The 2023 Metal & Rock Grammy Award Nominees Have Been Announced

The 2023 Grammy Awards nominees were announced overnight, and it's been pretty interesting perusing through the list.

For one, there's only one Aussie act up for a nomination, and that's Rüfüs Du Sol.

We're particularly bummed that there's no showing of Australian rock and metal - not even AC/DC; what's going on? - we would have loved to see Northlane, Parkway Drive, Alpha Wolf, Malevolence, or Windwaker get a nod and international recognition for their trailblazing work.

It's a disappointing year for Aussie artists at the Grammys. Hopefully, next year will be better.

According to the Recording Academy, Muse are metal now, as their track Kill Or Be Killed received a Best Metal Performance nomination alongside Ghost with Call Me Little Sunshine, Megadeth with We'll Be Back, Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi's newest collaboration, Degradation Rules, and Turnstile with Blackout.

Huge stuff for Turnstile - their first Grammy nominations see them also up for Best Rock Performance with Holiday and Best Rock Song for Blackout again.

British post-punk band Idles - whose massive Australian tour just wrapped up - have received their first Recording Academy nods in Best Rock Performance (Crawl!) and Best Rock Album with Crawler.

Elsewhere in the Rock and Metal categories, no real shocks: Grammy-favourite Brandi Carlile deserves her place in multiple categories with her genre-defying album, In These Silent Days; The War On Drugs are back with Harmonia's Dream, and Machine Gun Kelly is up for Best Rock Album. Okay, that one is a bit of a surprise. 

See below the list of Best Rock Performance, Best Metal Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album.

Best Rock Performance

Beck - Old Man
The Black Keys - Wild Child
Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses
Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts
Idles - Crawl!
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9
Turnstile - Holiday

Best Metal Performance

Ghost - Call Me Little Sunshine
Megadeth - We’ll Be Back
Muse - Kill Or Be Killed
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Tony Iommi - Degradation Rules
Turnstile - Blackout

Best Rock Song

Brandi Carlile - Broken Horses
Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck - Patient Number 9
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Black Summer
Turnstile - Blackout
The War On Drugs - Harmonia’s Dream

Best Rock Album

The Black Keys - Dropout Boogie
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Boy Named If
Idles - Crawler
Machine Gun Kelly - Mainstream Sellout
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9
Spoon - Lucifer On The Sofa

Find the comprehensive list of Grammy nominees on the website.