Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year is an annual award, presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to honour the year's best album by a Canadian artist in the genres of heavy metal. The album is open to all subgenres of heavy metal. Rock, punk, crossover and hardcore artists are not eligible for this category.

The award was introduced by the Juno Awards in September 2011,[https://www.ctvnews.ca/bang-your-head-junos-to-add-heavy-metal-category-1.704136 "Bang your head: Junos to add heavy metal category"]. CTV News, September 28, 2011. and was presented for the first time at the 2012 Juno Awards. The five nominees and winner in the category are chosen by a panel of judges selected from the Canadian music industry. The award was named "Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year" from 2011 to 2015, and it was renamed for the 2016 ceremony "in order to more clearly define the category criteria".{{cite web |title=42nd Annual Juno Awards: 2016 CARAS Quick Reference Guide to the Submission Process |url=http://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2016-Submissions-Guide1.pdf |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |year=2016 |access-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065157/http://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2016-Submissions-Guide1.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Recipients

=Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year (2012–2015)=

class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Winner ! scope="col" \| Album ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
scope="row"\|2012 \| KEN Mode \| Venerable \| Juggernaut of Justice – Anvil Burning Fortune – Cauldron Die Miserable – Fuck the Facts Deconstruction – Devin Townsend Project \|align="center"\|{{cite web \|title=Yearly summary: 2012 \|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2012&to_year=2012&submit=Search \|work=JunoAwards.ca \|publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=February 20, 2013 \|archive-date=March 4, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053736/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2012&to_year=2012&submit=Search \|url-status=dead }}
scope="row"\|2013 \| Woods of Ypres \| Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light \| Dead Set on Living – Cancer Bats Blacklands – Castle Epicloud – Devin Townsend Project Caligvla – Ex Deo \|align="center"\|{{cite web \|title=Yearly summary: 2013 \|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2013&to_year=2013&submit=Search \|work=JunoAwards.ca \|publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=February 20, 2013 \|archive-date=March 3, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234147/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2013&to_year=2013&submit=Search \|url-status=dead }}
scope="row"\|2014 \| Protest the Hero \| Volition \| Heart of Oak – Anciients Colored Sands – Gorguts Entrench – KEN Mode Dead Language – The Flatliners \|align="center"\|{{cite web \|title=Yearly summary: 2014 \|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2014&to_year=2014&submit=Search \|work=JunoAwards.ca \|publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=March 30, 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528200522/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2014&to_year=2014&submit=Search \|archive-date=May 28, 2015 }}
scope="row"\|2015 \| Devin Townsend Project \| Z² \| Waiting for the End to Come – Kataklysm Brotherhood of the Ram – Shooting Guns Negative Qualities – Single Mothers Chasing the Dream – Skull Fist \|align="center"\|{{cite web \|title=Yearly summary: 2015 \|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2015&to_year=2015&submit=Search \|work=JunoAwards.ca \|publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=March 18, 2015 \|archive-date=March 4, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060708/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2015&to_year=2015&submit=Search \|url-status=dead }}

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" | Album

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

scope="row"|2012

| KEN Mode

| Venerable

Juggernaut of Justice – Anvil
Burning Fortune – Cauldron
Die Miserable – Fuck the Facts
Deconstruction – Devin Townsend Project

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=Yearly summary: 2012 |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2012&to_year=2012&submit=Search |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053736/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2012&to_year=2012&submit=Search |url-status=dead }}

scope="row"|2013

| Woods of Ypres

| Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light

Dead Set on Living – Cancer Bats
Blacklands – Castle
Epicloud – Devin Townsend Project
Caligvla – Ex Deo

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=Yearly summary: 2013 |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2013&to_year=2013&submit=Search |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234147/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2013&to_year=2013&submit=Search |url-status=dead }}

scope="row"|2014

| Protest the Hero

| Volition

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=Yearly summary: 2014 |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2014&to_year=2014&submit=Search |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528200522/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2014&to_year=2014&submit=Search |archive-date=May 28, 2015 }}

scope="row"|2015

| Devin Townsend Project

| Z²

Waiting for the End to Come – Kataklysm
Brotherhood of the Ram – Shooting Guns
Negative Qualities – Single Mothers
Chasing the Dream – Skull Fist

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=Yearly summary: 2015 |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2015&to_year=2015&submit=Search |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 18, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060708/http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=207&category_ids=207&from_year=2015&to_year=2015&submit=Search |url-status=dead }}

=Heavy Metal Album of the Year (2016–present)=

class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Winner ! scope="col" \| Album ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Nominees ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Ref.
scope="row"\|2016 \| Kataklysm \| Of Ghosts and Gods \| Searching for Zero – Cancer Bats Never Wanna Die – Diemonds Desire Will Rot – Fuck the Facts Success – KEN Mode \|align="center"\|{{cite web \|title=Yearly summary: 2016 \|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=2016&to-year=2016&nomination-category=heavy-metal-album-of-the-year&wins-only=no&artist= \|work=JunoAwards.ca \|publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences \|access-date=October 23, 2016 }}
scope="row"\|2017 \| Mandroid Echostar \| Coral Throne \| Transcendence – Devin Townsend Project Pacific Myth – Protest the Hero Beast – Despised Icon Suicide Society – Annihilator \|align="center"\|{{Cite news \|date=April 2, 2017 \|title=Here Is the Full List of 2017 Juno Winners \|work=Exclaim! \|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_is_the_full_list_of_2017_juno_winners \|access-date=August 11, 2023}}
scope="row"\|2018 \| Anciients \| Voice of the Void \| Relentless Mutation – Archspire II: Vanishing – Longhouse Strange Peace - METZ Striker – Striker \|align="center"\|{{Cite news \|date=March 25, 2018 \|title=Junos 2018: the complete list of winners \|work=cbc.ca \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/junos-2018-the-complete-list-of-winners-1.4579405 \|access-date=August 11, 2023}}
scope="row"\|2019 \| Voivod \| The Wake \| Algorythm – Beyond Creation The Spark That Moves – Cancer Bats Loved – KEN Mode Prevail II – Kobra and the Lotus \|align="center"\|{{Cite news \|date=March 16, 2019 \|title=Junos 2019: the complete list of winners \|work=CBC.ca \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/junos-2019-the-complete-list-of-winners-1.5056461 \|access-date=August 11, 2023}}
scope="row"\|2020 \| Striker \| Play to Win \| Orphans – The Agonist Evolution – Kobra and the Lotus Martyr – Lindsay Schoolcraft Through a Wall – Single Mothers \|align="center"\|Melody Lau, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/alessia-cara-and-tory-lanez-lead-the-2020-juno-nominations-1.5436386 "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"]. CBC Music, January 28, 2019.
scope="row"\|2021 \|Unleash the Archers \| Abyss \| Ballistic, Sadistic — Annihilator Unconquered — Kataklysm Palimpsest — Protest the Hero Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! — Vile Creature \|align="center"\|Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. CBC Music, June 4, 2021.
style="text-align:center;" scope="row"\|2022 \| Archspire \| Bleed the Future \| Days Before the World Wept — The Agonist Eternal Blue — Spiritbox Lifeblood — Brand of Sacrifice Power Trio — Danko Jones \|align="center"\|[https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 \| Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"]. sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.
scope="row"\|2023 \| Voivod \| Synchro Anarchy \| Merciless Destruction — Get the Shot Paid in Full — Skull Fist Psychic Jailbreak — Cancer Bats Thought Form Descent — Wake \|align="center"\| Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. CBC News, March 11, 2023.
scope="row"\|2024 \| Cryptopsy \| As Gomorrah Burns \| Danko Jones, Electric Sounds Kataklysm, Goliath KEN Mode, Void Voivod, Morgöth Tales \|align="center"\| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
scope="row"\|2025 \| Anciients \| Beyond the Reach of the Sun \| Kittie, Fire Spiritbox, The Fear of Fear Striker, Ultrapower Devin Townsend, PowerNerd \|align="center"\| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-full-list-winners-1.7497072 "Junos 2025: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

class="wikitable sortable"

! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" | Album

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominees

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Ref.

scope="row"|2016

| Kataklysm

| Of Ghosts and Gods

Searching for Zero – Cancer Bats
Never Wanna Die – Diemonds
Desire Will Rot – Fuck the Facts
Success – KEN Mode

|align="center"|{{cite web |title=Yearly summary: 2016 |url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=2016&to-year=2016&nomination-category=heavy-metal-album-of-the-year&wins-only=no&artist= |work=JunoAwards.ca |publisher=Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=October 23, 2016 }}

scope="row"|2017

| Mandroid Echostar

| Coral Throne

Transcendence – Devin Townsend Project
Pacific Myth – Protest the Hero
Beast – Despised Icon
Suicide Society – Annihilator

|align="center"|{{Cite news |date=April 2, 2017 |title=Here Is the Full List of 2017 Juno Winners |work=Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/here_is_the_full_list_of_2017_juno_winners |access-date=August 11, 2023}}

scope="row"|2018

| Anciients

| Voice of the Void

Relentless Mutation – Archspire
II: Vanishing – Longhouse
Strange Peace - METZ
Striker – Striker

|align="center"|{{Cite news |date=March 25, 2018 |title=Junos 2018: the complete list of winners |work=cbc.ca |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/junos-2018-the-complete-list-of-winners-1.4579405 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}

scope="row"|2019

| Voivod

| The Wake

Algorythm – Beyond Creation
The Spark That Moves – Cancer Bats
Loved – KEN Mode
Prevail II – Kobra and the Lotus

|align="center"|{{Cite news |date=March 16, 2019 |title=Junos 2019: the complete list of winners |work=CBC.ca |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/junos-2019-the-complete-list-of-winners-1.5056461 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}

scope="row"|2020

| Striker

| Play to Win

Orphans – The Agonist
Evolution – Kobra and the Lotus
Martyr – Lindsay Schoolcraft
Through a Wall – Single Mothers

|align="center"|Melody Lau, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/alessia-cara-and-tory-lanez-lead-the-2020-juno-nominations-1.5436386 "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations"]. CBC Music, January 28, 2019.

scope="row"|2021

|Unleash the Archers

| Abyss

Ballistic, Sadistic — Annihilator
Unconquered — Kataklysm
Palimpsest — Protest the Hero
Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! — Vile Creature

|align="center"|Holly Gordon and Andrea Warner, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/here-are-the-2021-juno-award-winners-1.6036001 "Here are the 2021 Juno Award winners"]. CBC Music, June 4, 2021.

style="text-align:center;" scope="row"|2022

| Archspire

| Bleed the Future

Days Before the World Wept — The Agonist
Eternal Blue — Spiritbox
Lifeblood — Brand of Sacrifice
Power Trio — Danko Jones

|align="center"|[https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"]. sorstu.ca, March 1, 2022.

scope="row"|2023

| Voivod

| Synchro Anarchy

Merciless Destruction — Get the Shot
Paid in Full — Skull Fist
Psychic Jailbreak — Cancer Bats
Thought Form Descent — Wake

|align="center"| Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/junos-2023-opening-night-winners-list-1.6776262 "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night"]. CBC News, March 11, 2023.

scope="row"|2024

| Cryptopsy

| As Gomorrah Burns

Danko Jones, Electric Sounds
Kataklysm, Goliath
KEN Mode, Void
Voivod, Morgöth Tales

|align="center"| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

scope="row"|2025

| Anciients

| Beyond the Reach of the Sun

|align="center"| [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2025-full-list-winners-1.7497072 "Junos 2025: full list of winners"]. CBC Music, March 30, 2025.

References

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