The beginning of 2014 is a good occasion for us rock magazines to make a recap of the most important musical events which took place last year.
Whether we’re talking about album releases, videos, concerts or bands consolidating their superstar status, or gaining well-deserved acclaim, 2013 had 12 rich months of blistering rock’n’roll.
It is very important to remember the highlights in order to better understand what’s coming in the future, which is why we’ve designed some very special awards for both local and foreign bands.
The „Maximum Rock Awards” gala will take place on February 13th 2014 at The Silver Church Club in Bucharest and promises to shed some much merited light on the achievements of those hard-working musicians out there.
Many local acts will take to the stage, but foreign acts will also be honored, as it is well known that the Romanian rock audience simply devours music!
As in any respectable award ceremony, the public vote is of crucial importance, and it would not be fair if everyone didn’t get to have a say, which is why we’re asking YOU.
Below you can find a list of categories including foreign and local acts. If you’re not from Romania, you can vote in both categories HERE. Find all the polls behind the LINK.
The nominees were chosen by several important personalities from the Romanian rock scene: Alex Revenco, Coro Caraveteanu and Mihnea Badea, among others.
CATEGORIES:
INTERNATIONAL
1. Best World Rock Band:
30 Seconds To Mars
Rolling Stones
Queens of the Stone Age
Paramore
Alice In Chains
Soundgarden
Biffy Clyro
Philm
Buckethead
2. Best World Metal Band:
HIM
Black Sabbath
Gojira
Watain
Avenged Sevenfold
Iron Maiden
Ihsahn
Megadeth
Motorhead
3. Best World Rock Album:
Placebo – „Loud Like Love”
30 Seconds To Mars – „Love Lust Faith + Dreams”
Queen of the Stone Age – „Like Clockwork”
Alice in Chains – „The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here”
Paul McCartney – “New”
Arctic Monkeys – „AM”
David Bowie – „The Next Day”
4. Best World Metal Album:
Black Sabbath – „13”
Leprous – „Coal”
Avenged Sevenfold – „Hail To The King”
Queensryche – „Queensryche”
Dream Theater – „Dream Theater”
Ihsahn – “Das Seelenbrechen“
Carcass – “Surgical Steel”
Hypocrisy – „End of Disclosure”
5. Best World Festival:
Nova Rock
Glastonbury
Rock am Ring/ in Park
Hellfest
W.O.A.
6. Best World Rock / Metal videoclip:
Placebo – „Too Many Friends”
In This Moment – „Whore”
Vulture Industries – „Lost Among Liars”
Messugah – „I Am Colossus”
Black Sabbath – „God is Dead”
QOTSA – „I Appear Missing”
KORN – „Never Never”
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LOCAL
1. Best Romanian Rock Band:
Celelalte Cuvinte
Rezident EX
Grimus
Luna Amara
Touluse Lautrec
Byron
Robin and the Backstebbers
Mercedes Band
2. Best Romanian Metal Band:
Goodbye To Gravity
White Walls
Negura Bunget
Bucovina
Targ3t
Sincarnate
Taine
Dirty Shirt
3. Best Romanian Rock Newcomer:
Violent Monkey
Burning Table
RoadkillSoda
Flash Rodeo
Open Mind
4. Best Romanian Metal Newcomer:
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Diamonds Are Forever
The Hourglass
Apa simbetii
Illuminati
5. Best Romanian Rock Album:
Les Elephants Bizarres – „Zoologic”
Byron – “30 Seconds Of Fame”
Rezident EX – “Alpha”
RoadkillSoda – „Oven Sun”
Valerinne – „Arborescent”
Mercedes Band – „Cu ochii inchisi”
The Amsterdams – “Winds apart”
6. Best Romanian Metal Album:
White Walls – “Escape Artist”
Sincarnate – „Nothing Left to Give”
Bucovina – „Sub Stele”
Illuminati – “The Core”
Dirty Shirt – “Freak Show”
Taine – Resurrection
7. Best Romanian Festival:
Rockstadt Extreme
Maximum Rock Festival
ARTmania
November To Dismember
8. Best Show by a Romanian Rock/Metal Band
Dirty Shirt – Maximum Rock Festival
Niste baieti – Poiana Urbana
Blazzaj – Poiana Urbana
White Wals – Rock the City
White Walls – Silver Church,
Targ3t – Private Hell,
Gothic – Rockstadt
9. Best Rock/Metal concert in Romania (foreign acts only)
Suede – Summer Well
Queensryche – Turbohalle
Iron Maiden – Piata Constitutiei
Leprous, Blindead, Taine – Silver Church
Sabaton – Turbohalle
Gojira – Rockstadt
Roger Waters – The Wall
Helloween – Arenele Romane
10. Best Romanian Rock / Metal videoclip:
Dirty Shirt – „Saraca inima mea”
Grimus – “High“
Desant – “Doar o amintire“
Cargo – “A 5-a dimensiune“
Aeon Blank – „The Ballad of Lucy Butler”
Tiarra – „House of Tears”
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