The GRAMMYs
2026
Dec 1st, 2025
Best Metal Performance
Best Metal Performance
Best Metal Performance
Nominees for The GRAMMY Awards
2026
Previous Winner
Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
Criteria
For new metal performances; singles/tracks only.
For new metal performances; singles/tracks only.
For new metal performances; singles/tracks only.
The nominees for The GRAMMYs Best Metal Performance 2026 are Night Terror (Dream Theater), Lachryma (Ghost), Emergence (Sleep Token), Soft Spine (Spiritbox), BIRDS (Turnstile).
Read on for more information about all the nominees and their contributors..
Best Metal Performance
Emergence
Emergence
Emergence
Lachryma
Lachryma
Lachryma
Night Terror
Night Terror
Night Terror
Soft Spine
Soft Spine
Soft Spine
Other awards in this field
Rock + Metal + Alternative Music
Other awards in this field
Rock + Metal + Alternative Music
Other awards in this field
Rock + Metal + Alternative Music
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