The nominations have been announced for this years Kerrang! Awards Fuelled By Relentless Energy Drink. In the run up to the announcement over 280,000 votes have been cast to decide on the shortlists for this year's Awards. The show will take place on Thursday 7 June and you can vote on the shortlists by going to kerrang.com


The nominations are:


BEST BRITISH NEWCOMER
While She Sleeps
Yashin
Fearless Vampire Killers
Don Broco
Hawk Eyes


BEST INTERNATIONAL NEWCOMER
Motionless In White
Tonight Alive
Falling In Reverse
Of Mice and Men
Reckless Love


BEST SINGLE
You Me At Six (featuring Oli Sykes) - Bite My Tongue
You Me At Six - No One Does It Better
Young Guns - Bones
Black Veil Brides - Rebel Love Song
Falling In Reverse - The Drug In Me Is You


BEST VIDEO
Falling In Reverse - The Drug In Me Is You
Mastodon - Curl Of The Burl
Motionless In White - Immaculate Misconception
Paramore - Monster
Bring Me The Horizon - Alligator Blood


BEST ALBUM presented by Fireball
You Me At Six - Sinners Never Sleep
Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour
Young Guns - Bones
Black Veil Brides - Set The World On Fire
Mastodon - The Hunter


BEST LIVE BAND presented by Rock Of Ages
You Me At Six
Black Veil Brides
Asking Alexandria
Enter Shikari
My Chemical Romance


BEST BRITISH BAND presented by Fender
You Me At Six
Bullet For My Valentine
Asking Alexandria
Lostprophets
Iron Maiden


BEST INTERNATIONAL BAND
30 Seconds To Mars
My Chemical Romance
Evanescence
A Day To Remember
letlive.


BEST TV SHOW
The Big Bang Theory
The Walking Dead
Game Of Thrones
American Horror Story
Misfits


BEST VIDEO GAME
Skyrim
FIFA 12
Mass Effect 3
Gears Of War 3
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3


BEST FILM
The Hunger Games
The Woman In Black
The Inbetweeners
The Muppets
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


BEST COMEDIAN
Greg Davies
Russell Howard
Tim Minchin
Noel Fielding
Bill Bailey


TWEETER OF THE YEAR
Danny Worsnop, Asking Alexandria
Jono Yates, Blitz Kids
Sean Smith, The Blackout
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Mark Hoppus, Blink-182


HOTTEST FEMALE
Hayley Williams, Paramore
Tay Jardine, We Are The In Crowd
Amy Lee, Evanescence
Lzzy Hale, Halestorm
Jenna McDougall, Tonight Alive


HOTTEST MALE
Ben Bruce, AskingAlexandria
Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides
Ashley Purdy, Black Veil Brides
Alex Gaskarth, All Time Low
Matt Bellamy, Muse


VILLAIN OF THE YEAR
Justin Bieber
Simon Cowell
Ronnie Radke, Falling In Reverse
Lou Reed
One Direction


HERO OF THE YEAR
Ronnie Radke, Falling In Reverse
M. Shadows, Avenged Sevenfold
Jared Leto, 30 Seconds To Mars
Mario Balotelli, Manchester City
Rou Reynolds, Enter Shikari


BEST FESTIVAL
Download
Hevy Music Festival
Reading and Leeds
Slam Dunk
Hit The Deck