Best Metal Performance
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is Turnstile with "BIRDS"
Nominees 2026
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BIRDS
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Night Terror
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Lachryma
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Emergence
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Soft Spine
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Turnstile | BIRDS |
| 2025 | Gojira, Marina Viotti, Victor Le Masne | Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) |
| 2024 | Metallica | 72 Seasons |
| 2023 | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi | Degradation Rules |
| 2022 | Dream Theater | The Alien |
| 2021 | Body Count | Bum-Rush |
| 2020 | Tool | 7empest |
| 2019 | High On Fire | Electric Messiah |
| 2018 | Mastodon | Sultan’s Curse |
| 2017 | Megadeth | Dystopia |
| 2016 | Ghost | Cirice |
| 2015 | Tenacious D | The Last In Line |
| 2014 | Black Sabbath | God Is Dead? |
| 2011 | Iron Maiden | El Dorado |
| 2010 | Judas Priest | Dissident Aggressor |
| 2009 | Metallica | My Apocalypse |
| 2008 | Slayer | Final Six |
| 2007 | Slayer | Eyes Of The Insane |
| 2006 | Slipknot | Before I Forget |
| 2005 | Motorhead | Whiplash |
| 2004 | Metallica | St. Anger |
| 2003 | Korn | Here To Stay |
| 2002 | Tool | Schism |
| 2001 | Deftones | Elite |
| 2000 | Black Sabbath | Iron Man |
| 1999 | Metallica | Better Than You |
| 1998 | Tool | Aenema |
| 1997 | Rage Against The Machine | Tire Me |
| 1996 | Nine Inch Nails | Happiness In Slavery |
| 1995 | Soundgarden | Spoonman |
| 1994 | Ozzy Osbourne | I Don't Want To Change The World |
| 1993 | Nine Inch Nails | Wish |
| 1992 | Metallica | Metallica |
| 1991 | Metallica | Stone Cold Crazy |
| 1990 | Metallica | One |