BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
MY PREDICTION
slipknot-vermillion
OTHER NOMINEES
hatebreed-live for this
cradle of filth-nymphetamine
killswitch engage- end of a heartache (if it would have been rose of sharyn they would probaly win  )
motorhead-whiplash

they r metal it dosent matter what they say. they r 100 percent metal

1.1.1. What genre does Slipknot belong to?
Hard to explain, but let's put it this way: they're a band that fuses elements taken from hardcore (ie. aggressive vocals, heavy chunks of distortion), goregrind (ie. blast beats, gore imagery), and modern rock. They're not metal, and they're certainly not plain hard rock either.

goregrind is a type of metal they r definatly metal

a hard substance duh!

Grammies suck because a lot of really good artist never even get mentioned...i can tell you now its going to be lots of greenday and lots of franz....

metal is a very, very, very wide gnere and its bassicly anything thats lik rock but to heavy

The most commonly used line-up for metal is: a drummer, sometimes using a double bass-drum, a bass guitar, a rhythm guitar, a lead guitar (in early metal bands a single guitarist often sufficed -- see power trio), and a singer (who is sometimes also one of the instrumentalists); sometimes a keyboard player can also be found. Guitar playing is very important in heavy metal. Amplification of guitars, as well as innovative effects and electronic processing is used to thicken the sound. The result was a simple yet powerful impact (although some of the original heavy metallers joked that their simplified sound was more the result of limited ability than of innovation.).

There is a great variety of ways that heavy metal singers sing, from mid-range clean vocals to a high-pitched wail to a deep growl. The black and death metal scene tend to use distorted and guttural voices called death grunts (as exemplified by the Florida band Death). Generally, it is hard to understand what the singer is "singing". Often, the text is considered to be too crude to be spoken out clearly (such as in Cannibal Corpse), but there are some bands that will have very good lyrics obscured by the style of the singing.

Intricate solos and riffs are a big part of heavy metal music. Guitarists use sweep-picking, tapping and similar techniques to obtain amazing fast playing. Heavy metal is not limited, however, to the standard outfit of guitars and drums. The Finnish cello quartet, Apocalyptica, has created their own version of heavy metal, difficult to categorize but leaning towards the darker side of metal. They apply various familiar effects to their sounds such as the all-familiar distortion, chorusing, flanging, etc. to create their style, which has fallen under a mixed assortment of applause and criticism due to their deviance.

The American band Grand Funk Railroad was one of the early proto-heavy metal bands (along with The Who, etc.) who set new benchmarks for volume levels during shows. The volume of the music was seen as the important factor rather than its musical qualities; though this influence is often denigrated as pointless extravagance, it has proven enormously influential and still dominates many people's perceptions of the genre. Motörhead and Manowar are more recent examples of bands that pride themselves of keeping the volume very high (cf. Manowar's 1984 song "All Men Play On Ten").

Who I think should win what:

BEST ALBUM
American Idiot - Green Day

RECORD OF THE YEAR (or single/ ep)
Erm...American Idiot again.

BEST ROCK ALBUM
Oh, for God's sake.  American Idiot.

I've not even heard the whole bloody album yet.

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Rock performance for what?  What?
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand.

BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
No idea.

BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
I wouldn't mind any of those winning.

WHY did Maroon 5 win Best New Artist?? Watching that made me want to throw up a little.