The Rock The Nation Award was launched 2009 for the very first time and is happening this year for the third time already. 2009, STEELWING and SUICIDAL ANGELS won the award, 2010 Heavy Metal shooting stars SKULL FIST had been voted the lucky winner! SUICIDAL ANGELS and STEELWING both have been releasing very successful albums and were touring with well-known bands all over Europe as well as playint at several big European festivals. SKULL FIST released their highly-acclaimed debut album „Head öf the Pack" and hit the road alongside Sabaton, Grave Digger and Powerwolf on the Power of Metal tour, this year they played the METALFEST Open Air series, were voted „Newcomer of the Year" by TERRORIZER UK and are about to be one of metal´s biggest names in the near future!

Last year two bands could claim the RTN award for themselves: KRAMPUS hailing from Italy and NEXUS INFERIS from the UK. KRAMPUS are about to release their debut album „Survival of The Fittest" on August 24, they´ll also play METALCAMP and are confirmed for the HEIDENFEST Tour with Wintersun and Korpiklaani. NEXUS INFERIS unleashed „A Vision of the Final Earth" in January this year and went out on the Full of Hate tour w/ Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse and Legion of the Damned and also played Metalfest as well as Extremefest 2012.

Three years, five winners, five successful stories!