LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS –ROCK N’ ROLL CONCERT & CELEBRATION– SET FOR LIVE, NATIONAL TV BROADCAST ON AXS TV AND WORLDWIDE LIVE-STREAM ONLINE VIA WWE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 STARTING AT 7:00 PM PT

PERFORMANCES FROM AVENGED SEVENFOLD (headlining set)

IN THIS MOMENT, ANTHRAX, HALESTORM, ICE-T & BODY COUNT, NOTHING MORE, STARSET, POWER TRIP, MEGADETH’s
Dave Mustaine, JUDAS PRIEST’s Rob Halford, Lita Ford, HATEBREED’s Jamey Jasta and more.

APPEARANCES BY TONY IOMMI (BLACK SABBATH), SAMMY HAGAR, (Solo/VAN HALEN), CHAD SMITH (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), JOEY KRAMER (AEROSMITH), WWE’s THE MIZ, ZAKK WYLDE, VINNIE PAUL, STEVE VAI, REX BROWN, STEEL PANTHER, DAVID ELLEFSON, JOEY JORDISON, JOHN5, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD and many more.

The first-ever LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS concert and ceremony — a night dedicated to celebrating  hard rock and metal–is set for a live, national TV broadcast on AXS TV, on Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00pm PT. The event will simultaneously be live-streamed worldwide online to more than 40 million fans on the Loudwire Facebook page and shared via the WWE’s Facebook page, Chris Jericho’s Facebookpage and the Miz’s Facebook page.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD will deliver a blistering headlining set at the first-ever  LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS concert on Tuesday, October 24 at The Novo in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets are available to the public and on-sale now (here). Adding to the celebration, the LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS will include rocking performances from IN THIS MOMENT, ANTHRAX, HALESTORM, BODY COUNT, NOTHING MORE, STARSET and POWER TRIP, with special performances by MEGADETH’s Dave Mustaine, JUDAS PRIEST’s Rob Halford. Lita Ford and HATEBREED’s Jamey Jasta.

In addition, BLACK SABBATH icon Tony Iommi, VAN HALEN legend Sammy Hagar and the aforementioned ROB HALFORD will receive special honors at the event, which will be hosted by WWE superstar CHRIS JERICHO. Other acts set to appear include CHAD SMITH, JOEY KRAMER, WWE’s The MIZ, ZAKK WYLDE, VINNIE PAUL, STEVE VAI, REX BROWN, STEEL PANTHER, DAVID ELLEFSON, JOEY JORDISON, JOHN 5, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD and many more.

Just hours prior to the LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS concert will be the “Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Summit” at the GRAMMY Museum next door to The Novo. Panels will feature Rob Halford, Sammy Hagar, Rex Brown, Steve Vai, Frank Bello and more. The “Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Summit” is free and open to the public; however, seating is on a first come, first serve basis.  LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS VIP ticket holders will be given priority seating at the summit.  Registration on Eventbrite is required for ALL summit attendees, including LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS VIP ticket holders. To register, visit (HERE).

The LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDSare all about celebrating the best in hard rock and heavy metal. Once again the honorary recipients and nominees for the 2017 LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS are:

Honorary Award Recipients:

HARD ROCK ARTIST OF THE YEAR presented by FRONTIERS RECORDS
* In This Moment
* Korn
* Papa Roach
* Pretty Reckless
* Starset
* Stone Sour

METAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
* Avenged Sevenfold
* Body Count
* Code Orange
* Mastodon
* Metallica
* Power Trip

HARD ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
* At The Drive In “In*Ter * A*Li*A”
* Highly Suspect “The Boy Who Died Wolf”
* Papa Roach “Crooked Teeth”
* Royal Thunder “WICK”
* Starset “Vessels”
* Stone Sour “Hydrograd”

METAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR presented by RAZOR & TIE
* Avenged Sevenfold “The Stage”
* Body Count “Bloodlust”
* Code Orange “Forever”
* Mastodon “Emperor of Sand”
* Metallica “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”
* Power Trip “Nightmare Logic”

HARD ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR presented by APPLE MUSIC
* Foo Fighters “Run”
* Fozzy “Judas”
* I Prevail “Alone”
* Nothing More “Go To War”
* Of Mice & Men “Unbreakable”
* Starset “Monster”

METAL SONG OF THE YEAR presented by APPLE MUSIC
* Body Count “No Lives Matter”
* DragonForce “Ashes of the Dawn”
* Municipal Waste “Amateur Sketch”
* Obituary “Sentence Day”
* Pallbearer “I Saw The End”
* Power Trip “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)”

BEST LIVE BAND presented by eONE
* Amon Amarth
* Anthrax
* Behemoth
* The Dillinger Escape Plan
* Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
* Iron Maiden

MOST DEDICATED FANS presented by BMG/RISE
* Babymetal
* Blink-182
* Halestorm
* I Prevail
* Iron Maiden
* Rammstein

BREAKTHROUGH BAND presented by APPLE MUSIC
* Avatar
* Beartooth
* Bloodclot
* Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
* King Woman
* Royal Thunder

BEST NEW ARTIST presented by CENTURY MEDIA
* Black Map
* Cover Your Tracks
* Ded
* Gone Is Gone
* Greta Van Fleet
* Zeal & Ardor

BEST VOCALIST presented by FEARLESS RECORDS
* Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
* Maria Brink, In This Moment
* Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden
* Myles Kennedy, Alter Bridge
* MLNY Parsonz, Royal Thunder
* Corey Taylor, Stone Sour

BEST GUITARIST
* Tosin Abasi. Animals As Leaders
* Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance, Avenged Sevenfold
* Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher, Mastodon
* Dave Mustaine & Kiko Loureiro – Megadeth
* Mark Tremonti, Alter Bridge
* Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne/Zakk Sabbath

BEST DRUMMER
* Charlie Benante, Anthrax
* Brann Dailor, Mastodon
* Mario Duplantier, Gojira
* Tomas Haake, Meshuggah
* Matt Greiner, August Burns Red
* Vinnie Paul, Hellyeah

BEST BASSIST presented by INDIGO HOTELS
* Frank Bello, Anthrax
* Derek Boyer, Suffocation
* Rex Brown, Rex Brown
* Matt Freeman, Rancid
* Steve Harris, Iron Maiden
* Mike Kerr, Royal Blood

Launched in July 2012 by visionary entrepreneur CEO Mark Cuban, AXS TV delivers the ultimate in music entertainment programming with an eclectic lineup that includes classic concerts from music’s most iconic bands, as well as exclusive music festival coverage, original hit series like “Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar,” docs that rock, insightful specials, and knock-out live mixed martial arts action. AXS TV is a partnership between Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and CBS. The network is available nationally in the United States and can be seen in parts of Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. For a list of providers, visit axs.tv/subscribe. For more information, see www.axs.tv and www.axs.tv/press. Follow AXS TV on Facebook,Twitter @axstv; Instagram; and YouTube.

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Townsquare Media’s Loudwire.com is one of the leading hard rock and heavy metal websites in the world, with more than 1.3 million Facebook fans. Meanwhile, Loudwire’s YouTube channel has more than 600,000 subscribers and 175 million lifetime views. Townsquare Media is also home to ‘Loudwire Nights,’ a syndicated radio show that airs weeknights on multiple active rock radio stations across the United States.

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