrared
Best Album
Nominees:
Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree
Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now
Muse – Black Holes And Revelations
Lostprophets – Liberation Transmission
Bullet For My Valentine – The Poison
Best Video
Nominees:
Muse – Supermassive Black Hole
Fall Out Boy – Sugar We’re Going Down
AFI – Miss Murder
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
Green Day – Jesus Of Suburbia
Best British Band
Nominees:
Muse
Lostprophets
Bullet For My Valentine
Hundred Reasons
Fightstar
Funeral For A Friend
Best Band On The Planet
Nominees:
My Chemical Romance
Fall Out Boy
Trivium
Avenged Sevenfold
HIM
Lacuna Coil
Other Awards on the night:
Classic Songwriter
Spirit Of Independence
Hall Of Fame (sponsored by Island Records)
Icon Award