Yesterday (3 April), prog-metal frontrunnersDream Theaterwon their first-ever Grammy forTheAlien, a track from their 2021 albumA View From The Top Of The World, at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Said guitarist and founding memberJohn Petrucciwhen he accepted the award on the band’s behalf, “this is absolutely insane.”
“On behalf of the entire band, I’d like to thank the Recording Academy and everybody who voted for us.”
Petrucci expressed his feelings about the band’s journey during his speech, noting that the band’s unique approach to their music paid off in the end.
“You know, they used to tell us our songs were way too long, we used weird time signatures and there were too many guitar solos. In fact, this song is in 17/8, so try to tap your foot to it. But we just won a Grammy, so I’m glad we didn’t listen.”
“对于前卫和野战金属的粉丝，请忠于您的艺术。它还活得很好，”彼得鲁奇说。
Other nominees for the Best Metal Performance award were Deftones’Genesis, Gojira’sAmazonia, Mastodon’sPushing The Tidesand Rob Zombie’s国王怪胎（King Freak）的胜利（保存和迷信的地下室）.
Dream Theater later posted a tweet earlier today (4 April) to share the news by attaching a clip of the awards reel, captioned: “Our songThe Alienjust won Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards – to all the Dream Theater fans around the world, you guys rock, we love you – this award is for you!”
This is insane!!!
Our song 'The Alien' just won Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards – to all the Dream Theater fans around the world, you guys rock, we love you – this award is for you!#GRAMMYs#DreamTheater#Thealien@RecordingAcadpic.twitter.com/ufrO9QldVI
— Dream Theater (@dreamtheaternet)April 3, 2022
A View from the Top of the Worldisthe band’s fifteenth studio albumreleased in October 2021. Produced by Petrucci, it is Dream Theater’s first album to be recorded at DTHQ (Dream Theater Headquarters) the band’s private studio.