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The nominations for Best Album at this year’s Shockwaves NME Awards have been announced tonight (January 29).

This award will see the five bands who lead this year’s nominations with four nods each doing battle in this highly competitive category.

The full nominations are:

Arctic Monkeys – ‘Whatever You Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’
Kasabian – ‘Empire’
The Killers – ‘Sam’s Town’
Muse – ‘Black Holes And Revelations’
My Chemical Romance – ‘The Black Parade’

To vote for your favourite go to NME.COM/awards. Meanwhile you can see the full list on NME.COM now.

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