Alexis Petridis on heavy metal and the Mercury prize

So the Mercury prize ignores heavy metal? That's just how things should beI love protests at music industry awards ceremony, usually because they're the single most interesting thing that happens at an otherwise dreary event. A few years ago, I particularly enjoyed the Mobos, largely because a group called the Black Music Council turned up to protest that reggae artists had been excluded from the nominations because of their homophobic lyrics. Intriguingly, some of them chose to express their an...

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