Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year is an annual award, presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to honor the year's best album by a Canadian artist in the genres of heavy metal. The album is open to all subgenres of heavy metal. Rock, punk, crossover and hardcore artists are not eligible for this category.

The award was introduced by the Juno Awards in September 2011,[1] and was presented for the first time at the 2012 Juno Awards. The five nominees and winner in the category are chosen by a panel of judges selected from the Canadian music industry. The award was named "Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year" from 2011 to 2015, and it was renamed for the 2016 ceremony "in order to more clearly define the category criteria".[2]

Recipients

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year (2012–2015)

Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.
2012 KEN mode Venerable [3]
2013 Woods of Ypres Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light [4]
2014 Protest the Hero Volition [5]
2015 Devin Townsend Project [6]

Heavy Metal Album of the Year (2016–present)

Year Winner Album Nominees Ref.
2016 Kataklysm Of Ghosts and Gods [7]
2017 Mandroid Echostar Coral Throne
2018 Anciients Voice of the Void
2019 Voivod The Wake
2020 Striker Play to Win [8]

References

  1. "Bang your head: Junos to add heavy metal category". CTV News, September 28, 2011.
  2. "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. "Yearly summary: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  4. "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  5. "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. "Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  7. "Yearly summary: 2016". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  8. Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
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