# Grammy Award para Melhor Performance de Metal

O Prêmio Grammy para Melhor Performance de Metal é um prêmio criado em 1990 para os melhores trabalhos do Metal.

## Ganhadores

| Ano | Artista | Nacionalidade | Trabalho | Nomeações | Ref. |
| 1990 | Metallica | Estados Unidos | One !"One" | Dokken – Beast from the East Faith No More – The Real Thing Queensrÿche – I Don't Believe in Love Soundgarden – Ultramega OK | |
| 1991 | Metallica | Estados Unidos | Stone Cold Crazy !"Stone Cold Crazy" | Anthrax – Persistence of Time Judas Priest – Painkiller Megadeth – Rust in Peace Suicidal Tendencies – Lights...Camera...Revolution! | |
| 1992 | Metallica | Estados Unidos | Metallica !Metallica | Anthrax – Attack of the Killer B's Megadeth – "Hangar 18 Motörhead – 1916 Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger | |
| 1993 | Nine Inch Nails | Estados Unidos | Wish !"Wish" | Helmet – "In the Meantime" Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction Ministry – "N.W.O." Soundgarden – Into the Void | |
| 1994 | Osbourne, OzzyOzzy Osbourne | Reino Unido | I Don't Want to Change the World !"I Don't Want to Change the World" | Iron Maiden – "Fear of the Dark" Megadeth – "Angry Again" Suicidal Tendencies – "Institutionalized" White Zombie – "Thunder Kiss '65" | |
| 1995 | Soundgarden | Estados Unidos | Spoonman !"Spoonman" | Anthrax and Public Enemy – "Bring the Noise" Megadeth – "99 Ways to Die" Pantera (banda) – "I'm Broken" Rollins Band – "Liar" | |
| 1996 | Nine Inch Nails | Estados Unidos | Happiness in Slavery !"Happiness in Slavery" (live) | Gwar – "S.F.W." Megadeth – "Paranoid" Metallica – "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (live) White Zombie – "More Human than Human" | [7] [8] |
| 1997 | Rage Against the Machine | Estados Unidos | Tire Me !"Tire Me" | Korn – "Shoots and leaders" Pantera (banda) – "Suicide Note, Pt. 2" White Zombie – "I'm Your Boogieman" Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper – "Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)" | |
| 1998 | Tool | Estados Unidos | Ænema !"Ænema" | Corrosion of Conformity – "Drowning in a Daydream" Korn – "No Place to Hide" Megadeth – "Trust" Pantera (banda) – "Cemetery Gates" | |
| 1999 | Metallica | Estados Unidos | Better than You !"Better Than You" | Judas Priest – "Bullet Train" Nashville Pussy – "Fried Chicken and Coffee" Rage Against the Machine – "No Shelter" Rammstein – "Du hast" | |
| 2000 | Black Sabbath | Reino Unido | Iron Man !"Iron Man" | Ministry – "Bad Blood" Motörhead – "Enter Sandman" Nine Inch Nails – "Starfuckers, Inc." Rob Zombie – "Superbeast" | |
| 2001 | Deftones | Estados Unidos | Elite !"Elite" | Iron Maiden – "The Wicker Man" Marilyn Manson – "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" Pantera (banda) – "Revolution Is My Name" Slipknot – "Wait and Bleed" | |
| 2002 | Tool | Estados Unidos | Schism !"Schism" | Black Sabbath – "The Wizard" Slayer – "Disciple" Slipknot – "Left Behind" System of a Down – "Chop Suey!" | |
| 2003 | Korn | Estados Unidos | Here to Stay !"Here to Stay" | P.O.D. – "Portrait" Slipknot – "My Plague" Stone Sour – "Get Inside" Rob Zombie – "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)" | |
| 2004 | Metallica | Estados Unidos | St. Anger !"St. Anger" | Korn – "Did My Time" Marilyn Manson – "Mobscene" Spineshank – "Smothered" Stone Sour – "Inhale" | |
| 2005 | Motörhead | Reino Unido | Whiplash !"Whiplash" | Cradle of Filth – "Nymphetamine (Fix)" Hatebreed – "Live for This" Killswitch Engage – "The End of Heartache" Slipknot – "Vermilion" | |
| 2006 | Slipknot | Estados Unidos | Before I Forget !"Before I Forget" | Ministry – "The Great Satan" Mudvayne – "Determined" Rammstein – "Mein Teil" Shadows Fall – "What Drives the Weak" | |
| 2007 | Slayer | Estados Unidos | Eyes of the Insane !"Eyes of the Insane" | Lamb of God – "Redneck" Mastodon – "Colony of Birchmen" Ministry – "Lieslieslies" Stone Sour – "30/30-150" | |
| 2008 | Slayer | Estados Unidos | Final Six !"Final Six" | As I Lay Dying – "Nothing Left" King Diamond – "Never Ending Hill" Machine Head – "Aesthetics of Hate" Shadows Fall – "Redemption" | |
| 2009 | Metallica | Estados Unidos | My Apocalypse !"My Apocalypse" | Slipknot – "Psychosocial" Judas Priest – "Nostradamus" Ministry – "Under My Thumb" DragonForce – "Heros of our time" | |
| 2010 | Judas Priest | Reino Unido | Dissident Aggressor !"Dissident Aggressor" (live) | Lamb of God – "Set to Fail" Megadeth – "Head Crusher" Ministry – "Señor Peligro" (live) Slayer – "Hate Worldwide" | |
| 2011 | Iron Maiden | Reino Unido | El Dorado !"El Dorado" | Korn – "Let the Guilt Go" Lamb of God – "In Your Words" Megadeth – "Sudden Death" Slayer – "World Painted Blood" | |
| 2014 | Black Sabbath | Reino Unido | "God Is Dead?" | Anthrax – "T.N.T." Dream Theater – "The Enemy Inside" Killswitch Engage – "In Due Time" Volbeat – "Room 24" (com King Diamond) | |
| 2015 | Tenacious D | Estados Unidos | "The Last in Line" | Anthrax – "Neon Knights" Mastodon – "High Road" Motörhead – "Heartbreaker" Slipknot – "The Negative One" | |
| 2016 | Ghost | Suécia | "Cirice" | August Burns Red – "Identity" Lamb of God – "512" Sevendust – "Thank You" Slipknot – "Custer" | |
| 2017 | Megadeth | Estados Unidos | "Dystopia" | Baroness – "Shock Me" Gojira – "Silvera" Korn – "Rotting in Vain" Periphery – "The Price Is Wrong" | |
| 2018 | Mastodon | Estados Unidos | "Sultan's Curse" | August Burns Red – "Invisible Enemy" Body Count – "Black Hoodie" Code Orange – "Forever" Meshuggah – "Clockworks" | |
| 2019 | High on Fire | Estados Unidos | "Electric Messiah" | Between the Buried and Me – "Condemned to the Gallows" Deafheaven – "Honeycomb" Trivium – "Betrayer" Underoath – "On My Teeth" | |
| 2020 | Tool | Estados Unidos | "7empest" | Candlemass – "Astorolus - The Great Octopus" (com Tony Iommi) Death Angel – "Humanicide" I Prevail – "Bow Down" Killswitch Engage – "Unleashed" | |
| 2021 | Body Count | Estados Unidos | "Bum-Rush" | Code Orange – "Underneath" In This Moment – "The In-Between" Poppy – "Bloodmoney" Power Trip – "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" (ao vivo) | |
| 2022 | Dream Theater | Estados Unidos | "The Alien" | Deftones – "Genesis" Gojira – "Amazonia" Mastodon – "Pushing the tides" Rob Zombie – "The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition) | <ref> |