Tag Archives: Grammy

According to 2023 Grammy Award nominees, Muse are now “metal”

Posted by on November 15, 2022

  Changes were made for the 2023 Grammy nominees. While the category changes this year include albums containing more than 75% playing time of newly recorded music to be eligible for a Grammy, it is starting to trace back to snubbing metal artists. Or at least confusing the overall genre. While we’ve seen the category […]

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Steel Panther reacts to Kanye West Grammy incident

Posted by on February 16, 2015

Kanye West’s attempt at making a scene and following remarks regarding Beck’s win for album of the year at the 2015 Grammy Awards last week is already well documented. As is the vocal backlash that West has (rightfully) received because of it, including some fellow recording artists Paul Stanley of Kiss and Shirley Manson of Garbage. Now, comedic […]

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Metallica and Lang Lang’s version of “One” available for download

Posted by on February 12, 2014

The Grammys, eh? They sure were polarizing. While it was nice that Black Sabbath got to pick up an award, most metal fans were a little, make that a lot, disappointed by the show. First of all, Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman was snubbed in the list of musicians that passed in 2013. Then the Nine Inch […]

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Need More Proof That The Grammys Are Out Of Touch?

Posted by on December 7, 2012

Meet Al Walser, a Grammy nominee for Best Dance Recording. Sure, this is a metal blog, so you might not be familiar with Al, a keytar-playing artist who’s nominated in the same category as Skrillex, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia and Calvin Harris. The problem is, no one else is familiar with him either, and he’s […]

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Slayer Wins At The Grammys As NARAS Remains Clueless

Posted by on February 13, 2012

So aside from Adele and Whitney Houston’s estate, there was another big winner at last night’s Grammys: Slayer. Although the band wasn’t even nominated for any awards, they were prominently displayed throughout the night, courtesy of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl’s T-shirt. The Foos were another big winner, picking up four Grammys. So in between […]

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