The 65th annual Grammy awards (2023) has approached. It will take place Sunday, Feb. 5, and will air live from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, it will also broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET / 5-8:30 p.m. PT+. The hosts, presenters, and performers are not announced yet but we have the nominees!
Here’s the list of rock/hard rock and metal nominees:
Best Rock Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative rock recordings.
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So Happy It Hurts
Bryan Adams -
Old Man
Beck -
Wild Child
The Black Keys -
Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile -
Crawl!
Idles -
Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck -
Holiday
Turnstile
Best Metal Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative metal recordings.
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Call Me Little Sunshine
Ghost -
We’ll Be Back
Megadeth
"We'll Be Back", from our new album 'The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!' has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance category for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Following up on our win in 2017, we'd like to thank the Academy for our 13th nomination. pic.twitter.com/eJ0vkkgZv0
— Megadeth (@Megadeth) November 16, 2022
- Kill Or Be Killed
Muse - Degradation Rules
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi - Blackout
Turnstile
Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
- Black Summer
Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith, songwriters (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - Blackout
Brady Ebert, Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile) - Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile) - Harmonia’s Dream
Robbie Bennett & Adam Granduciel, songwriters (The War On Drugs) - Patient Number 9
John Osbourne, Chad Smith, Ali Tamposi, Robert Trujillo & Andrew Wotman, songwriters (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck)
Best Rock Album
For albums containing greater than 50% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.
- Dropout Boogie
The Black Keys - The Boy Named If
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Crawler
Idles - Mainstream Sellout
Machine Gun Kelly - Patient Number 9
Ozzy Osbourne - Lucifer On The Sofa
Spoon
Good to see the #GRAMMYs remain consistent for over 30 years and counting. Consistent in their utter randomness and cluelessness nominating rock & metal. And God forbid they televise those categories. Lost as usual..
— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) November 15, 2022
And I think we all agree that a lot of great rock and metal bands were not nominated, But as Lzzy Hale from Halestorm tweeted “The Grammy does not validate your work”
The Grammy does not validate your work. It’s a beautiful celebration… we’ve experienced that! But all of you in the trenches, who have told me both online and in person what our songs mean to you, how they’ve inspired or moved you… is far greater than any trophy.
— Lzzy Hale (@LZZYHALE) November 15, 2022
Let us know what you think about those nominations in the comment section below!
Keep it heavy! \m/
