Unexpect Nominated for IMA

Good news never comes alone…

We've just been nominated again for another Best Metal album of the year title!

We're among the international finalists of the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards.

Thousands of submissions from Australia to Zimbabwe have been reviewed and it seems

like they chose us freaks…

Here's a briefing of the event taken from their website :

"ARTISTS FROM 6 CONTINENTS TO BE PROMOTED TO MORE THAN 20 MILLION & APPEAR IN 2008 EDITION OF THE

MUSICIAN'S ATLAS

The Independent Music Awards is an International program that helps artists overcome mainstream obstacles and reach wider audiences.

IMA Finalists will now advance to the final round of judging by a distinguished group of influential artists and industry insiders.

The Judges who will determine this year's IMA Winners include Les Claypool of Primus; Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers; Suzanne Vega;

Snoop Dogg, Ray Davies of The Kinks; Susan Tedeschi, Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance; blues legend Charlie Musselwhite; Judy Collins;

Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis, MTV Music Supervisor, Carrie Hughes, Kevin Lyman of Vans Warped Tour and many others.

Winners will be announced in December. Past winners include Lacuna Coil & God Forbid.

Developed and coordinated by Music Resource Group, publisher of The Musician's Atlas, the Independent Music Award program delivers a

variety of premiums to Winners including:

• Year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances, that will place the Winners in front of millions of music fans and industry

decision makers around the world.

• The IMA Winners CD compilation will be distributed to 10,000 music fans and industry at events such as SXSW, Ozzfest, The Warped Tour

throughout the year and promoted to more 650 US & Canadian college & public radio stations.

• eMusic will promote IMA Winners to millions of their subscribers throughout 2008.

•• Borders Books & Music will promote IMA Winners more than 11 Million of their customers.

• Exposure to nearly 10 million viewers of ManiaTV.com and Havoc TV."
You can vote for us too at the IMA Vox Populi Jukebox

http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/IMAFinalist/AlbumFinalist.aspx?yr=2008&catid=8#8

In the ALBUM FINALIST / HARDROCK-METAL section…

While this vote will not affect the Judges final decisions, the IMA Vox Populi winners will be

announced in February and promoted throughout 2008.