Here is the weekly recommendation thread as we only get two pinned posts.

After two weeks of intense voting in the nomination round and voting round, we are finally ready to release the results. Both aforementioned threads will be taken out of contest mode so if you want to see the exact votes, please go there.

Nonetheless, here is the top three of each category!

#Album of the Year (not ft. Courtney LaPlante)

1. Erra - Erra

2. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood

3. Silent Planet - Iridescent

#Song of the Year (ft. Courtney LaPlante)

1. Erra - Gungrave

2. Make Them Suffer - Contraband ft. Courtney LaPlante

3. Ice Nine Kills - Funeral Derangements

#Guest Feature of the Year

1. Make Them Suffer - Contraband feat. Courtney LaPlante

2. Spiritbox - Yellowjacket (ft. Sam Carter)

3. Ice Nine Kills - Take Your Pick (ft. Corpsegrinder)

#Meme of the Year (Sponsored by r/corejerk)

1. Eskimo Callboy enters the Eurovision Song Contest with Pump It

2. corejerk writes a song

3. Every man should get grapefruited NSFW

#Most Unintelligible Vocals of the Year

1. Landmvrks - Say No Word

2. SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Painting A Clear Picture From A Unreliable Narrator

3. Spiritbox - Circle With Me

#r/metalcore AMA of the Year

1. Garrett Russell

2. Erra

3. The Devil Wears Prada

#Underground Release of the Year (less than 5,000 listeners on Spotify)

1. What Lies Below - Destinations

2. Queen Kona - Lucid

3. Exanimate - Luminous

#North American Album of the Year (excluding USA)

1. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

2. Phinehas - The Fire Itself

3. Structures - None of the Above

#Debut Album of the Year

1. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

2. Darko US - Darko

3. Mirrors - The Ego's Weight

#Single of the Year (with no album announced for 2022 as of right now)

1. Make Them Suffer - Contraband ft. Courtney LaPlante

2. The Devil Wears Prada - Sacrifice

3. VEIL OF MAYA - Viscera

#Most Missed Band of the Year

1. Currents

2. Oceans Ate Alaska

3. Crystal lake

#Australian Album of the Year

1. Mirrors - The Ego's Weight

2. Deadlights - The Uncanny Valley

3. Stepson - Help Me, Help You

#Mosh Call of the Year

1. Wage War - Death Roll

2. The Devil Wears Prada - Contagion

3. LMTF - Views From Halfway Down

#Lyrics of the Year

1. Silent Planet - Terminal

2. Invent Animate - The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was

3. Silent Planet - Iridescent

#Best Vocal Performance

1. Spiritbox - Eternal Blue (Courtney Laplante)

2. Garett Russell on Iridescent

3. Landon Tewers - the plot in you - Swan song

#EP of the Year

1. The Devil Wears Prada - ZII

2. Knocked Loose - A Tear In The Fabric Of Life

3. Like Moths To Flames - Pure Like Porcelain

#Non-Metalcore Record of the Year

1. Holding Absence - The Greatest Mistake of My Life

2. Sleep Token - This Place Will Become Your Tomb

3. Turnstile - Glow On

#Best Guitar Performance

1. Erra - Gungrave

2. Phinehas - The Fire Itself

3. ERRA - Remnant

#Live Performance of the Year (this refers to actual live shows, not livestreams)

1. Turnstile

2. The Devil Wears Prada - Greensboro, The Blind Tiger, October 8th

3. Underoath at Furnace Fest 2021, September 24

#Single of the Year (with album announced for 2022)

1. Eskimo Callboy - PUMP IT

2. Northlane - Echo Chamber

3. BAD OMENS - THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND

#Biggest Progression/Improvement of the Year

1. Phinehas - The Fire Itself

2. Knocked Loose - A Tear In The Fabric Of Life

3. Silent planet - iridescent

#Closing Album Track of the Year

1. Ice Nine Kills - Farewell II Flesh

2. ERRA - Memory Fiction

3. Silent Planet - Iridescent

#Record Label of the Year

1. UNFD

2. Sharptones

3. Solid State

#Music Video of the Year

1. Eskimo Callboy - We got the moves

2. Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life EP

3. Eskimo Callboy - PUMP IT

#Opening Album Track of the Year

1. Spiritbox - Sun Killer

2. Phinehas - Eternally Apart

3. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood

#Sound Change of the Year

1. Bad Omens- The Death of Peace and Mind

2. The Plot In You - Swan Song

3. Architects - FTTWTE

#Producer of the Year

1. Will Putney

2. Drew Fulk

3. Daniel Braunstein

#Tour of the Year

1. August Burns Red / Fit For A King / ERRA / Like Moths To Flames

2. We Came as Romans/The Devil Wears Prada/Dayseeker/Hollow Front - "To Plant A Seed" 10th Anniversary Tour

3. Bad Omens/Fame On Fire/Currents/Ice Nine Kills

#Chorus of the Year

1. Spiritbox - Circle with me

2. Ice Nine Kills - Farewell II Flesh

3. ERRA - Gungrave

#Breakdown of the Year

1. Ice Nine Kills - Funeral Derangements (2:45)

2. Make Them Suffer - Contraband ft. Courtney LaPlante (3:30)

3. Knocked Loose - God Knows https://youtube.com/watch?v=btnVxNJJm-E (2:00)

#Best Drum Performance

1. Alex Bent - Trivium; Song: Fall Into Your Hands

2. Chris Turner - Triggered ft. Thomas Lang

3. BMFV - Shatter

#Best band that called it quits this year

1. Lotus Eater

2. God Complex

3. Trueshot

#Best Standalone Livestream Event of the Year (individual band livestreams)

1. Architects- For Those That Wish To Exist Live from Abbey Road ft. The Parallax Orchestra

2. The Devil Wears Prada ZII Undead Stream (May 15)

3. Landmvrks - Livestream set

#Non-Metalcore song on a Metalcore Album of the Year

1. Spiritbox - Secret Garden

2. ERRA - Memory Fiction

3. The Plot In You - Too Far Gone

#Album Artwork of the Year

1. Like Moths to Flames - Pure Like Porcelain

2. Invent Animate - The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was

3. Trivium - In The Court Of The Dragon

#Best Bass Performance

1. Every Time I Die - Post-Boredom

2. Trivium - Like a Sword Over Damocles

3. Sleep Waker - 110 Minutes

#American Album of the Year

1. ERRA - ERRA

2. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2

3. Silent Planet - Iridescent

#Album With Best Production of the Year (no this is not a duplicate of above)

1. ERRA - ERRA

2. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome To Horrorwood: The Silver Scream 2

3. Silent Planet - Iridescent

#Most Anticipated Release of 2022

1. Northlane - Obsidian

2. Periphery V - TBA

3. Bad Omens - The Death of Peace of Mind

#Comeback of the Year

1. Wage War - Manic

2. Volumes - Happier?

3. Bullet For My Valentine self titled

#Best Solo of the Year

1. Phinehas - Eternally Apart

2. Guitar solo in ERRA - Remnant

3. Ice Nine Kills - Welcome to Horrorwood guitar solo

#European Album of the Year (excluding UK)

1. LANDMVRKS - Lost In The Waves

2. Imminence - Heaven in Hiding

3. We butter the bread with butter - Das Album

#UK Album of the Year

1. Architects - For Those That Wish To Exist

2. While She Sleeps - Sleeps Society

3. Caskets - Lost Souls

#Cover Song of the Year

1. Ice Nine Kills - Can’t Help Falling in Love

2. Of Mice & Men - Helplessly Hoping

3. Windwaker - Toxic

#Riff of the Year (please include timestamp)

1. ERRA - Gungrave (3:11)

2. Erra - Snowblood Tremolo harmonics at 1:13

3. Invent, Animate - The Sun Sleeps 1:29

#Best Non-English Album of the Year

1. We Butter The Bread With Butter - Das Album

2. Masstaden Under Vatten - Vildhjarta

3. Caliban - Zeigeister

#Canceled Tour of the Year (STILL sponsored by coronavirus)

1. August Burns Red, Northlane, Counterparts, Thornhill US Tour

2. Never say die (currents, spite, polaris, invent animate, emmure..)

3. Trivium, Heaven Shall Burn, TesseracT and Fit For An Autopsy

#r/metalcore User/Poster of the Year

1. u/InsiDS (tournaments)

2. u/sink_or_swim1 (new release Fridays)

#Merch Item of the Year

1. WCAR x FFAK Merch Collab

2. Lost Boys Anniversary hoodie

Hero of the Year

1. Garrett Russell

2. Isaac Hale

#News Story of the Year

1. Trey from Invent Animate replaces Jared as the drummer of Fit for a King

2. Eskimo Callboy apply to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest

#Best Live Set Video of the Year

1. hate5six, Knocked Loose, Septmber 2021, Philadelphia

2. Northlane Live At The Roundhouse

#r/metalcore Submission of the Year

1. Analysis of The Amity Affliction's use of "water"

2. (feat. Courtney LaPlante)

#African Album of the Year

1. Vulvodynia - Praenuntius Infiniti

2. Sunken State - Solace In Solitude

#South American Album of the Year

1. Avalanche in Kyoto - Reminiscencias

#Japanese Album of the Year

1. Survive Said The Prophet - To Redefine / To Be Defined

2. Nemophila - Revive

#The daddy fiasco award for Sexiest Mod of the Year

1. easily u/GregPuciato shoutout to whoever coded this bot, (MWM's friend?)