Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance , in German "Grammy Award for the best metal performance", is a music prize that has been awarded at the annual Grammy Awards since 1990 . Musicians and bands were honored for their particularly high-quality contributions from the metal music genre . The prize was awarded six times up to 2010 to the band Metallica , which is the most frequently awarded band in this category. In 2012 and 2013, this award was added to the Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance category, before the award again became a separate category in 2014.

Background and story

The band Metallica received the Grammy for best metal performance six times

The Grammy Awards (actually Grammophone Awards), which have been presented since 1958, are presented annually in numerous categories by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in the United States of America for artistic achievement, technical competence and excellent overall performance regardless of the album - Honor sales or chart position.

A separate Grammy Award for Heavy Metal was introduced at the 31st awards in 1989 together with Hard Rock as the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental . In the same year, the first award for rap took place in order to honor two popular music fields of the 1980s. The first award winner was the rock band Jethro Tull , who received the award for their album Crest of a Knave and thus prevailed against Metallica and their album … And Justice for All . The decision led to widespread criticism of NARAS, as many journalists believe that Jethro Tull's music cannot be classified as hard rock or heavy metal.

As a result, NARAS set up the two categories Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance , which have been awarded separately since the 32nd awards in 1990. However, due to the nomination of the hard rock band Dokken in this category, there were also discussions in 1990 about the classification as a “metal performance”, initiated by the lead singer of the band Soundgarden , Chris Cornell .

At the Grammy Awards in 2012, this prize was no longer awarded because it was added to the Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance category, before the prize was again assigned to its own category from 2014 and Hard Rock to the Best Rock Performance category.

statistics

In the first three years Metallica won with the song One , the Queen cover version Stone Cold Crazy and the album Metallica . By 2010, the band had won a total of six of the awards in this category and thus received the award most frequently, followed by Tool with three awards. The band Megadeth was nominated eight times by 2010, but has only received a Grammy so far. Until 2011, the award went to American and five British artists 17 times, and in 2016 a Swedish band, Ghost , won the award for the first time. As an artist with non-English-language titles, only the German band Rammstein has been nominated twice.

Winner and nominated artist

1991 to 2011

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
1990 February 21, 1990	Metallica	United States	One	Dokken - Beast from the East (Live album) Faith No More - The Real Thing (Album) Queensrÿche - I Don't Believe in Love Soundgarden - Ultramega OK (Album)
1991 February 20, 1991	Metallica	United States	Stone Cold Crazy (cover version)	Anthrax - Persistence of Time (Album) Judas Priest - Painkiller (Album) Megadeth - Rust in Peace (Album) Suicidal Tendencies - Lights… Camera… Revolution! (Album)
1992 February 26, 1992	Metallica	United States	Metallica	Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B’s (Compilation Album) Megadeth - Hangar 18 Motörhead - 1916 (Album) Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (Album)
1993 February 24, 1993	Nine inch nails	United States	Wish	Helmet - In the Meantime Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (Album) Ministry - NWO Soundgarden - Into the Void (cover version)
1994 March 1, 1994	Ozzy Osbourne	United Kingdom	I Don't Want to Change the World (Live)	Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (Album) Megadeth - Angry Again Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65
1995 March 1, 1995	Soundgarden	United States	Spoonman	Anthrax and Public Enemy - Bring the Noise Megadeth - 99 Ways to Die Pantera - I'm Broken Rollins Band - Liar
1996 February 28, 1996	Nine inch nails	United States	Happiness in Slavery	Gwar - SFW Megadeth - Paranoid (cover version) Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls White Zombie - More Human than Human
1997 February 26, 1997	Rage Against the Machine	United States	Tire Me	Korn - Shoots and Ladders Pantera - Suicide Note, Pt. 2 White Zombie - I'm Your Boogieman (Cover Version) Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper - Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)
1998 February 25, 1998	Tool	United States	Ænema	Corrosion of Conformity - Drowning in a Daydream Korn - No Place to Hide Megadeth - Trust Pantera - Cemetery Gates
1999 February 24, 1999	Metallica	United States	Better than you	Judas Priest - Bullet Train Nashville Pussy - Fried Chicken and Coffee Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter Rammstein - you have
2000 February 23, 2000	Black Sabbath	United Kingdom	Iron Man (Live)	Ministry - Bad Blood Motorhead - Enter Sandman Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers, Inc. Rob Zombie - Superbeast
2001 February 21, 2001	Deftones	United States	elite	Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man Marilyn Manson - Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes Pantera - Revolution Is My Name Slipknot - Wait and Bleed
2002 February 27, 2002	Tool	United States	Schism	Black Sabbath - The Wizard Slayer - Disciple Slipknot - Left Behind System of a Down - Chop Suey!
2003 February 23, 2003	grain	United States	Here to stay	POD - portrait Slipknot - My Plague Stone Sour - Get Inside Rob Zombie - Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
2004 February 8, 2004	Metallica	United States	St. Anger	Korn - Did My Time Marilyn Manson - Mobscene Spineshank - Smothered Stone Sour - Inhale
2005 February 13, 2005	Motorhead	United Kingdom	Whiplash (cover version)	Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine Fix Hatebreed - Live for This Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache Slipknot - Vermilion, Pt. 1
2006 February 8, 2006	Slipknot	United States	Before I Forget	Ministry - The Great Satan Mudvayne - Determined Rammstein - My part Shadows Fall - Carinthia
2007 February 11, 2007	Slayer	United States	Eyes of the Insane	Lamb of God - Redneck Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen Ministry - Lieslieslies Stone Sour - 30 / 30-150
2008 February 10, 2008	Slayer	United States	Final Six	As I Lay Dying - Nothing Left King Diamond - Never Ending Hill Machine Head - Aesthetics of Hate Shadows Fall - Redemption
2009 February 8, 2009	Metallica	United States	My apocalypse	DragonForce - Heroes of Our Time Judas Priest - Nostradamus Ministry - Under My Thumb Slipknot - Psychosocial
2010 January 31, 2010	Judas Priest	United Kingdom	Dissident Aggressor (Live)	Lamb of God - Set to Fail Megadeth - Head Crusher Ministry - Señor Peligro Slayer - Hate Worldwide
2011 February 13, 2011	Iron Maiden	United Kingdom	El Dorado	Korn - Let the Guilt Go Lamb of God - In Your Words Megadeth - Sudden Death Slayer - World Painted Blood

Since 2014

year	Artist / band	nationality	plant	Other nominated artists	Pictures of the artists
2014 January 26, 2014	Black Sabbath	United Kingdom	God is Dead?	Anthrax - TNT Dream Theater - The Enemy Inside Killswitch Engage - In Due Time Volbeat feat. King Diamond - Room 24
2015 February 8, 2015	Tenacious D	United States	The Last in Line (cover version)	Anthrax - Neon Knights Mastodon - High Road Motörhead - Heartbreaker Slipknot - The Negative One
2016 February 15, 2016	Ghost	Sweden	Cirice	August Burns Red - Identity Lamb of God - 512 Sevendust - Thank You Slipknot - Custer
2017 February 12, 2017	Megadeth	United States	Dystopia	Baroness - Shock Me Gojira - Silvera Grain - rotting in Vain Periphery - The Price Is Wrong
2018 January 28, 2018	mastodon	United States	Sultan's Curse	August Burns Red - Invisible Enemy Body Count - Black Hoodie Code Orange - Forever Meshuggah - Clockworks
2019 February 10, 2019	High on fire	United States	Electric Messiah	Between the Buried and Me - Condemned to the Gallows Deafheaven - Honeycomb Trivium - Betrayer Underoath - On My Teeth
2020 January 26th, 2020	Tool	United States	7empest	Candlemass feat. Tony Iommi - Astorolus Death Angel - Humanicide I Prevail - Bow Down Killswitch Engage - Unleashed

supporting documents

1. ↑ “ honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position ” Overview . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
2. ^ Grammy Awards at a Glance . In: Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
3. ↑ Jon Pareles: Grammys to McFerrin and Chapman . In: The New York Times . February 23, 1989. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
4. ^ Frank Hoffmann: Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-L . Routledge, New York, NY 2005, ISBN 0-203-48427-4 , pp. 1080 ( books.google.de ).
5. ↑ Stephen Holden : The Pop Life . In: The New York Times . February 14, 1990. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
6. ↑ Bruce Britt: It's time again for the Grammy award gripes . In: Block Communications (ed.): Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . February 17, 1990. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
7. ↑ Awards Category Comparison Chart ( PDF ; 80 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
8. ^ NARAL Final Nomination List 57th Grammy Awards , accessed December 31, 2015.

Web links

• Official website of the Grammy Awards
• Grammy Awards Winner, Rock Category
• Grammy Award Winners . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved July 17, 2010. Warning: Users must select Rock as the genre to see results.
• Grammy Awards: Best Metal Performance . Rock on the Net. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
• Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance . In: Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . Retrieved July 17, 2010.

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