Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance
Grammy Awards · 138 nominations across 34 ceremonies · 34 wins
68th Grammys · 2026
- Winner Birds · Daniel Fang
- Nominee Lachryma · Ghost
- Nominee Soft Spine · Spiritbox
- Nominee Night Terror · Dream Theater
- Nominee Emergence · Sleep Token
67th Grammys · 2025
- Winner Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) · Gojira, Marina Viotti, Victor Le Masne
- Nominee Screaming Suicide · Metallica
- Nominee Suffocate · Knocked Loose, Poppy
- Nominee Crown of Horns · Judas Priest
- Nominee Cellar Door · Spiritbox
66th Grammys · 2024
- Winner 72 Seasons · Metallica
- Nominee Bad Man · Disturbed
- Nominee Hive Mind · Slipknot
- Nominee Phantom of the Opera · Ghost
- Nominee Jaded · Spiritbox
65th Grammys · 2023
- Winner Degradation Rules · Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi
- Nominee We'll Be Back · Megadeth
- Nominee Blackout · Daniel Fang
- Nominee Kill or Be Killed · Muse
- Nominee Call Me Little Sunshine · Ghost
64th Grammys · 2022
- Winner The Alien · Dream Theater
- Nominee The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition) · Rob Zombie
- Nominee Genesis · Deftones
- Nominee Amazonia · Gojira
- Nominee Pushing the Tides · Mastodon
63rd Grammys · 2021
- Winner Bum-Rush · Body Count
- Nominee The In-Between · In This Moment
- Nominee Bloodmoney · Poppy
- Nominee Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) · Power Trip
- Nominee Underneath · Code Orange
62nd Grammys · 2020
- Winner 7empest · Tool
- Nominee Humanicide · Death Angel
- Nominee Bow Down · I Prevail
- Nominee Astorolus – The Great Octopus · Candlemass, Tony Iommi
- Nominee Unleashed · Killswitch Engage
61st Grammys · 2019
- Winner Electric Messiah · High on Fire
- Nominee Honeycomb · Deafheaven
- Nominee Condemned to the Gallows · Between the Buried and Me
- Nominee Betrayer · Trivium
- Nominee On My Teeth · Underoath
60th Grammys · 2018
- Winner Sultan's Curse · Mastodon
- Nominee Clockworks · Meshuggah
- Nominee Invisible Enemy · August Burns Red
- Nominee Forever · Code Orange
- Nominee Black Hoodie · Body Count
59th Grammys · 2017
- Winner Dystopia · Megadeth
- Nominee Silvera · Gojira
- Nominee Rotting in Vain · Korn
- Nominee Shock Me · Baroness
- Nominee The Price Is Wrong · Periphery
58th Grammys · 2016
- Winner Cirice · Ghost
- Nominee Identity · August Burns Red
- Nominee Thank You · Sevendust
- Nominee Custer · Slipknot
- Nominee 512 · Lamb of God
57th Grammys · 2015
- Winner The Last in Line · Tenacious D
- Nominee Heartbreaker · Motörhead
- Nominee The Negative One · Slipknot
- Nominee Neon Knights · Anthrax
- Nominee High Road · Mastodon
56th Grammys · 2014
- Winner God Is Dead? · Black Sabbath
- Nominee The Enemy Inside · Dream Theater
- Nominee T.N.T. · Anthrax
- Nominee In Due Time · Killswitch Engage
- Nominee Room 24 · Volbeat, King Diamond
53rd Grammys · 2011
- Winner El Dorado · Iron Maiden
- Nominee In Your Words · Lamb of God
- Nominee Let the Guilt Go · Korn
- Nominee Sudden Death · Megadeth
- Nominee Hate Worldwide · Slayer
52nd Grammys · 2010
- Winner Dissident Aggressor (live) · Judas Priest
- Nominee Head Crusher · Megadeth
- Nominee Señor Peligro (live) · Ministry
- Nominee Set to Fail · Lamb of God
- Nominee Hate Worldwide · Slayer
51st Grammys · 2009
- Winner My Apocalypse · Metallica
- Nominee Under My Thumb · Ministry
- Nominee Nostradamus · Judas Priest
- Nominee Psychosocial · Slipknot
- Nominee Heroes of Our Time · DragonForce
50th Grammys · 2008
- Winner Final Six · Slayer
- Nominee Nothing Left · As I Lay Dying
- Nominee Redemption · Shadows Fall
- Nominee Never Ending Hill · King Diamond
- Nominee Aesthetics of Hate · Machine Head
49th Grammys · 2007
- Winner Eyes of the Insane · Slayer
- Nominee LiesLiesLies · Ministry
- Nominee Redneck · Lamb of God
- Nominee 30/30-150 · Stone Sour
- Nominee Colony of Birchmen · Mastodon
48th Grammys · 2006
- Winner Before I Forget · Slipknot
- Nominee The Great Satan · Ministry
- Nominee Mein Teil · Rammstein
- Nominee Determined · Mudvayne
- Nominee What Drives the Weak · Shadows Fall
47th Grammys · 2005
- Winner Whiplash · Motörhead
- Nominee Live for This · Hatebreed
- Nominee The End Of Heartache · Killswitch Engage
- Nominee Vermilion · Slipknot
- Nominee Nymphetamine · Cradle of Filth
46th Grammys · 2004
- Winner St. Anger · Metallica
- Nominee Inhale · Stone Sour
- Nominee Did My Time · Korn
- Nominee Mobscene · Marilyn Manson
- Nominee Smothered · Spineshank
45th Grammys · 2003
- Winner Here to Stay · Korn
44th Grammys · 2002
- Winner Schism · Tool
- Nominee Left Behind · Slipknot
- Nominee Chop Suey! · System of a Down
- Nominee The Wizard · Black Sabbath
- Nominee Disciple · Slayer
43rd Grammys · 2001
- Winner Elite · Deftones
- Nominee The Wicker Man · Iron Maiden
- Nominee Astonishing Panorama Of The Endtimes · Marilyn Manson
- Nominee Revolution Is My Name · Pantera
- Nominee Wait And Bleed · Slipknot
42nd Grammys · 2000
- Winner Iron Man · Black Sabbath
- Nominee Enter Sandman · Motörhead
- Nominee Bad Blood · Ministry
- Nominee Starfuckers, Inc. · Nine Inch Nails
- Nominee Superbeast · Rob Zombie
40th Grammys · 1998
39th Grammys · 1997
- Winner Tire Me · Rage Against the Machine
- Nominee Shoots and Ladders · Korn
- Nominee Suicide Note Pt. I · Pantera
- Nominee I'm Your Boogie Man · White Zombie
- Nominee Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn) · Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper
38th Grammys · 1996
- Winner Happiness in Slavery · Nine Inch Nails
37th Grammys · 1995
- Winner Spoonman · Soundgarden
36th Grammys · 1994
- Winner I Don't Want to Change the World · Ozzy Osbourne
- Nominee Angry Again · Megadeth
- Nominee Fear of the Dark · Iron Maiden
- Nominee Thunder Kiss '65 · White Zombie
- Nominee Institutionalized · Suicidal Tendencies
35th Grammys · 1993
- Winner Wish · Nine Inch Nails
34th Grammys · 1992
33rd Grammys · 1991
- Winner Stone Cold Crazy · Metallica