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GMA Awards 2019 - The Results

3/1/2020

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After one month of voting, nearly 6,000 votes cast and countless sharing across all social media platforms by us and nominees alike, the time has come to announce the winners of the GMA Awards 2019.

But before that happens, there will be a change to how the nominees are cast. For 10 months of the year we will be running a series of rounds from which the 10 finalists will be recognised for the annual event.

The system will work as thus: nominees elected in the month of January are voted for in February... February nominees voted in March, etc and finishes with nominees in October being voted for in November - the finalists will then be voted for across the month of December and into early January 2021; finishing 8th January 2021.

Now that's put out into the open, we can finally reveal the winners of the GMA Awards 2019.

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Release Of The Year


  1. Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno (19.8%)
  2. Eluveitie - Ategnatos (16.6%)
  3. Jinjer - Macro (13.9%)
  4. Oomph! - Ritual (9.2%)
  5. Kryptos - Afterburner (7.4%)
  6. Tyr - Hel (7.1%)
  7. Unleash The Archers - Explorers (7.1%)
  8. Myrath - Shehili (7%)
  9. Sabaton - The Great War (6.9%)
  10. The Hu - The Gereg (4.9%)

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Best Live Act

  1. Jinjer (The Ukraine) - (27.6%)
  2. Eluveitie (Switzerland) - (15.2%)
  3. Sabaton (Sweden) - (11.3%)
  4. Alien Weaponry (New Zealand) - (9.9%)
  5. Myrath (Tunisia) - (9.1%)
  6. Lacuna Coil (Italy) - (8.2%)
  7. Underside (Nepal) - (7.2%)
  8. Crescent (Egypt) - (4.9%)
  9. Hatari (Iceland) - (3.6%)
  10. Odd Crew (Bulgaria) - (3%)

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Breakthrough African Metal Band

  1. Mythos (Egypt) - (35.5%)
  2. Berzek (Algeria) - (11.3%)
  3. My Veins (Madagascar) - (9%)
  4. Iron Sliver (Gabon) - (8.1%)
  5. Woltemade (South Africa) - (6.7%)
  6. Roar Of Heroes (Cameroon) - (6.7%)
  7. Nebulosa Difusa (Angola) - (5.9%)
  8. Oydis (Libya) - (5.6%)
  9. Arka'n (Togo) - (5.6%)
  10. Kawn (Morocco) - (5.5%)


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Breakthrough Asian Metal Band

  1. Trainwreck (Bangladesh) - (35%)
  2. Mary's Blood (Japan) - (21.1%)
  3. Bloodywood (India) - (10.4%)
  4. Slaves To Sirens (The Lebanon) - (6.6%)
  5. The Dead Sea (Jordan) - (5.5%)
  6. Ekwon (Iran) - (5.4%)
  7. Holy Dragons (Kazakhstan) - (5.1%)
  8. Reign In Slumber (Cambodia) - (4.2%)
  9. Afreet (Afghanistan) - (3.3%)
  10. Fecundation (South Korea) - (3.3%)

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Breakthrough European Metal Band

  1. Odd Crew (Bulgaria) - (17.1%)
  2. Forever Still (Denmark) - (12.7%)
  3. Elusion (Belgium) - (11.6%)
  4. Setheist (Poland) - (11.2%)
  5. Synlakross (Spain) - (8.8%)
  6. Scarleth (The Ukraine) - (8.2%)
  7. E-An-Na (Romania) - (7.9%)
  8. Awakening Sun (Lithuania) - (7.8%)
  9. Kobold (Serbia) - (7.3%)
  10. Crossbones (Albania) - (7.3%)


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Breakthrough UK Metal Band

  1. Black Pyre (Wales) - (20.6%)
  2. Aeons (Isle Of Man) - (14.6%)
  3. Inferiem (Scotland) - (10.4%)
  4. Fear Bound (England) - (10.3%)
  5. Zombified (Northern Ireland) - (9.9%)
  6. Pravitas (England) - (9.6%)
  7. Dog Tired (Scotland) - (7.5%)
  8. Djinova (England) - (6.9%)
  9. Outright Resistance (England) - (6.2%)
  10. Byzanthian Neckbeard (Guernsey) - (3.9%)

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Breakthrough North & Central American Metal Band

  1. Astaroth Incarnate (Canada) - (32.8%)
  2. Human Equation (Mexico) - (11.6%)
  3. From The Graves (Cuba) - (10.9%)
  4. Reactor (El Salvador) - (8.4%)
  5. Stromptha (Greenland) - (7.6%)
  6. Athica (Panama) - (7.5%)
  7. Redhead Match (Costa Rica) - (6.1%)
  8. Gangrena Cerebral (Dominican Republic) - (5.2%)
  9. Transgresión (Puerto Rico) - (5.1%)
  10. Aversia (Nicaragua) - (4.9%)

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Breakthrough Oceanian Metal Band

  1. Scythian Fate (Australia) - (26.2%)
  2. Sons Of Solomon (Solomon Islands) - (16.1%)
  3. Hunt The Witch (New Zealand) - (13.1%)
  4. Abide Till Death (Papua New Guinea) - (8%)
  5. Shepherd's Reign (New Zealand) - (7.6%)
  6. Surrender The Thief (Guam) - (6.6%)
  7. Redsphere (New Caledonia) - (6%)
  8. The Relativ (Fiji) - (5.9%)
  9. Dropvkal (Vanuatu) - (5.5%)
  10. Pōturu (French Polynesia) - (5%)

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Breakthrough South American Metal Band

  1. Suicidal Drinkers (Argentina) - (17.1%)
  2. Visceral Decay (Ecuador) - (13.3%)
  3. Maze Of Terror (Peru) - (12.2%)
  4. Holder Of Souls (Brazil) - (12.1%)
  5. Inner Betrayer (Colombia) - (9.5%)
  6. Weight Of Emptiness (Chile) - (8.7%)
  7. Khymor (Paraguay) - (7.9%)
  8. Territory (Uruguay) - (7.1%)
  9. Worship The Pestilence (Bolivia) - (6.8%)
  10. Cultura Tres (Venezuela) - (5.4%)

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Breakthrough International Metal Band

  1. Bloodywood (India) - (24.4%)
  2. Sons Of Solomon (Solomon Islands) - (11.4%)
  3. Infected Rain (Moldova) - (11.4%)
  4. Outright Resistance (England) - (9.8%)
  5. Forever Still (Denmark) - (8.7%)
  6. Arka'n (Togo) - (8.3%)
  7. Ade! (Italy) - (8%)
  8. Redhead Match (Costa Rica) - (6.7%)
  9. Cultura Tres (Venezuela) + Overthrust (Botswana) - (5.6%) - tied on vote numbers.

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Festival Of The Year

  1. Bloodstock Open Air (England) - (28.4%)
  2. Heavy MTL (Canada) - (22%)
  3. Bangalore Open Air (India) - (17.8%)
  4. Copenhell (Denmark) - (6.4%)
  5. Eindhoven Metal Meeting (The Netherlands) - (5.4%)
  6. Goathell (Croatia) - (4.5%)
  7. Hard Rock Laager (Estonia) - (4.5%)
  8. Eistnaflug (Iceland) - (4.1%)
  9. Kaltenbach Open Air (Austria) - (3.8%)
  10. Hammersonic (Indonesia) - (3.1%)


Music Video Of The Year

  1. Rammstein - 'Deutschland' - (21.6%)
  2. Fleshgod Apocalypse - 'Sugar' - (21.2%)
  3. Eluveitie - 'Ategnatos' - (12.8%)
  4. Jinjer - 'On The Top' - (11.6%)
  5. Myrath - 'Born To Survive' - (8%)
  6. Sabaton - 'Bismarck' - (7.9%)
  7. Alien Weaponry - 'Blinded' - (7.2%)
  8. Arka'n - 'Tears Of The Dead' - (4.6%)
  9. Underside - 'Wild' - (3.2%)
  10. Oomph! - 'Tausend Mann Und Ein Befehl' (1.9%)


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Global Metal Ambassador 2019

  1. Gojira (France) - (28.1%)
  2. Freddy Lim (Taiwan) - (21.4%)
  3. Jake Shuker & Monzer Darwish (Syria) - (9.7%)
  4. Sahil Makhija (India) - (8%)
  5. Slaves To Sirens (The Lebanon) - (6.9%)
  6. Underside (Nepal) - (6.4%)
  7. Rock Arka'n (Togo) - (4.9%)
  8. Roy Dipankar (India -'Extreme Nation' director) - (4.6%)
  9. Overthrust (Botswana) - (4.1%)
  10. Zarraza (Kazakhstan) - (3.5%)
  11. World Metal Congress (International) - (2.2%)*

  * Later withdrawn by request of nominee.
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GMA Awards 2016 - Releases of the year (F-J)

9/2/2017

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Part 2/5 of releases of the year.

These releases represent national scenes and are not a general 'release of the year' (just to clarify)

Click your flag to see what release this year is considered the best from your national scene - these are picked by the editor.


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The Defiled find their own "Arctic Spirits" in Greenland, on an iceberg

15/10/2014

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So whilst Metallica have had the utmost joy in becoming the first band in the world to play on all seven continents, The Defiled however have found solace by becoming the first band in the world to perform on an iceberg.

Before we turn our attention to the London industrialists, we at GMA would like to draw your attention to the band Arctic Spirits and their music video "Assiliarsuaq" which can be seen below. Arctic Spirits are one of the first ever metal bands from Greenland, yeah we bet Kerrang! and the like didn't tell you that!


Right well back to The Defiled, so an iceberg was transformed into not quite exactly a 'gig venue' per se, more like the most literal open-air concert you'll ever see and this all took place in the Greenland Sea (all in aid of the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig, which if you like pits artists under jaw-dropping temperatures i.e. -30*C).

Rocking out in temperatures to a number of locals from nearby Kulusuk (of which is near Kulusuk Airport and features direct flights to Reykjavik in Iceland), all of whom attended the gig in Amon Amarth fashion via standing and watching the band perform from an array of fishing boats and leisure craft.

The Defiled's journey began with flying from London to Reykjavik (Iceland) and then got their connected flight to Kulusuk Airport, where they then traveled across ice and sea to their base on the neighbouring island of Tasiilaq (just over 2000 inhabitants).

Before taking the challenge head on, front-man Stitch D, along with keyboardist The AvD, bassist Vincent Hyde and drummer Needles spent time mingling with local musicians and watching them perform their own traditional music, before inviting them and other residents to come and witness their unique one-off performance. The choice of set? 30 minutes of insane music taken from their latest album "Daggers" (Nuclear Blast)

To thank the locals for making the gig happen, The Defiled donated their equipment to the local community hall, this happened upon hearing that the Kulusuk village music hall, and all of their equipment, had burnt down in a fierce winter storm. The donations included strings from Mapex and Blackstar, a donated drum kit and guitar amp to contribute to the rebuilding of the facilities.


Stitch D admitted that this performance was one of the most insane they have ever done, adding that "you see these things on TV documentaries but it’s not until you get to see them in real life that you realise just how big and amazing icebergs are. Although it was cold, I don’t think any of us noticed once we got started as the stage location literally takes your breath away."



He goes on to further add that:
 

“As a group of mates we’ve shared some amazing experiences together but this has been an adventure that has bought us closer together and something that we all feel really privileged to have been part of. We’ve made a lot of friends during our short stay here and donated some music equipment to the local people, so we look forward to coming back one day and playing a joint gig out here next time – maybe the first ever gig with two bands playing on two icebergs at the same time!”

In order to capture the gig and the breath-taking surroundings, the expedition team turned to the latest technology to film and photograph the gig – utilizing state-of-the-art ‘octocopter flying drone cameras’ to hover above and alongside the iceberg which are controlled remotely from the flotilla of boats nearby.


 
Tom Carson, Jägermeister music manager, added:

“As far as stage backdrops go, I don’t think you’ll find anything more impressive than this. We’re used to staging events at music venues and summer festivals, so it made for an interesting change to be checking ‘berg suitability’ as part of the pre-event checks as opposed to the typical band riders and sound systems."

 
“We’ve worked with The Defiled for a number of years now as part of our Jägermusic programme and we’re extremely grateful to them for accepting the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig challenge and staging one of the most unique sets we’ve witnessed – we hope the locals of Kulusuk enjoyed it as much as we did.”

 
View pictures of The Defiled taking on the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig Challenge here
 


The Defiled tour dates:

November
  • 24             Nottingham               Rescue Rooms
  • 25             Glasgow                   Cathouse
  • 26             Stoke                       Sugarmill
  • 27             London                     O2 Academy Islington
  • 28             Brighton                   Audio
  • 29             Leeds                       The Key Club
 
December
  • 01             Manchester            Academy 3
  • 02             Wolverhampton      Slade Rooms
  • 03             Bristol                    Thekla
  • 04             Southampton         Talking Heads
 
Tickets for all shows available at
http://kililive.com/artists/the-defiled

https://www.facebook.com/thedefiled
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Greenland's Arctic Spirits release music video

8/6/2012

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Arctic Spirits who are a Heavy Metal band hailing from Greenland have released this new music video which is called "Assiliarsuaq" and comes from their sophomore album “Iluliarsuit Akornanni”.

“Iluliarsuit Akornanni” can be purchased here.
The bands first album "Pissutsit" can be purchased here.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arctic-Spirits/288519341180637
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