Nominees for the Kerrang! Awards have been announced today, 30 Seconds to Mars and Bullet For My Valentine have each reached 4 nominations ahead of the awards ceremony taking place on Thursday 21 August.

The full list of nominees reads as follows:
Best British Newcomer
Dead Swans
We Are The Ocean
Slaves To Gravity
Elliot Minor
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Best International Newcomer
Kill Hannah
A Day To Remember
Four Year Strong
Black Tide
All Time Low

Best British Band (sponsored by Roadrunner Records)
Lostprophets
Bring Me The Horizon
You Me At Six
Bullet For My Valentine
Biffy Clyro

Best International Band
30 Seconds To Mars
My Chemical Romance
Madina Lake
Coheed And Cambria
Avenged Sevenfold

Best Single
30 Seconds To Mars â€" ‘From Yesterday’
Bullet For My Valentine â€" ‘Waking The Demon’
Simple Plan â€" ‘Your Love Is A Lie’
Kids In Glass Houses â€" ‘Give Me What I Want’
Pendulum â€" ‘Propane Nightmares’

Best Video
Bullet For My Valentine â€" ‘Waking The Demon’
30 Seconds To Mars â€" ‘A Beautiful Lie’
Weezer â€" ‘Pork And Beans’
Coheed And Cambria â€" ‘Feathers;
Gallows â€" ‘Starin At The Rude Bois’

Best Album
Bullet For My Valentine â€" ‘Scream, Aim, Fire’
Avenged Sevenfold â€" ‘Avenged Sevenfold’
In Flames â€" ‘A Sense Of Purpose’
Mindless Self Indulgence â€" ‘If’
Cancer Bats â€" ‘Hail Destroyer’

Best Live Band
30 Seconds To Mars
Lostprophets
Machine Head
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Avenged Sevenfold