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Voting For The Kerrang! Awards 2018 Has Now Closed

BRB. Got some vote-counting to do.

June 15, 2018

Eight categories. Forty nominees. Thousands upon thousands of votes.

It's been an emotional ride, you guys, but now we're here to announce that voting for the Kerrang! Awards 2018 is officially closed. We've now got the task of counting up each and every vote ahead of the event on June 21. Is anyone else feeling ridiculously excited?

While the fate of your favourite band's potential trophies is in the fate of the rock gods now, we've still got a ton of treats and surprises coming up – both ahead of the event and on the night. So be sure to stay tuned to Kerrang.com, as well as our Twitter and Instagram, for all the latest news…

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