Every Grammys Best Metal Performance winner

24 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 19 different winners. The longest run was Slayer, 2 years straight (2007–2008).

It was not presented in 2012 or 2013, when hard rock and metal shared one award, and it returned when that award was split again for 2014.

Metallica ×3Black Sabbath ×2Slayer ×2Tool ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details. Outlined blocks are years the award was not presented.

Black Sabbath'00

Deftones'01

Tool'02

Korn'03

Metallica'04

Motörhead'05

Slipknot'06

Slayer'07–'08×2

Metallica'09

Judas Priest'10

Iron Maiden'11

'12–'13not awarded

Black Sabbath'14

Tenacious D'15

Ghost'16

Megadeth'17

Mastodon'18

High on Fire'19

Tool'20

Body Count'21

Dream Theater'22

Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi'23

Metallica'24

Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne'25

Wins by label

Sony417%
Warner417%
American14%
Blackened14%
Century Media14%
EMI14%
Other1250%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Ministry5 noms
Lamb of God4 noms
Killswitch Engage3 noms
Rob Zombie3 noms
Stone Sour3 noms
Anthrax2 noms

Most losses

Slipknot8L · 1W
Ministry5L · 0W
Lamb of God4L · 0W
Killswitch Engage3L · 0W
Korn3L · 1W
Mastodon3L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne (Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)) beat 4 others Judas Priest (Crown of Horns) Knocked Loose featuring Poppy (Suffocate) Metallica (Screaming Suicide) Spiritbox (Cellar Door)	IOC/BMG
2024	Metallica (72 Seasons) beat 4 others Disturbed (Bad Man) Ghost (Phantom of the Opera) Slipknot (Hive Mind) Spiritbox (Jaded)	Blackened
2023	Ozzy Osbourne featuring Tony Iommi (Degradation Rules) beat 4 others Ghost (Call Me Little Sunshine) Megadeth (We'll Be Back) Muse (Kill or Be Killed) Turnstile (Blackout)	Epic
2022	Dream Theater (The Alien) beat 4 others Deftones (Genesis) Gojira (Amazonia) Mastodon (Pushing the Tides) Rob Zombie (The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition))	Inside Out
2021	Body Count (Bum-Rush) beat 4 others Code Orange (Underneath) In This Moment (The In-Between) Poppy (Bloodmoney) Power Trip (Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe) (Live))	Century Media
2020	Tool (7empest) beat 4 others Candlemass featuring Tony Iommi (Astorolus - The Great Octopus) Death Angel (Humanicide) I Prevail (Bow Down) Killswitch Engage (Unleashed)	Tool Dissectional/Volcano/RCA
2019	High on Fire (Electric Messiah) beat 4 others Between the Buried and Me (Condemned to the Gallows) Deafheaven (Honeycomb) Trivium (Betrayer) Underoath (On My Teeth)	eOne
2018	Mastodon (Sultan's Curse) beat 4 others August Burns Red (Invisible Enemy) Body Count (Black Hoodie) Code Orange (Forever) Meshuggah (Clockworks)	Reprise/Warner Bros.
2017	Megadeth (Dystopia) beat 4 others Baroness (Shock Me) Gojira (Silvera) Korn (Rotting in Vain) Periphery (The Price Is Wrong)	Tradecraft/Universal
2016	Ghost (Cirice) beat 4 others August Burns Red (Identity) Lamb of God (512) Sevendust (Thank You) Slipknot (Custer)	Loma Vista
2015	Tenacious D (The Last in Line) beat 4 others Anthrax (Neon Knights) Mastodon (High Road) Motörhead (Heartbreaker) Slipknot (The Negative One)	Rhino
2014	Black Sabbath (God Is Dead?) beat 4 others Anthrax (T.N.T.) Dream Theater (The Enemy Inside) Killswitch Engage (In Due Time) Volbeat featuring King Diamond (Room 24)	Vertigo/Republic
2011	Iron Maiden (El Dorado) beat 4 others Korn (Let the Guilt Go) Lamb of God (In Your Words) Megadeth (Sudden Death) Slayer (World Painted Blood)	EMI
2010	Judas Priest (Dissident Aggressor (Live)) beat 4 others Lamb of God (Set to Fail) Megadeth (Head Crusher) Ministry (Señor Peligro (Live)) Slayer (Hate Worldwide)	Sony/Epic
2009	Metallica (My Apocalypse) beat 4 others DragonForce (Heroes of Our Time) Judas Priest (Nostradamus) Ministry (Under My Thumb) Slipknot (Psychosocial)	Warner Bros./Mercury
2008	Slayer (Final Six)repeat beat 4 others As I Lay Dying (Nothing Left) King Diamond (Never Ending Hill) Machine Head (Aesthetics of Hate) Shadows Fall (Redemption)	American
2007	Slayer (Eyes of the Insane) beat 4 others Lamb of God (Redneck) Mastodon (Colony of Birchmen) Ministry (LiesLiesLies) Stone Sour (30/30-150)	WEA International
2006	Slipknot (Before I Forget) beat 4 others Ministry (The Great Satan (Remix)) Mudvayne (Determined) Rammstein (Mein Teil) Shadows Fall (What Drives the Weak)	Roadrunner
2005	Motörhead (Whiplash) beat 4 others Cradle of Filth (Nymphetamine (Overdose)) Hatebreed (Live for This) Killswitch Engage (The End of Heartache) Slipknot (Vermilion)	SPV/Sanctuary
2004	Metallica (St. Anger) beat 4 others Korn (Did My Time) Marilyn Manson (Mobscene) Spineshank (Smothered) Stone Sour (Inhale)	Elektra/Vertigo
2003	Korn (Here to Stay) beat 4 others P.O.D. (Portrait) Slipknot (My Plague) Stone Sour (Get Inside) Rob Zombie (Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy))	Epic
2002	Tool (Schism) beat 4 others Black Sabbath (The Wizard (Live)) Slayer (Disciple) Slipknot (Left Behind) System of a Down (Chop Suey!)	Volcano
2001	Deftones (Elite) beat 4 others Iron Maiden (The Wicker Man) Marilyn Manson (Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes) Pantera (Revolution Is My Name) Slipknot (Wait and Bleed)	Maverick
2000	Black Sabbath (Iron Man (Live)) beat 4 others Ministry (Bad Blood) Motörhead (Enter Sandman) Nine Inch Nails (Starfuckers, Inc.) Rob Zombie (Superbeast)	Epic

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