Megadeth Win Best Metal Performance At 2017 Grammy Awards

Megadeth have taken home "Best Metal Performance" at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for "Dystopia", the title track off their 2016 album. The award was presented during the non-televised segment of the Grammys. 

Frontman Dave Mustaine posted the news with the caption "Finally!" The band has been nominated for a Grammy twelve times before, including the discontinued "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance" category.

Mustaine also spoke with Q1043's Jonathan Clarke, where the frontman joked that the thirteenth Grammy nomination could be the band's lucky number. "Thirteenth times a charm," he joked. 

The other nominees for "Best Metal Performance" were:

Baroness - "Shock Me"

Gojira - "Slivera"

Korn - "Rotting in Vain"

Megadeth - "Dystopia"

Periphery - "The Price Is Wrong"

Listen to Megadeth's "Dystopia" below:

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