DANISH METAL AWARDS 2008: Nominees Announced

October 4, 2008

According to Antenna, reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS will perform at the Danish Metal Awards 2008 show, which will be held on November 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Playing abbreviated sets at the event will be THE ARCANE ORDER, SVARTSOT, A KID HEREAFTER IN THE GRINDING LIGHT and DAWN OF DEMISE. The nominees have also been announced and they are as follows:

Metal Album of the Year:

DAWN OF DEMISE: Hate Takes Its Form
MERCENARY: Architect of Lies
RAUNCHY: Wasteland Discotheque
SCAMP: Mirror Faced Mentality
VOLBEAT: Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood

Metal Debut of the Year:

DAWN OF DEMISE: Hate Takes Its Form
LAST MILE: Last Mile
PILGRIMZ: Boar Riders
SCAMP: Mirror Faced Mentality
THE BURNING: Storm the Walls

International Metal Album of the Year:

METALLICA: Death Magnetic
OPETH: Watershed
PRIMORDIAL: To the Nameless Dead
SLIPKNOT: All Hope Is Gone
TESTAMENT: The Formation of Damnation

Metal Production of the Year:

DAWN OF DEMISE / Jacob Hansen: Hate Takes Its Form
MERCENARY / Jacob Hansen: Architect of Lies
RAUNCHY / Jacob Hansen: Wasteland Discotheque
SCAMP / Tue Madsen: Mirror Faced Mentality
VOLBEAT / Jacob Hansen: Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood

Metal Cover of the Year:

LAST MILE / Christof Kather: Last Mile
MERCENARY / Niklas Sundin: Architect of Lies
MUGSHOT / Kim Orneborg: Piercing Random Lies
THORIUM / Dan Seagrave: Feral Creation
VOLBEAT / Karsten Sand: Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood

Metal Video of the Year:

LAST MILE / Division666: "Another Sinking Ship"
MERCENARY / Morten Madsen: "Isolation [The Loneliness in December]"
MEVÃDIO / Stinus Vithner: "Abusers Manual"
PILGRIMZ / Andreas Krohn: "Shake-a-Feather"
VOLBEAT / Claus Vedel: "Maybellene i Hofteholder"

Metal Talent of the Year:

HEAR THE FEAR: My Fear
FIJI: Cold Beers and Bleeding Ears
BY THE PATIENT: The Carcass Monologue
THE INTERBEING: Perceptual Confusion
CROCELL: Promo 2008

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