Hello again my friends, I have returned once again to discuss the always popular topic of the Grammy Awards and the winners of the “Rock” and “Metal” categories that have already been delivered at a pre-broadcast ceremony. As always, I have left the nominees in for comparison sake so do please check it out down below. I guess we Rockers should be thankful that we don’t have to wait around through endless speeches and can instead make some evening plans with our friends.
Best Rock Performance:
Bones UK – Pretty Waste
WINNER – Gary Clark Jr. – This Land
Brittany Howard – History Repeats
Karen O & Danger Mouse – Woman
Rival Sons – Too Bad
Best Metal Performance:
Candlemass – Astorolus – The Great Octopus [ft. Tony Iommi]
Death Angel – Humanicide
I Prevail – Bow Down
Killswitch Engage – Unleashed
WINNER – Tool – 7empest
Best Rock Song:
Tool – Fear Inoculum
The 1975 – Give Yourself a Try
Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall
Brittany Howard – History Repeats
WINNER – Gary Clark Jr. – This Land
Best Rock Album:
Bring Me the Horizon – amo
Cage the Elephant – Social Cues
The Cranberries – In the End
I Prevail – Trauma
Rival Sons – Feral Roots
Best Alternative Music Album:
Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
James Blake – Assume Form
Bon Iver – i,i
WINNER – Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
Thom Yorke – ANIMA
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: So there you have it my friends, the winners of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. From the overall nominees I had high hopes for Killswitch Engage, Rival Sons, Candlemass and Bring Me The Horizon but as you can see NONE of the artists that I made some preliminary predictions about ended up winning. Okay, I am not entirely being correct here as I tossed a coin on the “Best Alternative” category and ended up with Vampire Weekend who was the only name that I knew in there. They of course won and that leads me to wonder why lumped into the “Best Rock” song category as well. Speaking frankly, I don’t really think too much of the Grammy Awards but they sure do seem to matter on the industry side. Congratulations to all the winners, and to those runner ups, there is always the next time. Please chime in down below with what you thought about the results as all topical submissions will be put through immediately.
Official Website: http://www.grammy.com