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2026 Grammy Rock Nominees
The 2026 Grammys will take place Sunday, February 1st, and broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
Best Rock Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative Rock recordings.
U Should Not Be Doing ThatAmyl and The Sniffers
The Emptiness MachineLinkin Park
Never EnoughTurnstile
MirtazapineHayley Williams
Who Should Win:
Linkin Park – The Emptiness Machine
Who Will Win:
Yungblud – Changes
Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The BeginningYUNGBLUD Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Metal Performance
For new vocal or instrumental solo, duo/group or collaborative Metal recordings.
Night TerrorDream Theater
LachrymaGhost
EmergenceSleep Token
BirdsTurnstile
Soft SpineSpiritbox
Who Should Win:
Ghost – Lachryma
Who Will Win:
Ghost – Lachryma
Best Rock Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. Includes Rock, Hard Rock and Metal songs. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.)
As Alive As You Need Me To BeTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
CaramelVessel & II, songwriters (Sleep Token)
ZombieDominic Harrison & Matt Schwartz, songwriters (YUNGBLUD)
Never EnoughDaniel Fang, Franz Lyons, Pat McCrory, Meg Mills & Brendan Yates, songwriters (Turnstile)
Who Should Win:
Yungblud – Zombie (w/ Billy Corgan)
Who Will Win:
Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be
GlumDaniel James & Hayley Williams, songwriters (Hayley Williams)
Best Rock Album
For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new rock, hard rock or metal recordings.
Private MusicDeftones
I QuitHAIM
From ZeroLinkin Park
Never EnoughTurnstile
IdolsYUNGBLUD
Who Should Win:
Linkin Park – From Zero
Who Will Win:
Yungblud – Idols
After nominations have been determined and announced, Academy voting members cast their ballots to determine the winners. To ensure the quality of voting, members are directed to vote only in those Fields in which they are peers of the nominees.
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