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JASON BITTNER: HALESTORM Winning ‘Metal’ GRAMMY Is Worse Than METALLICA Losing To JETHRO TULL

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 11, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner says that HALESTORM winning a Grammy Award for “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance” proves that “shit is rotten in the music business” and is more upsetting than METALLICA losing the nod in the same category to JETHRO TULL more than 20 years ago.

HALESTORM was honored with the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” Grammy for the track “Love Bites (So Do I)” , from the band’s 2012 album “The Strange Case Of…”

The band was up against ANTHRAX, IRON MAIDEN, LAMB OF GOD, MARILYN MANSON and MEGADETH in the category.

Writing on his official Facebook page earlier today, Bittner commented: “Well, I know I’m gonna get a lot of shit for this but I just don’t care anymore…. How the FUCK does MAIDEN, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, and my ‘other family’ ANTHRAX lose the Grammys to ________ (not gonna say the name)!!!! Shit is rotten in the music business and this proves it!!! And I thought the JETHRO TULL thing in 1989 was bad enough but this beats it hands down!!!” (METALLICA was nominated for the very first “Hard Rock/Metal Performance” Grammy in 1989, but famously lost to JETHRO TULL, a band distinguished mainly by its heavy use of flute.)

HALESTORM: Awarded Grammy For Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 11, 2013
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American rockers HALESTORM have just been awarded a Grammy for the best hard rock /metal performance for “Love Bites (So Do I).” The 55th annual Grammy Awards are being held tonight (Grammy Sunday, February 10th) at 8:00-11:30 PM, live ET/delayed PT) at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Also IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and MARILYN MANSON were in the category for this award as well.

For more information about Grammy nominees click here.

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THE HAUNTED: Nominated for a Swedish Grammis Award

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on December 23, 2011
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Swedish Metalheads, THE HAUNTED nominated for a Swedish Grammis Award as well as a P3 Guld Award with “Unseen” album! Also their newest album “Unseen”, hit the charts at #5 position in Sweden as well as #26 in Finland.

“Just got back home from an exciting trip in Asia. We played Japan together with Ihsahn and that was awesome! Also, this trip marked the first appearance in China for us and it was a great experience. China is really a great potential market for metal music. We had loads of fun!!!
In other news, we just got word that we are nominated for the prestigious P3 gold awards here in Sweden for the “Unseen” album in the “best rock/metal” category. The awards ceremony will take place in Gothenburg in January so we’ll keep our fingers crossed for the win.
Furthermore, we also just found out that we are nominated for a Swedish Grammy. This is great news, and hopefully we can bring home our 3rd Grammy award…” the band posted.

For the Swedish Grammis Award, other nominated acts in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category are Graveyard, Hammerfall, Opeth and In Flames. For the P3 Guld Award from Swedish radio station P3 in the “Best Rock/Metal Album Of The Year” category the other nominated acts are Arch Enemy, Graveyard, In Flames and Opeth.