Heavy Music Awards 2025 Winners Announced

Bring Me The Horizon picked up the flagship Best Album award for Post Human: NeX GEn

Having had to cancel the physical version of the ninth annual Heavy Music Awards, the winners have instead been revealed during a very special version of Alex Baker’s Kerrang! Radio Show tonight (Saturday 4 October).

Sheffield superstars Bring Me The Horizon picked up the coveted Best Album gong for ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ after winning the category in 2022 for the album’s predecessor ‘POST HUMAN: Survival Horror’, while in other notable categories Malevolence grabbed Best UK Artist ahead of arguable the most stacked list of nominees ever seen in the category, and Kentucky’s Knocked Loose capped off what has been a huge year for the band by taking out Best International Artist (presented by Arising Empire).

BEST ALBUM

Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: NeX GEn (RCA / Produced by Oliver Sykes, Cynthoni, Lee Malia, Zakk Cervini, Dan Lancaster, DAIDAI (Daisuke Ehara), Jordan Fish, Bloodpop, Danny Couture)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM

Thrown - Excessive Guilt (Arising Empire / Produced by Buster Odeholm)

BEST UK ARTIST

Malevolence (Nuclear Blast)

BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST
PRESENTED BY ARISING EMPIRE

Knocked Loose (Pure Noise Records)

BEST UK LIVE ARTIST

Bury Tomorrow (Music For Nations)

BEST INTERNATIONAL LIVE ARTIST

Motionless In White (Roadrunner Records)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH LIVE ARTIST
PRESENTED BY O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN

House of Protection (Red Bull Records)

BEST UK BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
PRESENTED BY PRS FOR MUSIC

South Arcade (LAB Records/BKM)

BEST INTERNATIONAL BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST

Sleep Theory (Epitaph Records)

BEST ALBUM ARTWORK

Knocked Loose - You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To (Pure Noise Records / Artwork by Ridge Rhine)

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