The Grammys “Best Metal Performance” category is truly stacked this year. Body Count earned a nomination for their song “Bum-Rush” while Power Trip are nominated for the live version of “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe).” Ice-T recently shared with
Consequence Of Sound his initial reaction when he learned Body Count was nominated.
“Well, I think my first reaction was more insane when we got nominated for the album before this [
Bloodlust], when we got nominated for ‘Black Hoodie, ” he says. “I thought it was a joke. I couldn’t believe it. Now, for us to get a nomination on our next album after that, I was like, ‘Really?!’ I guess somebody over there at the Grammys really enjoys what I’m doing. So, it’s a very exciting moment. We lost last time. I think just to be nominated, it sounds corny, with all the thousands and thousands of records that come out every year, is a great accomplishment and we’ll take that. Of course, we want to win but it�