The All-Star Metal Anthem Earns Recognition in the Metal/Alternative Metal Category at the 12th Annual Josie Music Awards, September 20 at the Grand Ole Opry House
Metal has always been about moments — the ones that hit like lightning and leave a scorch mark on everything around them. “TWISTED,” the thunderous anthem from SCARECROW, is one of those moments, and now it has the recognition to match: an official nomination for Song of the Year – Metal/Alternative Metal at the 12th Annual Josie Music Awards, taking place September 20, 2026, at the legendary Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.
Look at the names on this record and the nomination begins to explain itself. On vocals: Dee Snider — the voice of Twisted Sister, one of the most powerful and instantly recognizable singers in the history of heavy metal, the man who turned “We’re Not Gonna Take It” into a generational battle cry. On violin: Mark Wood, the trailblazing electric violinist who redefined what the instrument could do inside a wall of amplifiers. On guitar: TJ Jordan, whose riffs give “TWISTED” its spine of steel. On drums: Bobby Marks, driving the whole machine forward with relentless precision. This is not a track with a guest spot. This is a summit.
And there is poetry in the timing. Snider announced his retirement from the road earlier this year after a lifetime of famously ferocious performing — which makes every recorded moment of that legendary voice more treasured than ever. On “TWISTED,” he sounds exactly like the legend fans have roared along with for four decades: defiant, enormous, and utterly alive. That a song titled “TWISTED” carries one of the great Twisted Sister’s most electrifying latter-day vocals is the kind of symmetry rock and roll writes only when it means it.
The Josie Music Awards, recognized as the largest independent music awards show in the world, judge Song of the Year on the craft: originality, composition, structure, and the power of the recording itself. A nomination in the Metal/Alternative Metal category places SCARECROW among the fiercest independent acts working today — and confirms what listeners have felt since the first note: “TWISTED” was built to last.
On September 20, the independent music world converges on the Grand Ole Opry House — country music’s mother church, opening its doors to the loudest congregation in town. SCARECROW will be there among the honored, carrying a song forged by legends and earned by every decibel.
Some songs get nominated. “TWISTED” got summoned.
The official website for the Josie Music Awards may be found at https://www.josiemusicawards.com