The nominees for the 60th annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and Metallica and Gregg Allman lead the classic rock pack with two nominations each.

The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Bruce Springsteen, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Yusef / Cat Stevens and the Grateful Dead are also up for awards in various categories.

Metallica's Hardwired.. to Self-Destruct is up for best album, and one of its most impressive tracks, "Atlas, Rise!" is in the running for Best Rock Song. This marks the 22nd and 23rd nominations for the group, who have clearly rebounded from that whole Jethro Tull incident.

Allman's farewell album, Southern Blood, has been nominated in the Best Americana Album category, with "My Only True Friend" eligible for Best Americana Roots Song. Allman's former bandmate Derek Trucks's current group, Tedeschi Trucks Band, is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Live From The Fox Oakland.

The Stones' lively, cover-filled return to their roots, Blue & Lonesome, has been rewarded with a Best Traditional Blues Album nod - their 12th overall. Meanwhile, Springsteen could win his 21st Grammy (out of 50 nominations) for the Spoken Word album version of his autobiography Born to Run.

Yusef / Stevens' The Laughing Apple is up for Best Folk Album, the acclaimed Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip is nominated for Best Movie, and in the least shocking development ever, Roger Waters' Is The Life We Really Want? could take home the Best Engineered Album in the non-classical category.

The 60th annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast via CBS on Sunday, January 28.

Best Rock Album Nominees
Emperor of Sand - Mastodon
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct - Metallica
The Stories We Tell Ourselves - Nothing More
Villains - Queens of the Stone Age
A Deeper Understanding - The War on Drugs

Best Rock Song Nominees (with songwriter names)
"Atlas, Rise!" - Metallica (James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich)
"Run" - Foo Fighters (Foo Fighters)
"Blood in the Cut" - K. Flay (JT Daly & Kristine Flaherty)
"Go to War" - "Nothing More" (Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga)
"The Stage" - Avenged Sevenfold (Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman)

Best Traditional Blues Album
Blue & Lonesome - The Rolling Stones
Migration Blues - Eric Bibb
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
Roll and Tumble - R.L. Boyce
Sonny & Brownie's Last Train - Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi

Best Americana Album Nominees
Southern Blood - Gregg Allman
Shine on Rainy Day - Brent Cobb
Beast Epic - Iron & Wine
The Nashville Sound - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Brand New Day - The Mavericks

Best Americana Roots Song Nominees (with songwriter names)
"Cumberland Gap" - David Rawlings (David Rawlings & Gillian Welch)
"I Wish You Well" - The Mavericks (Raul Malo & Alan Miller)
"If We Were Vampires" - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Jason Isbell)
"It Ain't Over Yet" - Rodney Crowell Featuring Rosanne Cash & John Paul White (Rodney Crowell)
"My Only True Friend" - Gregg Allman (Gregg Allman & Scott Sharrard)

Best Contemporary Blues Album Nominees
Live From the Fox Oakland - Tedeschi Trucks Band
Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm - Robert Cray and Hi Rhythm
Recorded Live in Lafayette - Sonny Landreth
TajMo - Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'
Got Soul - Robert Randolph & The Family Band

 Best Folk Album Nominees
The Laughing Apple - Yusef / Cat Stevens
Mental Illness - Aimee Mann
Semper Femina - Laura Marling
The Queen of Hearts - Offa Rex
You Don't Own Me Anymore - The Secret Sisters

Best Spoken Word Album Nominees
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil Degrasse Tyson
Confessions of a Serial Songwriter - Shelly Peiken
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In - Bernie Sanders and Mark Ruffalo
The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher

Best Engineered Album, Non Classical Nominees
Is This The Life We Really Want? - Roger Waters
Every Where Is Some Where - K. Flav
Natural Conclusion - Rose Cousins
No Shape - Perfume Genius
24K Magic - Bruno Mars

Best Music Film Nominees
Long Strange Trip - The Grateful Dead
One More Time With Feeling - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
The Defiant Ones - Various Artists
Soundbreaking - Various Artists
Two Trains Runnin' - Various Artists

You can see the full list of nominees at Grammy.com.

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