METALLICA, DISTURBED, GHOST, SLIPKNOT, and SPIRITBOX have been unveiled as the “Best Metal Performance” nominees at the 66th annual Grammy Awards
The event is slated to broadcast live on Sunday, February 4, 2024, from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. PT from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The event will be live on the CBS television network and available for streaming on Paramount+.
The eligibility period for the 66th annual Grammy Awards spans from October 1, 2022, through September 15, 2023 which includes “Best Metal Performance” and “Best Rock Album” nominees.
“Best Metal Performance” nominees:
* DISTURBED – “Bad Man”
* GHOST – “Phantom Of The Opera”
* METALLICA – “72 Seasons”
* SLIPKNOT – “Hive Mind”
* SPIRITBOX – “Jaded”
“Best Rock Album” nominees
* 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…”
At the 2024 Grammys, three new Grammy categories are set to premiere: “Best African Music Performance,” “Best Alternative Jazz Album,” and “Best Pop Dance Recording.” These groundbreaking category inclusions are part of a broader array of updates and modifications effective immediately for the 2024 Grammys, all geared toward ensuring a “more fair, transparent, and accurate” Grammy Awards process, as per Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.
“Each and every amendment was created exactly with this in mind: openness, transparency, fairness,” Mason Jr. expressed to Grammy.com in an interview in June. “Every process that we undertake — every amendment or change to our Awards process that gets initiated — is done to make the process more fair, transparent and accurate. And when we find things that can be improved, we’re in the position now to be able to make those changes, thankfully. Everything you’re seeing now is with the goal of being better and more accurate, honoring more music fairly and in relevant fashion, and making sure the process is transparent, fair and working.”
