ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album

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ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album
CountryAustralia
Presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
First awarded2010
Currently held by Parkway Drive, Darker Still (2023)
Website ariaawards.com.au

The ARIA Music Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album, is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", [1] since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." [2] To be eligible, the recording must be an album in the hard rock or heavy metal genres, and cannot be entered in other genre categories. The accolade is voted for by a judging school, which comprises between 40 and 100 members of representatives experienced in this genre, and is given to a solo artist or group who is either from Australia or an Australian resident. [3]

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The award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album was first presented to Parkway Drive in 2010, for Deep Blue , they won the award again in 2018 for Reverence . [4] The Amity Affliction (2010, 2013, 2014, 2016 & 2020) have received the most nominations more than any other artist or band in this category, with total of 5 nominations. However, Northlane has most awards in this category with 3 awards from 4 nominations, more than any other artist or band in this category. [4]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour, and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.

  Winner marked in a separate colour
YearWinner(s)Album/single title
2010
(24th)
Parkway Drive Deep Blue
Airbourne No Guts. No Glory.
The Amity Affliction Youngbloods
Dead Letter Circus This Is the Warning
Violent Soho Violent Soho
2011
(25th)
Front End Loader Ritardando
Coerce Ethereal Surrogate Saviour
Cosmic Psychos Glorious Basterds
Dream On, Dreamer Heartbound
Floating Me Floating Me
2012
(26th)
DZ Deathrays Bloodstreams
Buried in Verona Notorious
Frenzal Rhomb Smoko at the Pet Food Factory
sleepmakeswaves ... and so we destroyed everything
House vs. Hurricane Crooked Teeth
2013
(27th)
Karnivool Asymmetry
Airbourne Black Dog Barking
Northlane Singularity
The Amity Affliction Chasing Ghosts
Thy Art Is Murder Hate
2014
(28th)
DZ Deathrays Black Rat
High Tension Death Beat
Shihad FVEY
sleepmakeswaves Love of Cartography
The Amity Affliction Let the Ocean Take Me
2015
(29th)
Northlane Node
Born Lion Final Words
In Hearts Wake Skydancer
King Parrot Dead Set
Thy Art Is Murder Holy War
2016
(30th)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Nonagon Infinity
Hellions Opera Oblivia
Parkway Drive Ire
The Amity Affliction This Could Be Heartbreak
Twelve Foot Ninja Outlier
2017
(31st)
Northlane Mesmer
Airbourne Breakin' Outta Hell
Frenzal Rhomb Hi-Vis High Tea
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Murder of the Universe
sleepmakeswaves Made of Breath Only
2018
(32nd)
Parkway Drive Reverence
DZ Deathrays Bloody Lovely
King Parrot Ugly Produce
Polaris The Mortal Coil
West Thebarton Different Beings Being Different
2019
(33rd)
Northlane Alien
Clowns Nature/Nurture
Dead Letter Circus Dead Letter Circus
DZ Deathrays Positive Rising: Part 1
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Infest the Rats' Nest
2020
(34th)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Chunky Shrapnel
Parkway Drive Viva the Underdogs
Polaris The Death of Me
The Amity Affliction Everyone Loves You... Once You Leave Them
The Chats High Risk Behaviour
2021
(35th)
Tropical Fuck Storm Deep States
A. Swayze & the Ghosts Paid Salvation
Alpha Wolf A Quiet Place to Die
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Shyga! The Sunlight Mound
Yours Truly Self Care
2022
(36th)
The Chats Get Fucked
Dune Rats Real Rare Whale
Northlane Obsidian
Shihad Old Gods
Thornhill Heroine
2023
(37th)
Parkway Drive Darker Still
DZ Deathrays R.I.F.F
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth…
The Amity Affliction Not Without My Ghosts
These New South WhalesTNSW

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References

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