Grammy Awards ceremony took place last Sunday, December 1st, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, United States. Among the nominees in the rock and metal categories were YUNGBLUD , Dream Theater , Linkin Park , TURNSTILLE , and many more – check out the complete list on the awards' official website .
The awards highlighted both veteran bands and emerging names. Works released between August 31, 2024, and August 30, 2025, were considered.
Check out the winners in rock and metal at the 2026 Grammys:
Best Rock Performance
- “U Should Not Be Doing That” — Amyl and the Sniffers
- “The Emptiness Machine” — Linkin Park
- “Never Enough” — Turnstile
- “Mirtazapine” — Hayley Williams
- “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back to the Beginning” — Yungblud Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II (winner)
Best Metal Performance
- Night Terror” — Dream Theater
- “Lachryma” — Ghost
- “Emergence” — Sleep Token
- “Soft Spine” — Spiritbox
- “Birds” — Turnstile (winner)
Best Rock Song
- “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters)(winner)
- “Caramel” – Sleep Token (Vessel1 & Vessel2, composers)
- “Glum” – Hayley Williams (Daniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters)
- “Never Enough” – Turnstile (Daniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters)
- “Zombie” – Yungblud (Dominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, composers)
Best Rock Album
- “Private Music – Deftones”
- "I Quit" - Haim
- “From Zero” – Linkin Park
- “Never Enough” – Turnstille (winner)
- "Idols" – Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance
- “Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver
- “Alone” — The Cure (winner)
- “Seein' Stars” — Turnstile
- "Mangetout" — Wet Leg
- “Parachute” — Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
- “Sable, Fable” – Bon Iver
- “Songs of a Lost World” – The Cure (winner)
- “Don’t Tap the Glass” – Tyler, the Creator
- "Moisturizer" - Wet Leg
- “Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party” – Hayley Williams
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
- “Rebel Genes” — Aterciopelados
- “ASTROPICAL” — Bomba Estéreo, Rawayana, ASTROPICAL
- “PAPOTA” — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso (winner)
- “ALGORHYTHM” — Los Wizzards
- "Soap Opera" — Fito Paez
READ ALSO: Iron Maiden asked not to receive any new nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.