The 2024 Metalverse Awards: VOTING OPEN! See All Bands & Categories!

Vote at the Link Above! Categories Listed Below:

Best Breakdown

• KNOCKED LOOSE ft. POPPY - Suffocate (1:50)
• ICE NINE KILLS - A Work of Art (2:28)
• DISEMBODIED TYRANT / SYNESTIA - Death Empress (2:48)
• SHADOW OF INTENT - Flying The Black Flag (1:57)
• DARKO US - Blood Host (1:15)
• WHITECHAPEL - A Visceral Retch (3:28)
• THROWN - nights (1:05)
• UNPROCESSED - Dark, Silent, and Complete (1:49)
• ALLT - Remnant (2:10)
• KUBLAI KHAN TX - Supreme Ruler (0:29)
• THE BROWNING ft. NIK NOCTURNAL - Misery.exe (1:51)

Catchiest Chorus

• LINKIN PARK - The Emptiness Machine
• BRING ME THE HORIZON - Kool-Aid
• THE PLOT IN YOU - Left Behind
• POPPY - they're all around us
• BAD OMENS ft. ERRA - Anything > Human
• CATCH YOUR BREATH - Ghost Inside The Shell
• RAIN CITY DRIVE ft. DAYSEEKER - Medicate Me

Collab of the Year

• KNOCKED LOOSE / POPPY - Suffocate
• BABYMETAL / ELECTRIC CALLBOY - RATATATA
• DISEMBODIED TYRANT / SYNESTIA - Death Empress
• ALPHA WOLF / ICE-T - Sucks 2 Suck
• NOTHING MORE / I PREVAIL - House On Sand
• BAD OMENS ft. POPPY - V.A.N.
• FIT FOR A KING / THE PLOT IN YOU - Technium
• MASTODON / LAMB OF GOD - Floods of Triton

Biggest Breakthrough Band

• ALLT
• NO FACE NO CASE
• DISEMBODIED TYRANT
• GORE.
• HOUSE OF PROTECTION
• PEELING FLESH
• 156/SILENCE
• KNOSIS
• SPEED

Unsigned Band of the Year

• TWO SIDES OF ME
• DESOLATION
• TRAVERSE THE ABYSS
• FAITH IN FAILURE
• STRANGE CULTURE
• MOTHERWELL
• SID STRATTON
• NIGHTLIVES
• DARK SURFACE
• DEAD VELVET
• PRYMA

Album of the Year

• FALLING IN REVERSE - Popular Monster
• LINKIN PARK - From Zero
• WAGE WAR - Stigma
• ERRA - Cure
• THROWN - Excessive Guilt
• BAD OMENS - Concrete Jungle [The OST]
• THE BROWNING - Omni
• KNOCKED LOOSE - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To
• BRING ME THE HORIZON - Post Human Nex Gen
• 156/SILENCE - People Watching
• DARKO US - Starfire
• THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - Servitude
• JUDAS PRIEST - Invincible Shield
• NOTHING MORE - Carnal
• KUBLAI KHAN TX - Exhibition Of Prowess
• POPPY - Negative Spaces
• MAKE THEM SUFFER - Make Them Suffer
• FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY - The Nothing That Is
• BOUNDARIES - Death Is Little More
• BLOOD INCANTATION - Absolute Elsewhere
• OPETH - The Last Will and Testament
• JOB FOR A COWBOY - Moon Healer
• THE GHOST INSIDE - Searching for Solace

Best Blegh

• POPPY - they're all around us (2:38)
• NO FACE NO CASE - Glitch (1:05)
• BLEEDING THROUGH - Dead But So Alive (0:48)
• WASTE - Wither (0:28)
• DARK DIVINE - Burn The Witch (0:09)
• IN HEARTS WAKE - The Flood (3:01)
• LOST SOULS - Childhood Died (2:27)
• CHAOSBAY - Are You Afraid? (2:47)

Thanks for voting! What was your favorite metal release of the year?

• Subscribe to our Metal News Email Newsletter for free!
• Support The Metalverse and go ad-free.
• Check out our Musician Vault with in-depth music guides
• Metal Merch available here
• Follow us on Social Media | Instagram | Facebook | X (Twitter)