High On Fire
"Electric Messiah"
[ from the LP Electric Messiah ]

other nominees:

Between The Buried And Me - "Condemned To The Gallows"
Deafheaven - "Honeycomb"
Trivium - "Betrayer"
Underoath - "On My Teeth"

Mastodon
"Sultan's Curse"
[ from the LP Emperor Of Sand ]

other nominees:

August Burns Red - "Invisible Enemy"
Body Count - "Black Hoodie"
Code Orange - "Forever"
Meshuggah - "Clockworks"

Megadeth
"Dystopia"
[ from the LP Dystopia ]

other nominees:

Baroness - "Shock Me"
Gojira - "Silvera"
Korn - "Rotting In Vain"
Periphery - "The Price Is Wrong"

Ghost
"Cirice"
[ from the LP Meliora ]

other nominees:

Tamar Braxton - "If I Don't Have You"
Andra Day - "Rise Up"
Hiatus Kaiyote - "Breathing Underwater"
Jeremih & J.Cole - "Planes"

Tenacious D
"The Last In Line"
[ from the Ronnie James Dio - This Is Your Life compilation ]

other nominees:

Anthrax - "Neon Knight"
Mastodon - "High Road"
Motorhead - "Heartbreaker"
Slipnot - "The Negative One"

Black Sabbath
"God Is Dead?"
[ from the LP 13 ]

other nominees:

Anthrax - "T.N.T."
Dream Theater - "The Enemy Inside"
Killswitch Engage - "In Due Time"
Volbeat & King Diamond - "Room 24"

Halestorm
"Love Bites (So Do I)"
[ from the LP The Strange Case Of... ]

other nominees:

Anthrax - "I'm Alive"
Iron Maiden - "Blood Brothers"
Lamb Of God - "Ghost Walking"
Marilyn Manson - "No Reflection"
Megadeth - "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"

Foo Fighters
"White Limo"
[ from the LP Wasting Light ]

other nominees:

Dream Theater - "On The Backs Of Angels"
Mastodon - "Curl Of The Burl"
Megadeth - "Public Enemy No. 1"
Sum 41 - "Blood In My Eyes"

Iron Maiden
"El Dorado"
[ from the LP The Final Frontier ]

other nominees:

Korn - "Let The Guilt Go"
Lamb Of God - "In Your Words"
Megadeth - "Sudden Death"
Slayer - "World Painted Blood"

Judas Priest
"Dissident Aggressor"
[ from the LP A Touch Of Evil - Live]

other nominees:

Lamb Of God - "Set To Fail"
Megadeth - "Head Crusher"
Ministry - "Senor Peligro"
Slayer - "Hate Worldwide"

Metallica
"My Apocalypse"
[ from Death Magnetic ]

other nominees:

DragonForce - "Heroes Of Our Time"
Judas Priest - "Nostradamus"
Ministry - "Under My Thumb"
Slipknot - "Psychosocial"

Slayer
"Final Six"
[ from Christ Illusion ]

other nominees:

As I Lay Dying - "Nothing Left"
King Diamond - "Never Ending Hill"
Machine Head - "Aesthetics Of Hate"
Shadows Fall - "Redemption"

Slayer
"Eyes Of The Insane"
[ from Christ Illusion ]

other nominees:

other nominees:
Lamb Of God - "Redneck"
Mastodon - "Colony Of Birchmen"
Ministry - "Lies, Lies, Lies"
Stone Sour - "30/30-150"

Slipknot
"Before I Forget"
[ from Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses ]

other nominees:

Ministry - "The Great Satan"
Mudvayne - "Determined"
Rammstein - "Mein Tell"
Shadows Fall - "What Drives The Weak"

Motorhead
"Whiplash"
[ from Metallica Attack: Metallica Ultimate Tribute ]

other nominees:

Cradle Of Filth - "Nymphetamine"
Hatebreed - "Live For This"
Killswitch Engage - "The End Of Heartache"
Slipknot - "Vermillion"

Metallica
"St. Anger"
[ from St. Anger ]

other nominees:

Korn - "Did My Time"
Marilyn Manson - "mOBSCENE"
Spineshank - "Smothered"
Stone Sour - "Inhale"

Korn
"Here To Stay"
[ from Untouchables ]

other nominees:

P.O.D. - "Portrait"
Slipknot - "My Plague"
Stone Sour - "Get Inside"
Rob Zombie - "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)"

Tool
"Schism"
[ from Lateralus ]

other nominees:

Black Sabbath - "The Wizard"
Slayer - "Disciple"
Slipknot - "Left Behind"
System Of A Down - "Chop Suey!"

Deftones
"Elite"
[ from White Pony ]

other nominees:

Iron Maiden - "The Wicker Man"
Marilyn Manson - "Astonishing Panorama Of The Endtimes"
Pantera - "Revolution Is My Name"
Slipknot - "Wait And Bleed"

Black Sabbath
"Iron Man"
[ from Best Of Black Sabbath ]

other nominees:

Ministry - "Bad Blood"
Motorhead - "Enter Sandman"
Nine Inch Nails - "Starf**ckers"
Rob Zombie - "Superbeast"

Metallica
"Better Than You"
[ from Reload ]

other nominees:

Judas Priest - "Bullet Train"
Nashville Pussy - "Fried Chicken And Coffee"
Rage Against The Machine - "No Shelter"
Rammstein - "Du Hast"

Tool
"Aenema"
[from Aenima ]

other nominees:

Corrosion Of Conformity - "Drowning In A Daydream"
Korn - "No Place To Hide"
Megadeth - "Trust"
Pantera - "Cemetery Gates"

Rage Against The Machine
"Tire Me"
[ from Evil Empire ]

other nominees:

Korn - "Shoots And Ladders"
Pantera - "Suicide Note Pt. 1"
White Zombie - "I'm Your Boogie Man"
Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper - "Hands Of Death (Burn Baby Burn)"

Nine Inch Nails
"Happiness In Slavery"
[ from The Downward Spiral ]

other nominees:

Gwar - "S.F.W."
Megadeth - "Paranoid"
Metallica - "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"

Soundgarden
"Spoonman"
[ from Superunknown ]

other nominees:

Anthrax & Public Enemy - "Bring The Noise"
Megadeth - "99 Ways To Die"
Pantera - "I'm Broken"
Rollins Band - "Liar"

"I Don't Want To Change The World"
Ozzy Osbourne
[ from Live & Loud ]

other nominees:

Iron Maiden - "Fear Of The Dark"
Megadeth - "Angry Again"
Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized"
White Zombie - "Thunder Kiss '65"

"Wish"
Nine Inch Nails
[ from Broken ]

other nominees:

Helmet - "In The Meantime"
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
Ministry - "N.W.O."
Soundgarden - "Into The Void (Sealth)"

Metallica
Metallica

other nominees:

Anthrax - Attack Of The Killer B's
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Megadeth - "Hangar 18"
Motorhead - 1916

Metallica
"Stone Cold Crazy"
[ from Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary compilation ]

other nominees:

Anthrax - Persistence Of Time
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights... Camera... Revolution

Metallica
"One"
[ from And Justice For All ]

other nominees:

Dokken - Beast From The East
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Queensryche - "I Don't Believe In Love"
Soundgarden - Ultramega O.K.