Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year

The Juno Award for Heavy Metal Album of the Year is an annual award, presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to honour the year's best album by a Canadian artist in the genres of heavy metal. The album is open to all subgenres of heavy metal. Rock, punk, crossover and hardcore artists are not eligible for this category.

The award was introduced by the Juno Awards in September 2011, and was presented for the first time at the 2012 Juno Awards. The five nominees and winner in the category are chosen by a panel of judges selected from the Canadian music industry. The award was named "Juno Award for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year" from 2011 to 2015, and it was renamed for the 2016 ceremony "in order to more clearly define the category criteria".

Recipients

Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year (2012–2015)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2012	KEN mode	Venerable	Juggernaut of Justice performed by Anvil Burning Fortune performed by Cauldron Die Miserable performed by Fuck the Facts Deconstruction performed by Devin Townsend Project
2013	Woods of Ypres	Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light	Dead Set on Living performed by Cancer Bats Blacklands performed by Castle Epicloud performed by Devin Townsend Project Caligvla performed by Ex Deo
2014	Protest the Hero	Volition	Heart of Oak performed by Anciients Colored Sands performed by Gorguts Entrench performed by KEN mode Dead Language performed by The Flatliners
2015	Devin Townsend Project	Z²	Waiting for the End to Come performed by Kataklysm Brotherhood of the Ram performed by Shooting Guns Negative Qualities performed by Single Mothers Chasing the Dream performed by Skull Fist

Heavy Metal Album of the Year (2016–present)

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees	Ref.
2016	TBA	TBA	Searching for Zero performed by Cancer Bats Never Wanna Die performed by Diemonds Desire Will Rot performed by Fuck the Facts Of Ghosts and Gods performed by Kataklysm Success performed by KEN mode