ROLLING STONE METAL AWARDS – the first and only awards show honoring the best in Indian metal – returns in its fifth edition this year. Among eight nominee categories, Mumbai death metal band Reptilian Death lead the tally with seven nominations, including Best Song, Best Band and Best Album. Top nominees this year also include Delhi-based metal band Undying Inc., thrash/groove metal band Zygnema, black metal band Cosmic Infusion, progressive/hardcore metal band Reverrse Polarity, death metal band Gutslit and folk metal band The Down Troddence, among others. The Down Troddence and Gutslit have six nominations each.

RSMA, which has previously honored artists such as Demonic Resurrection, Scribe, Bhayanak Maut, Undying Inc, Eccentric Pendulum and Skyharbor, will give away awards for Best Band, Best Song and Best Album based on popular choice and critics’ choice separately. Awards will be also handed in the Best Guitarist, Best Bassist, Best Drummer, Best Vocalist and Best Keyboardist categories. Awards for the Best Album Artwork and Emerging Artist will be announced at the awards event, which takes place on 22nd June at Blue Frog, Mumbai.

Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2014 Nominees List

Best Band
Cosmic Infusion
Gutslit
Reptilian Death
Reverrse Polarity
The Down Troddence

Best Album
Cosmic Infusion – Cosmic Infusion
Gutslit – Skewered In The Sewer
Reptilian Death – The Dawn Of Consummation And Emergence
Reverrse Polarity – Reverrse Polarity
The Down Troddence – How are You? We are fine, Thank you

Best Song
Cosmic Infusion – “Burial Of Thy Own”
Reptilian Death – “O”
Reverrse Polarity – “Cross Poly Nation”
The Down Troddence – “Nagavalli”
Undying Inc – “Ironclad”
Zygnema – “Shell Broken Hell Loose”

Best Vocalist
Cosmic Infusion – Sushan Shetty
Gutslit – Aditya Barve
Reptilian Death – Vinay Venkatesh
Undying Inc – Shashank Bhatnagar
Zygnema – Jimmy Bhore

Best Guitarist
Cosmic Infusion – Amnish Lohire
Gutslit – Dynell Bangera
Reptilian Death – Sahil Makhija
The Down Troddence – Varun Raj
Zygnema – Sidharth Kadadi

Best Bassist
Gutslit – Gurdip Singh Narang
Reptilian Death – Ashwin Shriyan
Theorized – Sankalp Narayanan
When Stories End – Gaurav Roka
Undying Inc – Reuben Bhattacharya

Best Drummer
Gutslit – Aaron Pinto
Reptilian Death – Sahil Makhija
Reverrse Polarity – Gautam Deb
The Down Troddence – Ganesh Radhakrishnan
Undying Inc – Nishant Hagjer
Zygnema – Mayank Sharma

Best Keyboardist
Cosmic Infusion – Sushan Shetty
Dark Helm – Aniketh Shankar
Lunatic Fringe – Gaurav Dutta
Slain – Jonathan Wesley
The Down Troddence – Sushil Shyam

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