The 66th annual Grammy Awards ceremony took place last night (4th) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. Known for consistently overlooking metal while acknowledging nearly every other genre, this year’s ceremony saw at least one accurate win for the metal community. Metallica secured a Grammy in the Best Metal Performance category but faced losses in Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Album, with winners like Boygenius and Paramore. Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo accepted the award during the pre-telecast, once again highlighting the ongoing disparity in recognition for metal during the main ceremony.

Trujillo expressed the following:

“All right. Wow. Incredible. I just wanna say that Lars, James, and Kirk could not be here cause they’re with their families, and, as you know, families are everything to all of us,” he continued. “That comes first. And I live in Southern California, so it’s a little easier. But we wanna thank Greg Fidelman, our incredible producer, and our recording team. Amazing — one of the best teams ever. This is like family. When you’re making an album like this, you’re jamming, you’re collaborating, the spirit of ’72 seasons,’ which is your youth, and creating music together. Keep those instruments in your hands. Let’s keep the youth making music and keeping the dream alive.”

Watch Trujillo’s speech below:

For those who are interested, you can check out the winners for the “heavy” categories below:

Best Rock Performance:

“Sculptures Of Anything Goes” – Arctic Monkeys

“More Than A Love Song – Black Pumas

“Not Strong Enough” – Boygenius – WINNER

“Rescued” – Foo Fighters

“Lux Æterna” – Metallica

Best Metal Performance:

“Bad Man” – Disturbed

“Phantom Of The Opera” – Ghost

“72 Seasons” – Metallica – WINNER

“Hive Mind” – Slipknot

“Jaded” – Spiritbox

Best Rock Song:

“Angry” – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Andrew Watt, songwriters (The Rolling Stones)

“Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl” – Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)

“Emotion Sickness” – Dean Fertita, Joshua Homme, Michael Shuman, Jon Theodore & Troy Van Leeuwen, songwriters (Queens Of The Stone Age)

“Not Strong Enough” – Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus, songwriters (boygenius) – WINNER

“Rescued” – Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)

Best Rock Album:

But Here We Are – Foo Fighters

Starcatcher – Greta Van Fleet

72 Seasons – Metallica

This Is Why – Paramore – WINNER

In Times New Roman… – Queens Of The Stone Age

Best Alternative Music Performance:

“Belinda Says” – Alvvays

“Body Paint” – Arctic Monkeys

“Cool About It” – boygenius

“A&W” – Lana Del Rey

“This Is Why: – Paramore WINNER

Best Alternative Music Album:

The Car – Arctic Monkeys

The Record – boygenius – WINNER

Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey

Cracker Island – Gorillaz

I Inside The Old Year Dying – PJ Harvey

Full list of winners and nominees can be viewed via this location.