31 stycznia 2010 r. w hali Staples Center w Los Angeles po raz 52. zostaną wręczone doroczne Nagrody Grammy. Nominacje w kategoriach "Hard rock" oraz "Metal" przedstawiają się następująco:

Best Hard Rock Performance:

AC/DC - "War Machine" (from "Black Ice")
ALICE IN CHAINS - "Check My Brain" (from "Black Gives Way to Blue")
LINKIN PARK - "What I've Done" (from "Road to Revolution: Live at Milton Keyes")
METALLICA - "The Unforgiven III" (from "Death Magnetic")
NICKELBACK - "Burn it to the Ground" (from "Dark Horse")

Best Metal Performance:

JUDAS PRIEST - "Dissident Aggressor" (from "A Touch of Evil Live"
LAMB OF GOD - "Set to Fail" (from "Wrath")
MEGADETH - "Head Crusher" (from "Endgame")
MINISTRY - "Se?or Peligro" (from "Adios...")
SLAYER - "Hate Worldwide" (from "World Painted Blood")

Best Rock Instrumental Performance:

JEFF BECK - "A Day In The Life"
BOOKER T. JONES - "Warped Sister"
BRAD PAISLEY - "Playing With Fire"
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA - "Mr. Surfer Goes Jazzin'"
STEVE VAI - "Now We Run"

Best Rock Album:

AC/DC - "Black Ice"
ERIC CLAPTON & STEVE WINWOOD - "Live From Madison Square Garden"
GREEN DAY - "21st Century Breakdown"
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - "Big Whiskey And the Groogrux King"
U2 - "No Line On The Horizon"