What award did Metallica win in 1992 for its self-titled album, The Black Album?

Metallica won the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for its self-titled album, The Black Album.

The victory came at the 34th Annual Grammy Awards and represented the band's third consecutive win in the metal category. Metallica had previously won for the song One and for its cover of Queen's Stone Cold Crazy.

The award was especially notable because the band had lost the inaugural combined hard-rock-and-metal Grammy in 1989 to Jethro Tull. The Recording Academy later separated the categories, creating Best Metal Performance as its own award.

The album's win confirmed its importance beyond sales and radio success. It competed against releases including Anthrax's Attack of the Killer B's, Megadeth's Hangar 18, Motörhead's 1916, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger.