METALLICA, JUDAS PRIEST, MÖTLEY CRÜE, SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED are among the
nominees for the 51th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday,
February 8, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The nominees in the "Hard Rock", "Metal", "Rock Instrumental" and "Rock"
categories are as follows:
Best Hard Rock Performance:
DISTURBED - "Inside The Fire"
JUDAS PRIEST - "Visions"
THE MARS VOLTA - "Wax Simulacra"
MÖTLEY CRÜE - "Saints Of Los Angeles"
ROB ZOMBIE - "Lords Of Salem"
Best Metal Performance:
DRAGONFORCE - "Heroes Of Our Time"
JUDAS PRIEST - "Nostradamus"
METALLICA - "My Apocalypse"
MINISTRY - "Under My Thumb"
SLIPKNOT - "Psychosocial"
Best Rock Instrumental Performance:
DAVID GILMOUR - Castellorizon
METALLICA - Suicide & Redemption
NINE INCH NAILS - 34 Ghosts I-IV
RUSH - Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA - Peaches En Regalia
Best Rock Album:
COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
KID ROCK - Rock N Roll Jesus
KINGS OF LEON - Only By The Night
METALLICA - Death Magnetic
THE RACONTEURS - Consolers Of The Lonely
For the first time, nominations were announced on prime-time television as part
of "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown To Music's Biggest
Night". The one-hour special — broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre L.A
Live — featured past Grammy winners and nominees reading nominations in several
categories, as well as performing songs from the Grammy Hall Of Fame in
celebration of the grand opening of the Grammy Museum.
Grammy ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on December 17 to
the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the
accounting firm Deloitte by January 14, 2009, when they will be tabulated and
the results kept secret until the telecast.
The 51st annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and
5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 to 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
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