According to Antenna, MESHUGGAH, MNEMIC, THE BURNING and ARTILLERY are among the acts who will perform at the 2010 installment of the Danish Metal Awards, which will take place January 16th at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark. A fourth Danish band will be added at a later date as a surprise act. P3-host Camilla Jane Lea will host the event.

Danish Metal Awards nominees include:

Best Metal Album

THE BURNING: Rewakening

THE PSYKE PROJEKT: Dead Storm

ARTILLERY: When Death Comes

ANUBIS GATE: The Detachted

HATESPHERE: To The Nines

Best Metal Debut

KELLERMENSCH: Kellermensch

THE CLEANSING: Poisoned Legacy

CROCELL: The God We Drowned

SUPERCHARGER: Handgrenade Blues

NIGHTLIGHT: Funeral Love

Best International Metal Album

GOJIRA: The Way Of All Flesh

MASTODON: Crack The Skye

THE HAUNTED: Versus

HEAVEN & HELL: The Devil You Know

SATYRICON: The Age Of Nero

Best Metal Production

Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd for THE PSYKE PROJEKT: Dead Storm

Jacob Hansen for ANUBIS GATE: The Detachted

Tue Madsen for HATESPHERE: To The Nines

EXMORTEM: Funeral Phantoms

Kristian Kohle Bonifer for THE BURNING: Rewakening

Best Metal Cover

THE BURNING: Rewakening

KONKHRA: Nothing Is Sacred

THE PSYKE PROJEKT: Dead Storm

ANUBIS GATE: The Detachted

CROCELL: The God We Drowned

Best Metal Video

RAUNCHY: 'Warriors'

HATESPHERE: 'To The Nines'

VOLBEAT: 'We'

THE BURNING: 'Eight Legged Omen'

THE PSYKE PROJECT: 'Winter'

Best Metal Talent

SCARRED BY BEAUTY: We Swim

DØDNING: Dødning

RISING: Rising

SEPULCHRUM: A Sepulchral Theme

VIRA: Re-Design

Tickets for the the Danish Metal Awards are 290 Danish kroner (plus service charges) and are available at Billetnet.dk.

For more information visit www.dmea.dk.