Which award did Metallica win for Metallica at the 1992 Grammy Awards?

Metallica won Best Metal Performance for Metallica at the 1992 Grammy Awards.

The award recognized the album's impact during a period when Metallica's music was reaching a much larger mainstream audience. The record had been released in August 1991 and had already become a major chart and sales success by the time of the ceremony.

The Grammy category was called Best Metal Performance, not Album of the Year or Best Rock Album. That distinction matters because Grammy categories recognize specific musical fields, and Metallica's win was in the metal performance category.

The award added industry recognition to the album's commercial achievements. Metallica later received additional Grammy attention for other releases, but the 1992 ceremony is the key award milestone associated with the original Black Album era.