Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year is an annual award, presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to honor the year's best album by a Canadian artist in the genres of heavy metal. The album is open to all subgenres of heavy metal. Rock, punk, crossover and hardcore artists are not eligible for this category.

The award was introduced by the Juno Awards in September 2011,^[1] and was presented for the first time at the 2012 Juno Awards. The five nominees and winner in the category are chosen by a panel of judges selected from the Canadian music industry. The award was named "Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year" from 2011 to 2015, and it was renamed for the 2016 ceremony "in order to more clearly define the category criteria". ^[2]

Recipients

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year (2012–2015)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2012	KEN mode	Venerable	Juggernaut of Justice performed by Anvil Burning Fortune performed by Cauldron Die Miserable performed by Fuck the Facts Deconstruction performed by Devin Townsend Project	^[3]
2013	Woods of Ypres	Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light	Dead Set on Living performed by Cancer Bats Blacklands performed by Castle Epicloud performed by Devin Townsend Project Caligvla performed by Ex Deo	^[4]
2014	Protest the Hero	Volition	Heart of Oak performed by Anciients Colored Sands performed by Gorguts Entrench performed by KEN mode Dead Language performed by The Flatliners	^[5]
2015	Devin Townsend Project	Z²	Waiting for the End to Come performed by Kataklysm Brotherhood of the Ram performed by Shooting Guns Negative Qualities performed by Single Mothers Chasing the Dream performed by Skull Fist	^[6]

Heavy Metal Album of the Year (2016–present)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2016	Kataklysm	Of Ghosts and Gods	Searching for Zero performed by Cancer Bats Never Wanna Die performed by Diemonds Desire Will Rot performed by Fuck the Facts Of Ghosts and Gods performed by Kataklysm Success performed by KEN mode	^[7]

References

↑ "Bang your head: Junos to add heavy metal category". CTV News, September 28, 2011.
↑ "42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process" (PDF). JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
↑ "Yearly summary: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
↑ "Yearly summary: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
↑ "Yearly summary: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
↑ "Yearly summary: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
↑ "Yearly summary: 2016". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved October 23, 2016.

Juno Awards

Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter

Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Aboriginal Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's CCM/Gospel Classical Composition Classical - Large Ensemble Classical - Solo or Chamber Ensemble Classical - Vocal or Choral Performance Country Dance Electronic Francophone Instrumental International Jazz - Solo Jazz - Group Jazz - Contemporary Jazz - Traditional Jazz - Vocal Heavy Metal Pop R&B/Soul Rap Reggae Rock Contemporary Roots Traditional Roots Single of the Year World Music

Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video

Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Allan Waters Humanitarian Award

Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 ~~1988~~ 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

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