2026 Grammy Awards was released this Friday, the 7th. The ceremony announcing the winners will take place on February 1st at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, United States.
The next edition will feature some changes and new additions, such as dividing the Best Country Album category into Best Contemporary Country Album and Best Traditional Country Album categories. In the classical music categories, composers and lyricists will now be eligible for recognition alongside other creative professionals, such as artists, producers, and engineers of winning albums.
Among the nominees in the rock and metal categories are YUNGBLUD , Dream Theater , Linkin Park , TURNSTILLE , and many more – check out the full list on the awards' official website .
Check out the rock and metal nominees for 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
Best Metal Performance
- Night Terror” — Dream Theater
- “Lachryma” — Ghost
- “Emergence” — Sleep Token
- “Soft Spine” — Spiritbox
- "Birds" — Turnstile
Best Rock Song
- “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” – Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters)
- “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
- "Idols" – Yungblud
Best Alternative Music Performance
- “Everything Is Peaceful Love” — Bon Iver
- "Alone" — The Cure
- “Seein' Stars” — Turnstile
- "Mangetout" — Wet Leg
- “Parachute” — Hayley Williams
Best Alternative Music Album
- “Sable, Fable” – Bon Iver
- “Songs of a Lost World” – The Cure
- “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
- “ALGORHYTHM” — Los Wizzards
- "Soap Opera" — Fito Paez
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