The award is partly based on votes. Of the ten acts in the running, only five will be nominated as official candidates for the award.
The following artists are up for a nomination:
* Cult Of Luna - "Eternal Kingdom"
* Dismember - "Dismember"
* Evergrey - "Torn"
* In Flames - "A Sense Of Purpose"
* Meshuggah - "obZen"
* Millencolin - "Machine 15"
* Opeth ? "Watershed"
* Sabaton - "The Art Of War"
* The Haunted - "Versus"
* Tiamat - "Amanethes"
Last year's Grammy's award in the "Best Hard Rock" category was won by Mustasch for the band's "Latest Version Of The Truth" CD. Motorhead drummer Mikkey Dee presented the award to Mustasch, who beat out such veterans acts as Candlemass, Entombed and Clawfinger for the honor.
For more information (in Swedish), visit www.grammis.se.

