Best Metal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance recognizes artistic excellence in a metal performance by a solo artist, collaborating artists, established duo, or established group. The Grammy is awarded to the artist(s).

34th Annual Grammy Awards • 1992

Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 1990 and Aug 30, 1991

Metallica won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with "Metallica"

Winners & Nominees 1992

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Nominees

Previous Winners

Year Winner Work
2026 Turnstile BIRDS All Nominees
2025 Gojira, Marina Viotti, Victor Le Masne Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) All Nominees
2024 Metallica 72 Seasons All Nominees
2023 Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi Degradation Rules All Nominees
2022 Dream Theater The Alien All Nominees
2021 Body Count Bum-Rush All Nominees
2020 Tool 7empest All Nominees
2019 High On Fire Electric Messiah All Nominees
2018 Mastodon Sultan’s Curse All Nominees
2017 Megadeth Dystopia All Nominees
2016 Ghost Cirice All Nominees
2015 Tenacious D The Last In Line All Nominees
2014 Black Sabbath God Is Dead? All Nominees
2011 Iron Maiden El Dorado All Nominees
2010 Judas Priest Dissident Aggressor All Nominees
2009 Metallica My Apocalypse All Nominees
2008 Slayer Final Six All Nominees
2007 Slayer Eyes Of The Insane All Nominees
2006 Slipknot Before I Forget All Nominees
2005 Motorhead Whiplash All Nominees
2004 Metallica St. Anger All Nominees
2003 Korn Here To Stay All Nominees
2002 Tool Schism All Nominees
2001 Deftones Elite All Nominees
2000 Black Sabbath Iron Man All Nominees
1999 Metallica Better Than You All Nominees
1998 Tool Aenema All Nominees
1997 Rage Against The Machine Tire Me All Nominees
1996 Nine Inch Nails Happiness In Slavery All Nominees
1995 Soundgarden Spoonman All Nominees
1994 Ozzy Osbourne I Don't Want To Change The World All Nominees
1993 Nine Inch Nails Wish All Nominees
1992 Metallica Metallica All Nominees
1991 Metallica Stone Cold Crazy All Nominees
1990 Metallica One All Nominees
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