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{{Confused|Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental}}
{{Infobox award
| name        = Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
| awarded_for = quality vocal or instrumental [[hard rock]] or [[Metal music|metal]] recordings
| image       =
| imagesize   = 100px
| alt         = A gold gramophone trophy with a plaque set on a table
| caption     = Gilded gramophone trophy presented to Grammy Award winners
| presenter   = [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]
| country     = United States
| year2       =
| website     = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
}}
The '''Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance''' was an award presented at the 2012 and 2013 [[Grammy Award]]s, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.<ref name=Grammy>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it was designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) [[hard rock]] or [[Metal music|metal]] recordings and was limited to singles or tracks only.<ref name=Categorymapper>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 |title=Category Mapper |accessdate=November 25, 2011 |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604022508/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/category-mapper/new-category/124673/124753 |archivedate=June 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
The award was first presented in 2012, after a major restructuring of Grammy categories. It combined the previous categories [[Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance|Best Hard Rock Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]]. The restructuring was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring |title=Grammy Awards restructuring |access-date=September 14, 2011 |archive-date=December 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203215528/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the Recording Academy announced in June 2013 that the category would split in 2014, returning the Best Metal Performance category and recognizing quality hard rock performances in the [[Best Rock Performance]] category. According to the Academy, "it was determined that metal has a very distinctive sound, and hard rock more closely aligns with rock and can exist comfortably as one end of the rock spectrum."<ref name=Evolution>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/the-recording-academy-elects-new-national-officers-and-approves|title=The Recording Academy Elects New National Officer and Approves Continuing Evolution of Grammy Awards Categories at Spring Trustees Meeting|date=June 4, 2013|accessdate=June 4, 2013|publisher=Recording Academy}}</ref>
== Recipients ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! bgcolor="#efefef"|Year{{ref|1|[I]}}
! bgcolor="#efefef"|Performing artist(s)
! bgcolor="#efefef"|Work
! bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|Nominees
! bgcolor="#efefef" class=unsortable|Ref.
|-
| align="center"|[[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012]]
| [[Foo Fighters]]
| "[[White Limo]]"
|
* {{small|[[Dream Theater]] — "[[On the Backs of Angels]]"}}
* {{small|[[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] — "[[Curl of the Burl]]"}}
* {{small|[[Megadeth]] — "[[Public Enemy No. 1 (Megadeth song)|Public Enemy No. 1]]"}}
* {{small|[[Sum 41]] – "[[Blood in My Eyes]]"}}
| align="center"|<ref name=Grammy2012>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2011&genre=31|title=2011 – 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees And Winners: Rock Field|publisher=[[Recording Academy|The Recording Academy]]|date=November 30, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"|[[55th Annual Grammy Awards|2013]]
| [[Halestorm]]
| "[[Love Bites (So Do I)]]"
|
* {{small|[[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] — "[[Worship Music (album)|I'm Alive]]"}}
* {{small|[[Iron Maiden]] — "[[En Vivo! (Iron Maiden album)|Blood Brothers]]" (live)}}
* {{small|[[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] – "[[Resolution (Lamb of God album)|Ghost Walking]]"}}
* {{small|[[Marilyn Manson]] – "[[No Reflection]]"}}
* {{small|[[Megadeth]] – "[[Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)]]"}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=55th Annual GRAMMY Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/55th-annual-grammy-awards |access-date=July 6, 2024 |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |publisher=[[The Recording Academy]]}}</ref>
|}
==See also==
*[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song]]
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.grammy.com Official Site of the Grammy Awards]
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{{Grammy Award categories}}
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[[Category:Grammy Awards for rock music|Hard Rock Metal Performance]]
[[Category:Grammy Award categories|Hard Rock Metal Performance]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2012]]
[[Category:Awards disestablished in 2013]]