Ieri sera si sono tenuti presso il Staples Center di Los Angelese i 2008 Grammy Awards.
Gli Slayer hanno vinto nella categoria 'Best Metal Performance' con il brano 'Final Six'. Questi erano tutti i brani e gli artisti in lizza nella stessa categoria:
# Nothing Left
As I Lay Dying
Track from: An Ocean Between Us
[Metal Blade Records]
# Never Ending Hill
King Diamond
Track from: Give Me Your Soul...Please
[Metal Blade Records]
# Aesthetics Of Hate
Machine Head
Track from: The Blackening
[Roadrunner Records]
# Redemption
Shadows Fall
Track from: Threads Of Life
[Atlantic]
# Final Six
Slayer
Track from: Christ Illusion
[American Recording/Columbia]
Per quanto riguarda la categoria 'Best Rock Instrumental Performance', invece, ha vinto Bruce Springsteen tra diverse nomination metal:
* The Ecstasy Of Gold
Metallica
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]
* Malignant Narcissism
Rush
Track from: Snakes & Arrows
[Anthem/Atlantic]
* Always With Me, Always With You
Joe Satriani
Track from: Satriani Live!
[Epic/Red Ink]
* Once Upon A Time In The West
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: We All Love Ennio Morricone
[Sony Classical]
* The Attitude Song
Steve Vai
Track from: Sound Theories Vol. I & II
[Epic/Red Ink]
Nella categoria 'Best Hard Rock Performance' i Foo Fighters hanno superato Ozzy e Tool:
* Sweet Sacrifice
Evanescence
Track from: The Open Door
[Wind-up Records, LLC]
* The Pretender
Foo Fighters
[Roswell/RCA Records]
* I Don't Wanna Stop
Ozzy Osbourne
Track from: Black Rain
[Epic]
* Sick, Sick, Sick
Queens Of The Stone Age
Track from: Era Vulgaris
[Interscope Recods]
* The Pot
Tool
Track from: 10,000 Days
[Volcano]