King Parrot, Northlane receive ARIA nods

King Parrot and Northlane head the list of heavy nominees at this year's ARIA Awards.

The nominations were announced this morning, with the five bands representing the best hard rock/heavy metal album category unveiled (read below).

Born Lion - Final Words

In Hearts Wake - Skydancer

King Parrot - Dead Set

Northlane - Node

Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War

You can see the full list of nominations here.

DZ Deathrays won the respective award last year with their album, 'Black Rat'.