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Mastodon Win "Best Metal Performance" Grammy

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The trophy for Best Metal Performance was handed out today (January 28th) during the untelevised pre-show portion of the 60th annual Grammy Awards, and Mastodon took home the prize for their song "Sultan's Curse." Also nominated for the award were August Burns Red (for "Invisible Enemy"), Body Count ("Black Hoodie"), Code Orange ("Forever"), and Meshuggah ("Clockworks").

Meanwhile in the Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album categories, where Metallica, Mastodon and Avenged Sevenfold were nominated, Foo Fighters took the former (for "Run") while the War on Drugs won the latter (for A Deeper Understanding).