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Groove metal, sometimes also called neo-thrash or post-thrash, is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. Heavily influenced by thrash metal, groove metal features raspy singing and screaming, down-tuned guitars, heavy guitar riffs, and syncopated rhythms. Groove metal is usually slower than thrash.
- Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power (1992) The groove metal blueprint may have been slammed down on Cowboys From Hell, but it was Pantera’s sixth studio album that defined the genre once and for all.
- Exhorder – The Law (1992) We could waste a few weeks arguing whether it was Pantera or Exhorder that truly first coined the groove metal sound (NB: it was Exhorder), but even the most devout Dimebag acolyte would have to admit that both of the New Orleans crew’s first two studio albums rip like absolute bastards (and last year’s Mourn The Southern Skies was even better!).
- Machine Head – Burn My Eyes (1994) Pantera aside, no one defined groove metal with more singular intensity than Machine Head. Widely hailed as a classic upon its release, Burn My Eyes had all the necessary swagger and precision, but it also boasted absurd levels of none-more-punk energy, a very obvious debt to hardcore hip-hop /and/ some of the biggest hooks metal had ever heard.
- Mary Beats Jane – Mary Beats Jane (1994) The opening band on Machine Head’s first European tour as headliners, Mary Beats Jane introduced the world to the raging fury of Peter Dolving, later of The Haunted.
May 22, 2023 · Music purists and music critics describe the groove metal sound as ‘epic’ in the realms of metal. While the subgenre may not be considered mainstream, a number of groove metal bands have earned mainstream success with their brand of music.
The following is a list of bands that either were, are or have been associated with the genre groove metal: Artists [ edit ] Groove metal as a primary genre [ edit ]
- Pantera – Cowboys From Hell (1990) Vulgar Display Of Power was the album that put Pantera on the map, but its predecessor was the one that introduced them to the wider world.
- Machine Head – Burn My Eyes (1994) Pantera aside, no one defined groove metal with more singular intensity than Machine Head. Widely hailed as a classic upon its release, Burn My Eyes had all the necessary swagger and precision, but it also boasted absurd levels of none-more-punk energy, a very obvious debt to hardcore hip-hop and some of the biggest hooks metal had ever heard.
- Lamb Of God – Ashes Of The Wake (2004) Ashes Of The Wake marked the point where Lamb Of God truly came into their own, perfecting the bones of their sound while delivering banger-after-banger-after-banger.
- Devildriver – The Fury Of Our Maker’s Hand (2005) Dubbed the ‘California Groove Machine’ by their diehard fans, Devildriver are part of the metal furniture at this point, but it was their neck-wrecking second album that first sealed the deal.
Corrosion of Conformity. Listen to the Groove Metal Essentials playlist on Apple Music. 50 Songs. Duration: 3 hours, 40 minutes.
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Jan 31, 2024 · 10 Essential Bands to Get Into Groove Metal. A beginner's guide to bouncing riffs and crushing rhythm. Originating in the early 1990s, groove metal became one of the most popular styles...
