Rock categories were not included in the main Grammy ceremony nor were they televised
Foo Fighters and Mastodon were the top winners in the Rock and Metal categories.
The Foo Fighters won the Grammy for "Best Rock Song" with the single "Run".
The award for "Best Metal Performance" went to Mastodon for "Sultan's Curse".
As announced yesterday, Avenged Sevenfold did not attend the awards ceremony because the "Best Rock Song" category was not included in the main ceremony nor was it televised.
The Grammy Awards ceremony took place today, January 28th, and the other nominees for each of the 4 rock categories were:
Best Rock Performance:
- Leonard Cohen with “You Want It Darker”
- Chris Cornell with “The Promise”
- Foo Fighters with “Run”
- Kaleo with “No Good”
- Nothing More with “Go To War”
Best Metal Performance:
- August Burns Red with “Invisible Enemy”
- Body Count with “Black Hoodie”
- Code Orange with "Forever"
- Mastodon with “Sultan's Curse”
- Meshuggah with “Clockworks”
Best Rock Song:
- Foo Fighters with “Run”
- Avenged Sevenfold with “The Stage”
- Metallica with “Atlas, Rise!”
- K.Flay with “Blood in the Cut”
- Nothing More with “Go To War”
Best Rock Album:
- Mastodon with “Emperor Of Sand”
- Metallica with “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”
- Nothing More with “The Stories We Tell Ourselves”
- Queens Of The Stone Age with “Villains”
- The War On Drugs with “A Deeper Understanding”