The 59th Annual Grammy Nominations For Rock and Metal Are Here

Hey it’s that time of the year again for the Grammy Award nominations and since its always a fun talking point to present the artists that our reader demographic are most interested in. I’m speaking of course about the Rock and Metal categories with a touch of Alternative thrown in for good measure. I’ll be adding my own personal choice below each category and I’ll be polling you at the close. Let’s go.

Best Rock Performance:
“Joe (Live From Austin City Limits)” — Alabama Shakes
“Don’t Hurt Yourself” — Beyonce´ Featuring Jack White
“Blackstar” — David Bowie
“The Sound Of Silence” — Disturbed
“Heathens” — Twenty One Pilots

PiercingMetal’s Pick: Wow Beyonce in the Rock Category! What is this musical world coming to? I guess we shall see her being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next. Moving on, I’m going to hope that the late great David Bowie wins the award since he left us with so much over the years that it would be a great way to respect his passing and creative genius. Disturbed also did a bang up job on the Simon and Garfunkel classic tune that they are deserving.

Best Metal Performance:
“Shock Me” — Baroness
“Slivera” — Gojira
“Rotting in Vain” — Korn
“Dystopia” — Megadeth
“The Price Is Wrong” — Periphery

PiercingMetal’s Pick: Nice. These are some great nominations for the Metal stuff and while I am personally leaning towards Megadeth I would not mind seeing Gojira or Baroness win the Grammy. These last two are newer to some listeners but they have been offering up the Heavy Metal good for a bunch of years and are to be commended for it. Good luck to all participants in this category.

Best Rock Song:
“Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)
“Burn the Witch” — Radiohead, songwriters (Radiohead)
“Hardwired” — James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich, songwriters (Metallica
“Heathens” — Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
“My Name Is Human” — Rich Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens, songwriters (Highly Suspect)

PiercingMetal’s Pick: Though I think Bowie’s song is a solid one, I would like to see Metallica win the best song for the category. It’s truly a Metal tune but you take what you get when it comes to this awards ceremony.

Best Rock Album:
California — Blink-182
Tell Me I’m Pretty — Cage The Elephant
Magma — Gojira
Death Of A Bachelor — Panic! At The Disco
Weezer — Weezer

PiercingMetal’s Pick: Give this one to Gojira, as like their Japanese Kaiju namesake the album is a monster.

Best Alternative Music Album:
22, A Million — Bon Iver
Blackstar — David Bowie
The Hope Six Demolition Project — PJ Harvey
Post Pop Depression — Iggy Pop
A Moon Shaped Pool — Radiohead

PiercingMetal’s Pick: I’d like to see Bowie win the best album for Alternative since he pretty much was a key innovator in being “alternative” when it came to popular music. If he is not to get it then let’s go Iggy Pop.

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Bridge of Spies — Thomas Newman, composer
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight — Ennio Morricone, composer
The Revenant — Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto, composers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens — John Williams, composer
Stranger Things Volume 1 — Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers
Stranger Things Volume 2 — Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein, composers

PiercingMetal’s Pick: I’ve added this one in the summary because the great John Williams was a nomination and I had been listening to the original trilogy score albums recently. Amazing stuff so let’s honor this legendary music figure.

Best Music Film:
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead — Steve Aoki
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years — (The Beatles)
Lemonade — Beyoncé
The Music Of Strangers — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
American Saturday Night: Live From The Grand Ole Opry — (Various Artists)

PiercingMetal’s Pick: I’d love to see The Beatles film “Eight Days A Week The Touring Years” win this. Especially since there is a lot of footage of the Fab Four that was either never before seen or not seen in decades presented in it. They are still a favorite of mine and should be of yours as well.

PiercingMetal Thoughts: Closing up I don’t have much to add because just like our Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Revolver Music Awards narratives, I offered up my own picks in the overall piece. What I would like from you readers is your own picks for some of these categories or larger thoughts about the Grammy Awards process in the first place. Bring it on. See you next time.

Official Website: http://www.grammy.com

One thought on “The 59th Annual Grammy Nominations For Rock and Metal Are Here”

  1. I’m glad Metallica is in the rock section because there would be no chance for the other metal bands. I’d say Shock Me or Dystopia is my favorite song on the list.

    A bit upset that Amon Amarth are not on the list.

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