Slayer Wins First Grammy!

Metal Legend's Slayer win their first ever Prestigious Gold Grammy Award... and use it to scratch a 24-year old Itch

Feb 11, 2007

Having been trodden upon by mainstream radio and the Grammy voters themselves, Death Metal legends get their industry recognition . But was it worth the wait?

With all the hoopla surrounding The Police reunion for which people have been waiting 21 years ( to which I just witnessed an atrocious version of Roxanne,) another arresting development has arisen: Slayer wins their first ever Grammy.

Ironically, it would be 21 years until their first Grammy nomination, for “Disciple” from the album “God Hates Us All”

They did not win. It went to Tool.

This wouldn’t be the first time a “Non-Metal” band has won the famed phonograph trophy , lest we forget Jethro Tull beating out Metallica in the first ever Metal Category to be given the nod via the Academy.

Grammy winners generally stimulate album sales (after a Grammy win), but busy working members of the CD –buying public(any left?) too busy to watch video, track charts or wait for the radio ads to end before they can jot dot that title… think about this:

The album in question; aptly titled “Christ Illusion”(American Recordings), has already been pulled from both Wal-Mart’s CD racks and ditto(head) for K-mart , for it’s harsh religious depictions. Will this hurt sales by opening up the “Eyes of The Insane” ?or blinding the legions of faithful Slayer die-hard’s from1983 til present.

According to Bravewords.com,

Slayer is currently headlining a North American tour and did not attend the Grammy presentation, but vocalist/bassist Tom Araya had this to say about the win from his hotel room in Columbus, OH: " Jeff (Hanneman, guitarist) and I put a lot into 'Eyes Of The Insane' so we're thrilled that the Grammy voters took the time to listen to it, and then vote for it. We're out here on the road and we're all really, really happy."

Below are tonight’s nominees for hard rock as well (Yes I agree, the list does NOT make sense. But hey, that’s the music biz folks!)

(Oh, by the way, once again...the revolution was NOT televised by CBS. - E.S.Day)

Best Metal Performance

(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

* Redneck

Lamb Of God

Track from: Sacrament

[Epic]

* Colony Of Birchmen

Mastodon

Track from: Blood Mountain

[Reprise/Relapse Records]