1 2011 Grammy Speculations Fri 15 Oct 2010, 09:53
WickedKnightAlbel
Dehumanized
In exactly a month-and-a-half the nominations are going to be announced. Skipping over the dance/R&B/Pop that usually gets all the focus, this year has been pretty good for metal/hard rock. Let's see if we can guess which albums will be up for nomination (it can only be five total, and the cutoff-time is September 30)
Some likely candidates include:
Jan
Exodus - Shovel Headed Tour Machine (live)
Feb
Meshuggah - Alive (live)
Fear Factory - Mechanize
Dark Tranquillity -We Are The Void
Mar
Down - Diary of a Mad Band (live)
Pantera - 1990-2000: A Decade Of Dominance (compilation)
Apr
Sevendust - Cold Day Memory
Bullet for My Valentine - Fever
May
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Godsmack - The Oracle
Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition
As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise
Soulfy - Omen
Jun
Ozzy Osbourne - Scream
Mastodon - Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly EP (movie score)
Jul
Hellyeah - Stampede
Korn - Korn III – Remember Who You Are
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Aug
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Disturbed - Asylum
Sep
Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
I think Disturbed has gotten heavy enough to warrant inclusion in the metal category, but if they get it they'll have to work for it; Ozzy and Maiden are shoe-ins. Korn has a good mainstream media presence and Nightmare and Diamond Eyes got excellent reviews. And if compilations count, this could be Pantera's last shot at a grammy.
On the other side of things, Stone Sour has gotten softer, so they may end up in the hard rock category. Also, Godsmack has always been nominated as a rock or hard rock band, and this last album won't change that. Basically, if Disturbed stays there then they won't have any trouble at all. Unless Linkin Park somehow get labeled "hard rock" for A Thousand Suns. Then it's hopeless.
Some likely candidates include:
Jan
Exodus - Shovel Headed Tour Machine (live)
Feb
Meshuggah - Alive (live)
Fear Factory - Mechanize
Dark Tranquillity -We Are The Void
Mar
Down - Diary of a Mad Band (live)
Pantera - 1990-2000: A Decade Of Dominance (compilation)
Apr
Sevendust - Cold Day Memory
Bullet for My Valentine - Fever
May
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
Godsmack - The Oracle
Exodus - Exhibit B: The Human Condition
As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise
Soulfy - Omen
Jun
Ozzy Osbourne - Scream
Mastodon - Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly EP (movie score)
Jul
Hellyeah - Stampede
Korn - Korn III – Remember Who You Are
Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
Aug
Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
Disturbed - Asylum
Sep
Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
I think Disturbed has gotten heavy enough to warrant inclusion in the metal category, but if they get it they'll have to work for it; Ozzy and Maiden are shoe-ins. Korn has a good mainstream media presence and Nightmare and Diamond Eyes got excellent reviews. And if compilations count, this could be Pantera's last shot at a grammy.
On the other side of things, Stone Sour has gotten softer, so they may end up in the hard rock category. Also, Godsmack has always been nominated as a rock or hard rock band, and this last album won't change that. Basically, if Disturbed stays there then they won't have any trouble at all. Unless Linkin Park somehow get labeled "hard rock" for A Thousand Suns. Then it's hopeless.