Best Metal Performance

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Grammy Award category

Best Metal Performance is a Grammy Award category that honors outstanding recordings in the heavy metal genre, typically recognizing both artistic and technical excellence.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental 1
Best Metal Performance (Vocal or Instrumental) 1
Best Metal Performance, Vocal or Instrumental 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award category ⓘ
administeredBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
associatedEvent Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards ceremony
awardFor artistic excellence in metal performance ⓘ
heavy metal music recordings ⓘ
technical excellence in metal performance ⓘ
awardFrequency annually ⓘ
ceremonyLocation various cities in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibleFormats commercially released recordings ⓘ
eligibleRegion primarily United States market releases ⓘ
evaluationCriteria musicianship ⓘ
performance quality ⓘ
recording quality ⓘ
vocal or instrumental execution ⓘ
firstRecipient Metallica ⓘ
firstWinningWork One ⓘ
formerName Best Metal Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental

Best Metal Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Metal Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)

Best Metal Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Metal Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
genre hard rock ⓘ
heavy metal ⓘ
givenFor individual songs ⓘ
live or studio recordings ⓘ
single tracks ⓘ
hasCategoryType genre-specific music award ⓘ
hasSubgenreCoverage alternative metal ⓘ
death metal ⓘ
doom metal ⓘ
metalcore ⓘ
progressive metal ⓘ
thrash metal ⓘ
inception 1990 ⓘ
language English (ceremony and official materials) ⓘ
medium recorded music ⓘ
notableRecipient Black Sabbath ⓘ
Iron Maiden ⓘ
Mastodon ⓘ
Megadeth ⓘ
Metallica ⓘ
Slayer ⓘ
Tool ⓘ
partOf Grammy Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy ⓘ
surface form: The Recording Academy
selectionProcess voted on by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ
status active Grammy category ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Best Metal Performance → formerName → Best Metal Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
Best Metal Performance → formerName → Best Metal Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Metal Performance, Vocal or Instrumental
Best Metal Performance → formerName → Best Metal Performance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Metal Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)
Soundgarden → grammyAward → Best Metal Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award → hasCategory → Best Metal Performance ⓘ
Chris Cornell → notableAward → Best Metal Performance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance