Kerrang! announced the nominations for their annual awards yesterday. The only news snippet we’re concerned with is that CMU favourites The Darkness got three nominations nominations (Best British Newcomer, Best Album and Best Live Act). Elsewhere, the nominations in full are:
Best British Newcomer: Funeral for a Friend; The Darkness; This Girl; Million Dead; Winnebago Deal
Best International Newcomer: Evanesence; Finch; The Mars Volta; Poison the Wall; The Used
Best Single: Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous; Foo Fighters - All My Life; Electric 6 - Gay Bar; Linkin Park - Faint; Evanesence - Bring me to Life
Best Video: Electric 6 - Gay Bar; Audioslave - Cochise; Murderdolls - White Wedding; Marilyn Manson - Mob Scene; Foo Fighters – Low
Best Album: Deftones - Deftones; White Stripes - Elephant; Metallica - St Anger; The Darkness - Permission to Land; HIM - Love Metal
Best Live Act: The Darkness; Sum 41; Reel Big Fish; Iron Maiden; The Murderdolls
Best British Band: Feeder; InMe; Hell is for Heroes; Muse; Stereophonics
Best International Band: Metallica; Linkin Park; Good Charlotte; System of a Down; Red Hot Chili Peppers
Event of the Year: Download; Glastonbury; Reading/Leeds; V2003; T in the Park
The awards ceremony is set to take place on 21 Aug.