In 2010, The
Grammy Museum at LA Live had a
Golden Gods: History of
Heavy Metal Exhibit where the original, band sticker-covered
Sony Vaio laptop that founder
Ash Avildsen started the label on was displayed as a historical item. In 2017, Sumerian received its first
Grammy nomination for
Best Metal Performance for
Periphery. That year saw Sumerian also have their first
box office theatrical film release in
American Satan, which debuted in select
AMC theatres across the country and went top 20 in its opening weekend on
box office mojo. The movie was picked up by
Miramax for distribution and
Showtime for first window domestic
SVOD in the
US and
SKY in the
UK. In 2018, Sumerian won the best
independent label award at the
Metal Hammer Golden Gods in the
UK and accepted the award on stage at the
O2 in London. In 2019, they received another "
Best Metal Performance"
Grammy nomination for
Between The Buried And Me. In 2019,
Guitar World listed two Sumerian artists in the top four
guitarists of the decade,
Tosin Abasi of
Animals as Leaders and female
solo artist Nita Strauss, who in addition to her solo career and being
Alice Cooper's guitarist, also plays the
national anthem for the home games for the
LA Rams at
Sofi Stadium and for
WWE, most recently at
WrestleMania 37. In 2020, the label received its first
Best Rock Performance Grammy nomination for
Bones UK. In 2021, Sumerian received the first-ever
Grammy nomination in the history of the
Recording Academy for a female
solo artist in the
Best Metal Performance category for
Poppy, who also performed at the premiere ceremony. ==Sumerian Pictures==