2009 Grammy Nominations

The nominations for the 51st annual Grammy Awards have been announced. There are only a few categories relevant to heavy metal and hard rock. Here are the nominees for those categories:

Best Hard Rock Performance
"Inside The Fire" - Disturbed
"Visions" - Judas Priest
"Wax Simulacra" - The Mars Volta
"Saints Of Los Angeles" - Mötley Crüe
"Lords Of Salem" - Rob Zombie

Best Metal Performance
"Heroes Of Our Time" - DragonForce
"Nostradamus" - Judas Priest
"My Apocalypse" - Metallica
"Under My Thumb" - Ministry
"Psychosocial" - Slipknot

Metallica was also nominated in the Best Rock Instrumental category for "Suicide and Redemption" and Death Magnetic garnered a nomination for Best Rock Album.

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will be held Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on CBS from 8–11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).