Spiritbox, Archspire, The Agonist, and Brand of Sacrifice All Nominated for 2022 Juno Awards

So the Juno Awards are basically Canada’s equivalent of the Grammys. It’s a huge deal for a Canadian band to be nominated, especially when they’re a band who’s either a) young and on the rise, or b) not widely recognized in America but big in Canada. And this year’s crop of nominees from the metal world features a little bit of both, including breakout hard rock act Spiritbox and ultra-heavy metal acts like Archspire, Brand of Sacrifice, and The Agonist.

Here are the nominations for 2022:

Breakthrough Group Of The Year

• Black Pistol Fire
• cleopatrick Nowhere
• MONOWHALES
• Ocie Elliott
• Spiritbox

Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year

• Archspire, Bleed The Future
• Brand Of Sacrifice, Lifeblood
• Danko Jones, Power Trio
• Spiritbox, Eternal Blue
• The Agonist, Days Before The World Wept

This is pretty rad, especially for Archspire and Brand of Sacrifice, because, well, because we liked those bands’s 2021 albums a lot! But it’s cool for all the acts, and whoever wins, good on them (though will someone explain Danko Jones to me? I try and I try and I just don’t get it).

Anyway, catch some of these Juno-nominated acts on their upcoming tour dates:

Spiritbox on tour with Underoath

Wed/Mar-02 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
Fri/Mar-04 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
Sat/Mar-05 Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre
Mon/Mar-07 Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore
Tue/Mar-08 Chicago, IL @ Radius
Wed/Mar-09 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Fri/Mar-11 Toronto, ON @ History
Sat/Mar-12 Cleveland, OH @ Agora
Sun/Mar-13 Wallingford, CT @ The Dome
Mon/Mar-14 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Tue/Mar-15 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
Thu/Mar-17 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Fri/Mar-18 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
Sat/Mar-19 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
Sun/Mar-20 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Tue/Mar-22 Cincinnati, OH @ ICON
Wed/Mar-23 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
Fri/Mar-25 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

Archspire with Entheos, Inferi, and Vulvodynia

04/13 Seattle, WA – El Corazón
04/14 Portland, OR – Dante’s
04/15 Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
04/16 Los Angeles, CA – 1720
04/17 San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
04/18 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater
04/19 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
04/20 Denver, CO – Oriental Theater
04/21 Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck
04/22 Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater
04/23 Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live
04/24 Houston, TX – The Secret Group
04/26 Winter Park, FL – The Haven
04/27 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Hell
04/28 Spartanburg, SC – Ground Zero Live Music Venue
04/29 Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
04/30 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
05/1 Brooklyn, NY – Kingsland Bar & Grill
05/2 Québec, QC – La Source de la Martinière
05/3 Montréal, QC – Théâtre Fairmount
05/4 Ottawa, ON – Mavericks
05/5 Toronto, ON – The Garrison
05/6 Hamtramck, MI – The Sanctuary
05/7 Chicago, IL – Cobra Lounge
05/9 Winnipeg, MB – The Park Theatre
05/10 Regina, SK – The Exchange
05/11 Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
05/12 Calgary, AB – Dickens
05/13 Kelowna, BC – Rutland Centennial Hall
05/14 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre

Brand of Sacrifice with Thy Art Is Murder and After The Burial

5/10 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
5/11 Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
5/13 Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
5/14 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
5/15 Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater
5/17 Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live
5/18 Austin, TX @ Empire Garage
5/20 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
5/21 Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly
5/22 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
5/24 Greensboro, NC @ Arizona Pete’s
5/25 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage
5/26 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
5/27 Rochester, NY @ Anthology
5/28 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
5/29 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
5/31 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
6/1 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
6/2 London, ON @ London Music Hall
6/3 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
6/4 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
6/5 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theater
6/7 Grand Rapids, MI @ Elevation
6/8 Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s
6/9 Columbus, OH @ The King of Clubs
6/10 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
6/11 Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theater
6/12 Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
6/14 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
6/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex
6/17 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
6/18 Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom

The Agonist on tour with Hypocrisy and Carach Angren

4/29/2022 Warsaw – Brooklyn, NY
4/30/2022 Middle East Downstairs – Boston, MA
5/01/2022 L’Astral – Montreal, QC CANADA
5/02/2022 Lees Palace – Toronto, ON
5/04/2022 The Forge – Joliet, IL
5/05/2022 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
5/06/2022 Park Theatre – Winnipeg, MB CANADA
5/07/2022 The Exchange -Regina, SK CANADA
5/08/2022 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB CANADA 
5/10/2022 Red Room – Vancouver, BC
5/11/2022 Club Sur – Seattle, WA
5/12/2022 Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
5/13/2022 Cornerstone – Berkeley, CA
5/14/2022 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
5/15/2022 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
5/17/2022 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
5/18/2022 Rockhouse Bar & Grill – El Paso, TX
5/19/2022 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
5/20/2022 Come and Take It Live – Austin, TX
5/21/2022 Amplified Live – Dallas, TX
5/22/2022 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
5/24/2022 The Abbey – Orlando, FL
5/25/2022 Respectable Street – West Palm Beach, FL
5/26/2022 Furnace 41 – Jonesboro, GA
5/27/2022 The Blind Tiger – Greensboro. NC
5/28/2022 Enclave – Pittsburgh, PA
5/29/2022 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD