Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione metal

Il Grammy Award alla miglior interpretazione metal (Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance) è un premio dei Grammy Awards istituito nel 1990, per premiare le migliori canzoni del genere heavy metal, e quelle che in parte lo incorporano.

Tra il 1992 e il 1994 ha cambiato temporaneamente nome in Best Metal Performance With Vocal.

Il premio è stato interrotto nel 2012 a causa di un'importante revisione delle categorie Grammy. Dopo il 2012, le interpretazioni metal sono state spostate nella categoria Migliore interpretazione hard rock/metal. Tuttavia, nel 2014, la categoria è stata divisa, ricostituendo la categoria Miglior interpretazione metal e creando la categoria Miglior interpretazione rock.

Vincitori e candidati

Anni 1990

Membri della band Metallica, vincitrice di 7 premi. Il primo nel 1990 per One e l'ultimo nel 2024 per 72 Seasons.

Trent Reznor, della due volte premiata band Nine Inch Nails.

• 1990
  • Metallica - One
  • Dokken – Beast from the East
  • Faith No More – The Real Thing
  • Queensrÿche – I Don't Believe in Love
  • Soundgarden – Ultramega OK
• 1991
  • Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy
  • Anthrax – Persistence of Time
  • Judas Priest – Painkiller
  • Megadeth – Rust In Peace
  • Suicidal Tendencies – Lights Camera Revolution
• 1992
  • Metallica - Enter Sandman
  • Anthrax – Attack of the Killer B's
  • Megadeth – Hangar 18
  • Motörhead – 1916
  • Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
• 1993
  • Nine Inch Nails - Wish
  • Helmet – In the Meantime
  • Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction
  • Ministry – N.W.O.
  • Soundgarden – Into the Void (Sealth)
• 1994
  • Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Want to Change the World
  • Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark (live)
  • Megadeth – Angry Again
  • Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized
  • White Zombie – Thunder Kiss '65
• 1995
  • Soundgarden - Spoonman
  • Anthrax e Public Enemy – Bring the Noise (live)
  • Megadeth – 99 Ways to Die
  • Pantera – I'm Broken
  • Rollins Band – Liar
• 1996
  • Nine Inch Nails - Happiness in Slavery (Live)
  • Gwar – S.F.W.
  • Megadeth – Paranoid
  • Metallica – For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
  • White Zombie – More Human than Human
• 1997
  • Rage Against the Machine - Tire Me
  • Korn – Shoots and Ladders
  • Pantera – Suicide Note Pt. II
  • White Zombie – I'm Your Boogieman
  • Rob Zombie ed Alice Cooper – Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)
• 1998
  • Tool - Ænema
  • Corrosion of Conformity – Drowning in a Daydream
  • Korn – No Place to Hide
  • Megadeth – Trust
  • Pantera – Cemetery Gates (live)
• 1999
  • Metallica - Better Than You
  • Judas Priest – Bullet Train
  • Nashville Pussy – Fried Chicken and Coffee
  • Rage Against the Machine – No Shelter
  • Rammstein – Du hast

Anni 2000

Membri della band Black Sabbath che ha vinto il premio 2 volte, incluso Ozzy Osbourne (a destra) che ha vinto il premio 2 volte anche da solista.

La band Tool ha ricevuto 3 premi in questa categoria: nel 1998, nel 2002 e nel 2020.

I Motörhead, vincitori nel 2005, hanno ricevuto un totale di 4 candidature in questa categoria.

Gli Slipknot, vincitori nel 2006, hanno ricevuto un totale di 8 candidature in questa categoria.

Tom Araya, cantante della thrash metal band Slayer, vincitrice del premio per due anni consecutivi: 2007 e 2008.

• 2000
  • Black Sabbath - Iron Man (Live)
  • Ministry – Bad Blood
  • Motörhead – Enter Sandman
  • Nine Inch Nails – Starfuckers, Inc.
  • Rob Zombie – Superbeast
• 2001
  • Deftones - Elite
  • Iron Maiden – The Wicker Man
  • Marilyn Manson – Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes
  • Pantera – Revolution Is My Name
  • Slipknot – Wait and Bleed
• 2002
  • Tool - Schism
  • Black Sabbath – The Wizard (live)
  • Slayer – Disciple
  • Slipknot – Left Behind
  • System of a Down – Chop Suey!
• 2003
  • Korn - Here to Stay
  • P.O.D. – Portrait
  • Slipknot – My Plague
  • Stone Sour – Get Inside
  • Rob Zombie – Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)
• 2004
  • Metallica - St. Anger
  • Korn – Did My Time
  • Marilyn Manson – Mobscene
  • Spineshank – Smothered
  • Stone Sour – Inhale
• 2005
  • Motörhead - Whiplash
  • Cradle of Filth ft. Liv Kristine – Nymphetamine (Overdose)
  • Hatebreed – Live for This
  • Killswitch Engage – The End of Heartache
  • Slipknot – Vermilion
• 2006
  • Slipknot - Before I Forget
  • Ministry – The Great Satan (Remix)
  • Mudvayne – Determined
  • Rammstein – Mein Teil
  • Shadows Fall – What Drives the Weak
• 2007
  • Slayer - Eyes of the Insane
  • Lamb of God – Redneck
  • Mastodon – Colony of Birchmen
  • Ministry – LiesLiesLies
  • Stone Sour – 30/30-150
• 2008
  • Slayer - Final Six
  • As I Lay Dying – Nothing Left
  • King Diamond – Never Ending Hill
  • Machine Head – Aesthetics of Hate
  • Shadows Fall – Redemption
• 2009
  • Metallica - My Apocalypse
  • DragonForce – Heroes of Our Time
  • Judas Priest – Nostradamus
  • Ministry – Under My Thumb
  • Slipknot – Psychosocial

Anni 2010

Gli Iron Maiden, vincitori nel 2011.

• 2010^[1]
  • Judas Priest - Dissident Aggressor (Live)
  • Lamb of God – Set to Fail
  • Megadeth – Head Crusher
  • Ministry – Señor Peligro (live)
  • Slayer – Hate Worldwide
• 2011^[2]
  • Iron Maiden - El Dorado
  • Korn – Let the Guilt Go
  • Lamb of God – In Your Words
  • Megadeth – Sudden Death
  • Slayer – World Painted Blood
• 2012: Premio unito alla categoria Migliore interpretazione hard rock/metal
• 2013: Premio unito alla categoria Migliore interpretazione hard rock/metal
• 2014
  • Black Sabbath - God is Dead?
  • Anthrax – T.N.T.
  • Dream Theater – The Enemy Inside
  • Killswitch Engage – In Due Time
  • Volbeat ft. King Diamond – Room 24
• 2015^[3]
  • Tenacious D - The Last in Line
  • Anthrax – Neon Knights
  • Mastodon – High Road
  • Motörhead – Heartbreaker
  • Slipknot – The Negative One
• 2016^[3]
  • Ghost - Cirice
  • August Burns Red – Identity
  • Lamb of God – 512
  • Sevendust – Thank You
  • Slipknot – Custer
• 2017^[4][5]
  • Megadeth - Dystopia
  • Baroness – Shock Me
  • Gojira – Silvera
  • Korn – Rotting in Vain
  • Periphery – The Price Is Wrong
• 2018^[6][7]
  • Mastodon - Sultan's Curse
  • August Burns Red – Invisible Enemy
  • Body Count – Black Hoodie
  • Code Orange – Forever
  • Meshuggah – Clockworks
• 2019^[8][9]
  • High on Fire - Electric Messiah
  • Between the Buried and Me – Condemned to the Gallows
  • Deafheaven – Honeycomb
  • Trivium – Betrayer
  • Underoath – On My Teeth

Anni 2020

• 2020^[10]
  • Tool - 7empest
  • Candlemass ft. Tony Iommi – Astorolus - The Great Octopus
  • Death Angel – Humanicide
  • I Prevail – Bow Down
  • Killswitch Engage – Unleashed
• 2021^[11]
  • Body Count - Bum-Rush
  • Code Orange – Underneath
  • In This Moment – The In-Between
  • Poppy – Bloodmoney
  • Power Trip – Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) (live)
• 2022^[12]
  • Dream Theater - The Alien
  • Deftones – Genesis
  • Gojira – Amazonia
  • Mastodon – Pushing the Tides
  • Rob Zombie – The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)
• 2023^[13]
  • Ozzy Osbourne ft.Tony Iommi - Degradation Rules
  • Ghost – Call Me Little Sunshine
  • Megadeth – We'll Be Back
  • Muse – Kill or Be Killed
  • Turnstile – Blackout
• 2024^[14][15]
  • Metallica - 72 Seasons
  • Disturbed - Bad Man
  • Ghost - Phantom of the Opera
  • Slipknot - Hive Mind
  • Spiritbox - Jaded

• 2025^[16]
  • Gojira, Marina Viotti e Victor Le Masne – Mea culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)
  • Judas Priest – Crown of Horns
  • Knocked Loose featuring Poppy – Suffocate
  • Metallica – Screaming Suicide
  • Spiritbox – Cellar Door