Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance has been awarded since 1989. In 1992 and 1994 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with Vocal.

The designation of what is "metal" and what is "hard rock" can be somewhat arbitrary; for instance, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, and Soundgarden have won awards in both categories. ("see Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance")

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.

2000s

*"Grammy Awards of 2008"
**Slayer for "Final Six"
***As I Lay Dying for "Nothing Left"
***King Diamond for "Never Ending Hill"
***Machine Head for "Aesthetics of Hate"
***Shadows Fall for "Redemption"

*"Grammy Awards of 2007"
**Slayer for "Eyes of the Insane"
***Lamb of God for "Redneck"
***Mastodon for "Colony of Birchmen"
***Ministry for "Lieslieslies"
***Stone Sour for "30/30-150"

*"Grammy Awards of 2006"
**Slipknot for "Before I Forget"
***Ministry for "The Great Satan"
***Mudvayne for "Determined"
***Rammstein for "Mein Teil"
***Shadows Fall for "What Drives the Weak"

*"Grammy Awards of 2005"
**Motörhead for "Whiplash" †
***Cradle of Filth for "Nymphetamine"
***Hatebreed for "Live for This"
***Killswitch Engage for "The End of Heartache"
***Slipknot for "Vermilion"

*"Grammy Awards of 2004"
**Metallica for "St. Anger"
***Korn for "Did My Time"
***Marilyn Manson for "Mobscene"
***Spineshank for "Smothered"
***Stone Sour for "Inhale"

*"Grammy Awards of 2003"
**Korn for "Here to Stay"
***P.O.D. for "Portrait"
***Slipknot for "My Plague"
***Stone Sour for "Get Inside"
***Rob Zombie for "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)"

*"Grammy Awards of 2002"
**Tool for "Schism"
***Black Sabbath for "The Wizard"
***Slayer for "Disciple"
***Slipknot for "Left Behind"
***System of a Down for "Chop Suey!"

*"Grammy Awards of 2001"
**Deftones for "Elite"
***Iron Maiden for "The Wicker Man"
***Marilyn Manson for "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes"
***Pantera for "Revolution Is My Name"
***Slipknot for "Wait and Bleed"

*"Grammy Awards of 2000"
**Black Sabbath for "Iron Man"
***Ministry for "Bad Blood"
***Motörhead for "Enter Sandman" †
***Nine Inch Nails for "Starfuckers, Inc."
***Rob Zombie for "Superbeast"

† Though Metallica are given credit for writing the two songs, it was Motörhead who won/were nominated for the awards for their versions on the Metallica tribute album "" and the compilation album "ECW: Extreme Music."

1990s

*Grammy Awards of 1999
**Metallica for "Better Than You"
***Judas Priest for "Bullet Train"
***Nashville Pussy for "Fried Chicken And Coffee"
***Rage Against the Machine for "No Shelter"
***Rammstein for "Du hast"

*Grammy Awards of 1998
**Tool for "Ænema"
***Corrosion of Conformity for "Drowning in a Daydream"
***Korn for "No Place to Hide"
***Megadeth for "Trust"
***Pantera for "Cemetery Gates"

*Grammy Awards of 1997
**Rage Against the Machine for "Tire Me"
***Korn for "Shoots and Ladders"
***Pantera for "Suicide Note Pt. I"
***White Zombie for "I'm Your Boogieman"
***Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper for "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)"

*Grammy Awards of 1996
**Nine Inch Nails for "Happiness in Slavery"
***GWAR for "S.F.W."
***Megadeth for "Paranoid"
***Metallica for "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (S/M)
***White Zombie for "More Human Than Human"

*Grammy Awards of 1995
**Soundgarden for "Spoonman"
***Anthrax and Public Enemy for "Bring the Noise"
***Megadeth for "99 Ways to Die"
***Pantera for "I'm Broken"
***Rollins Band for "Liar"

*Grammy Awards of 1994
**Ozzy Osbourne for "I Don't Want to Change the World"
***Iron Maiden for "Fear of the Dark"
***Megadeth for "Angry Again"
***Suicidal Tendencies for "Institutionalized"
***White Zombie for "Thunder Kiss '65"

*Grammy Awards of 1993
**Nine Inch Nails for "Wish"
***Helmet for "In The Meantime"
***Megadeth for "Countdown to Extinction"
***Ministry for "N.W.O."
***Soundgarden for "Into The Void (Sealth)"

*Grammy Awards of 1992
**Metallica for "Metallica"
***Anthrax for "Attack of the Killer B's"
***Megadeth for "Hangar 18"
***Motörhead for "1916"
***Soundgarden for "Badmotorfinger"

*Grammy Awards of 1991
**Metallica for "Stone Cold Crazy" †
***Anthrax for "Persistence of Time"
***Judas Priest for "Painkiller"
***Megadeth for "Rust in Peace"
***Suicidal Tendencies for "Lights...Camera...Revolution!"

*Grammy Awards of 1990
**Metallica for "One"
***Dokken for "Beast from the East"
***Faith No More for "The Real Thing"
***Queensrÿche for "I Don't Believe In Love"
***Soundgarden for "Ultramega OK"

† Though Queen is given credit for writing the song, it was Metallica who won the award for their version on the album "Rubaiyat - Electra's 40th Anniversary."