The awards ceremony will take place in January

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences today announced the nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards .

In its 60th edition, the ceremony will celebrate the best songs, compositions, and artists of the year (during the period from October 2016 to September 2017).

The awards ceremony will take place on January 28th at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States, and will be hosted by James Corden.

Check out the nominees in the Rock and Metal categories below:

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE:
Leonard Cohen – “You Want It Darker”
Chris Cornell – “The Promise”
Foo Fighters – “Run”
Kaleo – “No Good”
Nothing More – “Go To War”

BEST METAL PRESENTATION
August Burns Red – “Invisible Enemy”
Body Count – “Black Hoodie”
Code Orange – “Forever”
Mastodon – “Sultan's Curse”
Meshuggah – “Clockworks”

BEST ROCK SONG
Metallica (James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich) – “Atlas, Rise!”
K.Flay (JT Daly & Kristine Flaherty) – “Blood In The Cut”
Nothing More (Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga) – “Go To War”
Foo Fighters – “Run”
Avenged Sevenfold (Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman) – “The Stage”

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Mastodon – Emperor Of Sand
Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
Nothing More – The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Queens Of The Stone Age – Villains
The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding

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