Juno Award

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The Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences (CARAS) awarded RUSH the 2013 JUNO Award for Rock Album Of The Year for their latest studio album, “Clockwork Angels”. RUSH is also up for Group Of The Year, which will be announced during the main televised ceremony at Regina’s Brandt Centre tomorrow night on CTV.
Earlier this evening WOODS OF YPRES won the JUNO Award in the Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year category for their Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light album. Sadly, WOOD OF YPRES founder/frontman David Gold passed away in December 2011 before Woods 5’s official release.
A full list on nominees can be found at this location.

KEN MODE’s Venerable won the 2012 Juno award for Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year. This is the first year the long-overdue metal category was added to Canada’s annual salute to musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music.

According to a press release, “Ken Mode is a name synonymous with the Canadian hardcore and metal scenes. The band has effortlessly blended Amphetamine Reptile styled noise rock with pure hardcore fury to become one of the Canada’s most crushing acts. The band has built a reputation for themselves through their unique brand of metallic noise rock as well as touring with musical titans such as MASTODON, PELICAN, CURSED, PROPAGHANDI, BARONESS and more.”

The 2012 nominees also include:

ANVIL – Juggernaut of Justice (The End/Sony)
CAULDRON – Burning Fortune (Earache/eOne)
FUCK THE FACTS – Die Miserable (Relapse/eOne)
KEN MODE – Venerable (Profound Lore/Sonic Unyon)
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT – Deconstruction (HevyDevy/eOne)

A full list of nominees can be found at this location (you need to scroll down … way down to view the new metal category).

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