HMA17 Winners

Best Album

Architects ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’
Epitaph Records • Produced by Fredrik Nordström & Henrik Udd

Category presented by EMP

Best UK Band

Black Sabbath
Vertigo

Category presented by Uprawr

Best Live Band

Enter Shikari
Ambush Reality

Category presented by Eagle Rock Entertainment

Best International Band

Gojira
Roadrunner Records

Category presented by PPL

Best Photographer

Ben Gibson

Category presented by Olympus

Best Album Artwork

Ghost ‘Popestar’
Loma Vista Recordings • Artwork by Zbigniew M. Bielak

Category presented by The Pit

Best Breakthrough Band

I Prevail
Fearless Records

Category presented by House of Vans London

Best Festival

Download Festival

Category presented by Jackson Guitars

Best Producer

Fredrik Nordström & Henrik Udd

Category presented by Believe

The H

Ashley Maile
Awarded for exceptional positive contribution to the heavy music scene