
Best First Release:


Family Force 5, Business Up Front / Party In The Back (Crunk Rock)
Best Second Release:

Showbread, Age Of Reptiles (Hard-Edged Rock)
Best Third Release:


Underoath, Define The Great Line (Screamo)
Best Fourth Release:

Plumb, Chaotic Resolve (Electronic Pop/Rock / Rock)
Best Fifth Release:
NONE CHOSEN THIS YEAR.
Best Sixth Release:
NONE CHOSEN THIS YEAR.
Notable 7th-Or-Higher Release:



Disciple, Scars Remain (Hard Rock)
Best Live Show:

Best Music Festival:

Runners-Up:

Red, End Of Silence (Hard Rock/Rock)
MuteMath, MuteMath (Experimental Atmospheric Rock)

Flyleaf, Flyleaf (Hard-Edged Rock)
Leeland, Sound Of Melodies (Light Rock Worship)
The Fold, This Too Shall Pass (Pop/Rock / Rock)
Fireflight, The Healing Of Harms (Hard Rock)
Fighting Instinct, Fighting Instinct (Hard-Edged Rock)
Honorable Mentions:
Decyfer Down, End Of Grey (Hard Rock/Rock)
Nevertheless, Live Like We’re Alive (Pop/Rock / Rock)
Edison Glass, A Burn Or A Shiver (Experimental Melodic Rock)
Hundred Year Storm, Hello From The Children Of Planet Earth (indie Pop/Rock / Rock)
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Runners-Up:
Hawk Nelson, Smile, It’s The End Of The World (Pop/Punk/Rock)
Sarah Kelly, Where The Past Meets Today (Rock with some Southern styling)
Runners-Up:
NONE.
Honorable Mention:

Kutless, Hearts Of The Innocent
(Hard-Edged Rock/Rock)
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Runners-Up:
Flatfoot 56 (Cornerstone Festival IL. set)
Kids In The Way
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