The results are in: The metal trophy has been doled out at the 66th annual Grammy Awards, and surprising no one, the almighty Metallica have taken home the 2024 title of Best Metal Performance category. The win was for the song "72 Seasons" from the LP of the same name. (For those who are new to this, "performance" refers to a single song rather than a full album.)
The other acts Metallica beat for the hardware are Disturbed, Ghost, Slipknot and Spiritbox.
Best Metal Performance is the only metal-specific category, but this year Metallica were also nominated in the Best Rock Album (for 72 Seasons) and Best Rock Performance ("Lux Æterna") categories.
Four of the five Best Metal Performance nominees are seasoned vets by now, but this was Spiritbox's first time in Grammy land.
See below for the full list of nominees in both the one "Metal" category and the three "Rock" categories.
Best Metal Performance:
Disturbed - "Bad Man"
Ghost - "Phantom of the Opera"
Metallica - "72 Seasons" (WINNER)
Slipknot - "Hive Mind"
Spiritbox - "Jaded"
Best Rock Album:
Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
Metallica – 72 Seasons
Paramore – This Is Why
Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Best Rock Performance:
Arctic Monkeys - "Sculptures of Anything Goes"
Black Pumas - "More Than a Love Song"
Boygenius - "Not Strong Enough"
Foo Fighters - "Rescued"
Metallica - "Lux Æterna"
Best Rock Song:
Boygenius - "Not Strong Enough"
Foo Fighters - "Rescued"
Olivia Rodrigo - "Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl"
Queens of the Stone Age - "Emotion Sickness"
The Rolling Stones - "Angry"
