Megadeth is among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band’s tenth Grammy nomination is for its new single,Public Enemy No. 1, off Megadeth‘s latest album, Th1rt3en, which came out on November 1.
Commented Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine: “In such uncertain times, it’s just an honor to be recognized by our peers, and anything above that is remarkable.”
Public Enemy No. 1 actually marks the second Grammy nomination for music from Th1rt3en, as the song Sudden Death was first unveiled in the 2010 video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and received a “Best Metal Performance” nod.
The nominees in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” category are as follows:
* Dream Theater – “On The Backs Of Angels”
* Foo Fighters – White Limo”
* Mastodon – “Curl Of The Burl”
* Megadeth – “Public Enemy No. 1”
* Sum 41 – “Blood In My Eyes”
To be eligible for nomination, an artist’s work must have been released between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011.
Nominations for the 54th annual Grammy Awards were announced wednesday, november 30 by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. For the fourth year, nominations for the annual Grammy Awards were announced on primetime television as part of The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night, a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live.
The 54th annual Grammy Awards will be held on “Grammy Sunday,” February 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
In an effort to continuously evolve its Grammy Awards process, The Recording Academy announced in April that it had restructured the Grammy categories across all genres and fields, bringing the total number of categories to be recognized at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, to 78 from 109. As a result, instead of separate “Best Metal” and “Best Hard Rock” performance prizes, there is now a single “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” award.
For a complete list of nominees, click image below
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