Cryptopsy has won their first JUNO Award (the Canadian version of the Grammy’s) in the “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year” category! The band won for their album As Gomorrah Burns, out now via Nuclear Blast Records (read our review here)!  Cryptopsy won defeating past winners Voivod and KEN Mode, as well as Danko Jones, and Kataklysm. The 2024 Juno Awards kicked off on Saturday evening (March 23) at the Opening Night Awards in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To be considered for a nomination at the 2024 Juno Awards, national music release dates had to fall between the eligibility period of September 1, 2022 and November 2, 2023.

This year’s “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year” nominees were as follows:

* Cryptopsy – “As Gomorrah Burns”

* Danko Jones – “Electric Sounds”

* Kataklysm – “Goliath”

* Ken Mode – “Void”

* Voivod – “Morgöth Tales”

The band commented:

“What a killer way to end a tour! We stepped off stage last night in Derby 🇬🇧 to discover that we WON the The JUNO Awards for ‘Best Metal Album of the Year’!!! We are beyond excited and thank everyone involved for making this a reality. Massive cheers to DANKO JONES x KATAKLYSM x KEN MODE x VOIVOD for keeping Canada weird with us.”

In 2023, VOIVOD won the “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year” award for “Synchro Anarchy”.