
The inaugural and public-voted Heavy Music Awards was hosted at the House Of Vans in Waterloo, London last night (August 24th 2017), seeing a headline set from Creeper and a bunch of other up-and-coming British acts throughout the night of award announcements.
The winners from the evening have now been publicly announced, which has seen the likes of Architects, Enter Shikari, Black Sabbath, and Gojira – to name a few – all picking up an award for themselves.
You can find the full list of award winners listed below.
BEST ALBUM (presented by EMP):
Architects – ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’
THE H:
Ashley Maile
BEST UK BAND (presented by UPRAWR):
Black Sabbath
BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND (presented by PPL):
Gojira
BEST LIVE BAND (presented by Eagle Rock Entertainment):
Enter Shikari
BEST BREAKTHROUGH BAND (presented by House Of Vans London):
I Prevail
BEST ALBUM ARTWORK (presented by The Pit):
Ghost – ‘Popestar’ (Zbigniew M Bielak)
BEST PRODUCER (presented by Believe):
Fredrik Nordström & Henrik Udd
BEST PHOTOGRAPHER (presented by Olympus):
Ben Gibson
BEST FESTIVAL (presented by Jackson Guitars):
Download Festival
BEST VENUE (presented by Scuzz):
O2 Academy, Brixton

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