And the grammy goes to......

[Jasonic]

KING DIAMOND!!!!!
(Well, maybe!)

SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, KING DIAMOND and AS I LAY DYING are among the nominees for the 50th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, February 10, 2007. The nominees in the "Hard Rock", "Metal" and "Rock Instrumental" categories are as follows:

Best Metal Performance:

AS I LAY DYING - "Nothing Left"
KING DIAMOND - "Never Ending Hill"
MACHINE HEAD - "Aesthetics Of Hate"
SHADOWS FALL - "Redemption"
SLAYER - "Final Six"

Best Hard Rock Performance:

EVANESCENCE - "Sweet Sacrifice"
FOO FIGHTERS - "The Pretender"
OZZY OSBOURNE - "I Don't Wanna Stop"
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - "Sick, Sick, Sick"
TOOL - "The Pot"

Best Rock Instrumental Performance:

METALLICA - 'The Ecstasy Of Gold
RUSH - "Malignant Narcissism"
JOE SATRIANI - "Always With Me, Always With You"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Once Upon A Time In The West"
STEVE VAI - "The Attitude Song"

Only albums released between October 1, 2006, and September 30, 2007, could be considered for this year's awards.

The Grammys are determined by 12,000 music industry professionals who belong to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

A complete list of Grammy nominees can be found at this location.

 

[Jasonic]

I had the same question about Metallica.
First off, Metallica doesn't even play that track.
It is an intro track they use live.
I think the closest they ever came to actually "playing" that song was on S&M, which is from what, like 1999?

Maybe this appeared on some soundtrack???

 

[Rycher]

Metallica re-recorded the Ecstacy of Gold into a "metal" version for an Ennio Morricone tribute album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_All_Love_Ennio_Morricone

Hear the full song here:

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7EeuWnc-8[/ame]

What's funny is that Slayer was nominated in 2006 for a song from Christ Illusion. They re-released the album in 2007 with a bonus track and they're nominated again for the unreleased song. Ha.

 

[Jasonic]

This is actually the best sounding thing Metallica has recorded in a long time.

This also further proves that Kirk is the only remotely talented musician left in the band (Though my opinion on that might change once Trujillo records with them)

 

[Vegetaman]

What the hell at their putting Ozzy Osbourne in the hard rock category. I hate to know what'll happen when Zakk Wylde hears of this travesty.

 

[Saladbar]

The Grammys have always been and will always be: A FUCKING JOKE!

 

[Diabolik]

The Grammys have always been and will always be: A FUCKING JOKE!

all award shows are. they are just there to sell more CD's. The Academy Awards are the same...there to sell tickets to movies that lots of people wouldnt see until it wins an award.

 

[Jasonic]

The Grammys have always been and will always be: A FUCKING JOKE!

Well, of course they are.
I mean Motorhead won a Grammy for their Metallica cover!

 

[Vegetaman]

I think he'll have a beer.

Indeed he shall. But that's only after he spills / spits out the rest of the one he had.

 

[Saladbar]

(Though my opinion on that might change once Trujillo records with them)

Trujillo is the only reason that I'm buying the next Metallica cd.

 

[Vegetaman]

(Though my opinion on that might change once Trujillo records with them)

He was pretty awesome on Ozzy's 2001 album Down to Earth, as well as the Live at Budokan DVD.

 

[Jasonic]

While St Anger may have been the biggest piece of turd ever, Metallica were in top form when they toured, esp with Trujillo at the helm. Definitely more fire and passion than the last couple tours with Jason where they were going through the motions.

 

[Heavenly Call]

No way. He'd never waste beer.

I take it you've never seen him live? When I saw Black Label Society in Atlanta a few years back, I left with at least a 6-pack's worth all over me from the spitting/throwing of cans! Helluva show, but didn't need the beer shower.

 

[metalprof]

According to Stephen King in the latest Entertainment Weekly, the new Ozzy CD is the best metal release this year!

... which tells me it's also the only metal CD he's heard in 2007.
Ken