Nominees For The 2022 ARIA Award For Best Hard/Rock Heavy Album Revealed

The nominees for the 2022 ARIA Awards were revealed today and with the exception of breakthrough pub-punks Amyl and The Sniffers staggering six nominations,  the focus of most heavy music fans was on the categories Best Hard Rock/Heavy Album and Best Rock Album. 

The Best Hard Rock/Heavy album category is set to see Sydney metalcore monoliths Northlane (Obsidian)battle it out with Melbourne alt-metalcore act Thornhill (Heroine), NZ hard rock icons Shihad (Old Gods), Brisbane alt-indie act Dune Rats (Real Rare Whale) and Sunshine Coast punks The Chats (Get Fucked). 

The Best Rock Album category will see the aforementioned Amy and The Sniffers (Comfort To Me) fight it out with Brisbane indie-rockers Ball Park Music (Weirder & Weirder), Sydney alt-rockers Gang Of Youths (Angel In Realtime), Northeast Arnhem Land rockers King Stingray (King Stingray) and Fremantle indie rockers Spacey Jane (Here Comes Everybody) for the right to be called an ARIA Award winner. 

A celebration of the best in homegrown music, the 2022 ARIA Awards will feature 27 categories and will take place on Thursday, 24 November at The Hordern Pavilion on Gadigal land. The awards will be co-hosted by eight-time ARIA Awards-winner, Aussie-born international icon Natalie Imbruglia,  and internationally loved singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. 

The first live, in-person ARIA Awards show since 2019, the 2022 ARIA Awards will be available to watch live and free across Australia on Channel 9 and 9Now and streamed internationally across YouTube.  

2022 ARIA AWARDS NOMINATED ARTISTS

Best Rock Album

Amyl and The Sniffers–Comfort To Me(Virgin Music Australia)

Ball Park Music–Weirder & Weirder(Prawn Records/Inertia Music)

Gang Of Youths–Angel in Realtime.(Mosy Recordings/Sony Music)

King Stingray–King Stingray(Cooking Vinyl/The Orchard)

Spacey Jane–Here Comes Everybody(AWAL Recordings)

Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album

Dune Rats–Real Rare Whale(BMG/ADA)

Northlane–Obsidian(Believe/Rocket)

Shihad–Old Gods(Warner Music NZ)

The Chats–Get Fucked(Bargain Bin Records / The Chats via Ingrooves)

Thornhill–Heroine(UNFD/The Orchard)