Kerrang! Awards 2015

The Kerrang! Awards 2015 took place on June 11th 2015 at Troxy in London . It was the 23rd award ceremony since the music award was introduced in 1993.

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The event was moderated by the musicians Andrew WK and Benji Webbe ( Skindred ). The nominee list was officially announced on May 5, 2015. Ticket sales for the event started on the same day. The awards were given in 20 categories, 18 of which were decided through a reader vote. The online voting started two days later and will end on June 4, 2015.

Nominations

Kerrang! Inspiration Award

• Judas Priest

Kerrang! Legend

• Alice Cooper

Best British Newcomer

• Royal Blood
• Moose Blood
• As It Is
• Fort Hope
• Ashestoangels

Best international newcomer

• PVRIS
• Beartooth
• Hellions
• Nothing more
• Against the Current

Best live band

• black Veil Brides
• A day to remember
• Architects
• Slipknot
• In This Moment

Best international band

• All time low
• Slipknot
• Sleeping with Sirens
• fall out Boy
• AC / DC

Best British band

• Bring Me the Horizon
• muse
• Enter Shikari
• You Me at Six
• Architects

Best fan base

• Pierce the Veil
• black Veil Brides
• Asking Alexandria
• All time low
• My Chemical Romance

Best single

• Enter Shikari - anesthetist
• Bring Me the Horizon - Drown
• All Time Low - Kids in the Dark
• Fall Out Boy - Centuries
• Young Guns - Speaking in Tongues

Best album

• Marmozets - The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets
• Mallory Knox - Asymmetry
• We Are Harlot - We Are Harlot
• Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
• Black Veil Brides - Black Veil Brides

Best video

• New Years Day - Angel Eyes (feat. Chris Motionless )
• Lonely the Brave - The Blue, the Green
• Body Count - Institutionalized 2014
• Frnkiero & the Cellabration - She's The Prettiest Girl at the Party, and She Can Prove It with a Solid Right Hook
• Gerard Way - No Shows

Best event

• You Me at Six / All Time Low co-headlining tour
• Prepare for Hell Tour ( Slipknot , Korn , King 810 )
• The Holy Shits' shows ( Foo Fighters )
• Intimate London Club shows ( Black Veil Brides )
• Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour

Best music festival

• Slam Dunk Festival
• Download festival
• Bloodstock
• Sonisphere Festival
• Reading and Leeds Festivals

Tweeter of the year

• Hayley Williams ( Paramore )
• Mark Hoppus ( blink-182 )
• Andy Biersack ( Black Veil Brides )
• Gerard Way
• Jono Yates ( Blitz Kids )

Best comedian

• Russell Howard
• Greg Davies
• Frankie Boyle
• Jack Whitehall
• Noel Fielding

Best movie

• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
• The Inbetweeners 2
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Sharknado 2

Best TV series

• Adventure Time
• game of Thrones
• American horror story
• Gotham
• the Walking Dead

Best video game

• the Walking Dead
• Grand Theft Auto V.
• Minecraft
• Alien: isolation
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Best comic

• Robert Kirkman , Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead
• Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen - Descender
• Gerard Way , Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan - The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
• 2000 AD
• Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie - The Wicked and the Divine

Best radio show

• Nights with Alice Cooper ( Planet Rock )
• The Alex Baker Show ( Kerrang! Radio )
• BBC Radio 1 Rock Show with Daniel P Carter
• BBC Radio 1 - Dan and Phil
• Full Frontal with Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat ( All Time Low )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Emily Carter: Kerrang! : And the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2015 nominees are ...
2. ↑ JLB: Kerrang! : Vote Now For The Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2015!
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} Kerrang! : Kerrang! Awards 2015 winners list