The nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced, with Dream Theater, Ghost, Sleep Token, Spiritbox, and Turnstile earning nods in the Best Metal Performance category. The ceremony will take place on February 1, 2026, broadcasting live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS and streaming via Paramount+.

This year’s nominations span 95 categories, unveiled during a morning presentation featuring Sharon Osbourne and her children, who paid tribute to the late Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne, who passed away in July.

The Grammy Awards honor music released between August 31, 2024, and August 30, 2025. Winners are determined by the Recording Academy’s Voting Members, a peer-based group of musicians, producers, songwriters, and engineers. Final-round voting opens December 12 and closes January 5. View all nominations at this location.

Best Metal Performance nominees:

Dream Theater – “Night Terror”
Ghost – “Lachryma”
Sleep Token – “Emergence”
Spiritbox – “Soft SPine”
Turnstile – “Birds”

Best Rock Album nominees:

Deftones, Private Music
Haim, I Quit
Linkin Park, From Zero
Turnstile, Never Enough
Yungblud, Idols

Best Rock Performance nominees:

Amyl and the Sniffers – “U Should Not Be Doing That”
Linkin Park – “The Emptiness Machine”
Turnstile – “Never Enough”
Hayley Williams – “Mirtazapine”
Yungblud featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II – “Changes” (Live From Villa Park)

Best Rock Song nominees:

Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me to Be”
Sleep Token – “Caramel”
Hayley Williams – “Glum”
Turnstile – “Never Enough”
Yungblud – “Zombie”

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