Metal Anarchy

The nominees have been revealed for the 2025 Grammy Awards. The ceremony will take place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA on February 2 and the categories featuring rock/metal artists can be found below.

Best Metal Performance:

* Gojira, Marina Viotti, and Victor le Masne – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”
* Judas Priest – “Crown Of Horns”
* Knocked Loose – “Suffocate” (feat. Poppy)
* Metallica – “Screaming Suicide”
* Spiritbox – “Cellar Door”

Best Rock Performance:

* The Beatles – “Now And Then”
* The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
* Green Day – “The American Dream Is Killing Me”
* Idles – “Gift Horse”
* Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
* St. Vincent – “Broken Man”

Best Rock Album:

* The Black Crowes – “Happiness Bastards”
* Fontaines D.C. – “Romance”
* Green Day – “Saviors”
* Idles – “Tangk”
* Jack White – “No Name”
* Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
* The Rolling Stones – “Hackney Diamonds”

Best Rock Song:

* The Black Keys – “Beautiful People (Stay High)”
* Green Day – “Dilemma”
* Idles – “Gift Horse”
* Pearl Jam – “Dark Matter”
* St. Vincent – “Broken Man”

Best Alternative Music Album:

Brittany Howard – “What Now”
Clairo – “Charm”
Kim Gordon – “The Collective”
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Wild God”
St. Vincent – “All Born Screaming”

Best Alternative Music Performance:

* Cage The Elephant – “Neon Pill”
* Fontaines D.C. – “Starburster”
* Kim Gordon – “Bye Bye”
* Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Song Of The Lake”
* St. Vincent – “Flea”

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Television):

* Kris Bowers – “The Color Purple”
* Hans Zimmer – “Dune: Part Two”
* Laura Karpman – “American Fiction”
* Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross, and Leopold Ross – “Shogun”
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – “Challengers”

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:

* Alpha Wolf – “Half Living Things”
* John Lennon – “Mind Games”
* Kate Bush – “Hounds Of Love (The Boxes Of Lost At Sea)”
* Nirvana – “In Utero”
* Unsuk Chin and Berliner Philharmoniker – “Unsuk Chin”
* 90 Day Men – “We Blame Chicago“