My Chemical Romance get four rock award nominations
US rockers My Chemical Romance and British band Enter Shikari will do battle against each other at this year’s Kerrang! rock awards.
Both bands have four nominations, with My Chemical Romance up for Best Single, Album, Video and International Band.
Enter Shikari, who formed in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and only burst on to the rock scene in the last 12 months, are in the running for Best Live Band, Single, Album, and British Band.
Chicago-based Fall Out Boy have three nominations for Best Album, Video and International Band.
British names who have also been nominated for this month’s awards include Funeral For a Friend, Lostprophets, Biffy Clyro and Muse.
Kerrang! deputy editor Daniel Lane said: “It’s... fantastic to see the number of British bands on the nominees list.”
The awards take place on August 23 at The Brewery in London and the nominations are the result of 387,667 votes through Kerrang! magazine.
The Nominations:
:: Best British Newcomer
Gallows
Kids in Glass Houses
The Ghost of a Thousand
You Me At 6
Lost Alone
:: Best International Newcomer
Madina Lake
Job For A Cowboy
30 Seconds To Mars
The Sleeping
Hellogoodbye
:: Best Live Band
Angels and Airwaves
Muse
Enter Shikari
Aiden
Lostprophets
:: Best Single
My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
Funeral For a Friend – Into Oblivion
Enter Shikari -Sorry You’re Not A Winner
30 Seconds to Mars – The Kill
AFI – Miss Murder
:: Best Album
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
Machine Head – The Blackening
Biffy Clyro – Puzzle
Enter Shikari – Take To The Skies
Fall Out Boy – Infinity On High
:: Best Video
My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
Fall Out Boy – This Ain’t A Scene
Hellogoodbye – Here (In Your Arms)
Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Paramore – Misery Business
:: Best British Band
Lostprophets
Muse
Enter Shikari
Biffy Clyro
Funeral For A Friend
:: Best International Band
My Chemical Romance
Machine Head
The Used
Fall Out Boy
Panic! At The Disco
