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|stylistic_origins=[[Thrash Metal]]

| other_names = Neo-thrash, post-thrash, power groove<ref name="other names" >{{Cite book |last1=Stevens |first1=Anne H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3U7ODwAAQBAJ&q=%22neo-thrash%22&pg=PT221 |title=The Microgenre: A Quick Look at Small Culture |last2=O’Donnell |first2=Molly C. |date=January 23, 2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-5013-4582-1 }}</ref>

|cultural_origins=Late [[1980s]], Early [[1990s]]; [[United States]] and [[Brazil]]

| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Thrash metal]]|[[tough guy hardcore]]}}<!-- Please don't add unsourced genres -->

|instruments=[[Guitar]], [[Bass guitar]], [[Drums]]

| cultural_origins = Late 1980s–early 1990s, [[New Orleans]], [[New York City]], [[Texas]], U.S.

|popularity=Moderate in the early-mid 1990s to today

| derivatives = {{hlist|[[Nu metal]]|[[metalcore]]}}<!--Please do not add genres unless there is a consensus on the talk page-->

|derivatives=[[Nu metal]]

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| local_scenes = [[Music of New Orleans#Heavy metal|New Orleans]]

| other_topics = {{hlist|[[List of groove metal bands]]|[[NWOAHM]]|[[sludge metal]]|[[tough guy hardcore]]|[[crossover thrash]]}}

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'''Groove metal''', also called '''groovecore''', '''neo-thrash''' or '''post-thrash''', is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of [[thrash metal]] which took its current form during the early [[1990s]]. Groove metal is a blend of several genres from the [[1980s|'80s]], including [[heavy metal music|traditional heavy metal]], [[hardcore punk]], and [[thrash metal]]. Albums such as [[Exhorder]]'s ''[[Slaughter in the Vatican]]'', [[Pantera]]'s ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'', [[Sepultura]]'s ''[[Arise (album)|Arise]]'', and [[Artillery (band)|Artillery]]'s ''We Are the Dead'' first incorporated coherent groove-based melodies to thrash metal. However, it wasn't until later albums like [[Exhorder]]'s ''[[The Law (album)|The Law]]'', [[Pantera]]'s ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]'', [[Sepultura]]'s ''[[Chaos A.D. (album)|Chaos A.D.]]'', [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]'s ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1]]'', and [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]]'s ''[[Burn My Eyes]]'' that groove metal took its true form.

'''Groove metal''', sometimes also called '''neo-thrash''' or '''post-thrash''',<ref name="other names" /> is a subgenre of [[heavy metal music]] that began in the early 1990s. The genre is primarily derived from [[thrash metal]], but played in slower tempos, and making use of rhythmic guitar parts. It was pioneered in the late 1980s by groups like [[Exhorder]], [[Prong (band)|Prong]] and [[Bad Brains]], and then popularized by the commercial success of [[Pantera]], [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] and [[Sepultura]]. The genre went on to be influential in the development of the [[new wave of American heavy metal]], [[nu metal]] and [[metalcore]], and continued to gain traction in the 2000s with [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[DevilDriver]] and [[Five Finger Death Punch]], and 2010s with [[Killer Be Killed]] and [[Bad Wolves]].

Groove metal bands gained popularity in the early to mid nineties, as they filled a gap between the dying popularity of hair and traditional metal, and the rising popularity of [[rap]] and [[grunge]].

==Musical traitsCharacteristics==

Groove metal makes use of elements of [[thrash metal]], but plays them in a slower tempo, making use of bouncy, unconventional rhythms.<ref name="Martins, 2024" /> ''[[Loudwire]]'' stated that "Unlike so many other styles of metal, groove metal is one that doesn't have rigid boundaries and incorporates [[industrial music|industrial]], [[death metal]], [[nu-metal]], [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] and a lot more."<ref>{{cite web |title=DevilDriver's Dez Fafara – My 11 Favorite Groove Metal Albums |url=https://loudwire.com/devildriver-dez-fafara-favorite-groove-metal-albums/ |website=[[Loudwire]] |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> Music journalist [[Gary Graff]] also noted the influence of hardcore punk as integral to groove metal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graff |first1=Gary |title=501 Essential Albums of the '90s The Music Fan's Definitive Guide |publisher=Motorbooks |page=121 |quote=Pantera's second major-label release found the band going further into the creation of what the Texans dubbed "groove metal," an alloy of thrash and hardcore punk but with swagger.}}</ref>

Compared to thrash and other heavy metal subgenres, groove metal is not as [[riff]]-oriented, and is more minimalistic in musical nature. Artists of the genre tend to have a style influenced by mid-tempo thrash riffs, accentuated with down-tuned [[power chord]]s ([[Drop D tuning|drop D]] or D standard tuning, Drop C#, or as low as Drop C), [[syncopation|syncopated]] chord patterns, mid-paced guitar solos, and [[dissonance|dissonant]] [[bridge (music)|bridge]]s. Many artists utilize such scales as blues minor hexatonic/blues pentatonic, natural minor, and chromatic scale for heavier based riffs, accentuating riffs usually with heavily palm muted power chords. Soloing scales vary from artist to artist, although most have used the blues minor.{{Fact|date=March 2007}} Like most other heavy metal bass styles, groove metal bass lines typically follow the rhythm guitar riffs but are sometimes used as a fill when the guitar riffs are de-emphasized or when the guitarists choose the riffs to be played clean and is somewhat more audible than in other metal subgenres. Bass distortion is also common to add a musical texture. Vocals usually consist of thrash metal-styled shouts, hardcore-styled barks, and regular singing. Rarely are growls as low as [[death grunts]] are utilized. Groove metal drums typically use double-bass drumming, which rather than blast beats alone like many other extreme styles, puts emphasis on using the double bass drum in waves, and blast beats are usually used sparingly in favor of flowing double bass drumming which usually comes in waves of triplets. Odd timing changes are typical for some bands and songs as well for drumming and guitar work, putting heavy emphasis on the changing beat. Groove metal typically follows in a medium tempo that ranges anywhere from between 90 to 175 beats per minute, but can vary from band to band or song to song.

==History==

==Similar stylings and offshoots==

===Origins===

In the early to mid nineties, groove metal bands were still in vogue among a certain segment of metalheads, despite the metal genre as a whole not being as popular as it once had been. The groove bands rejected some of the more theatrical trappings of 80's metal (mostly from hair metal) and put a more "streetwise" image and approach (which probably paved the way for bands incorporating more rap influenced vocals in their songs).

[[File:Dimebag Darrell with Pantera.jpg|thumb|160px|Pantera guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]], 1991. Pantera is credited with popularizing the groove metal genre.]]

Some groove metal bands had influence on [[nu metal]] bands and some took many elements of groove metal, including its down-tuned power chords and lyrical attitudes. Also, bands such as Machine Head can be seen as a "direct link" to later Nu-Metal bands, with their hardcore-derived vocals, and more staccato riff patterns.

In their book ''Hellraisers: A Complete Visual History of Heavy Metal Mayhem'', journalists [[MetalSucks|Axl Rosenberg]] and [[Christopher Krovatin]] traced the origins of groove metal to New Orleans' [[Exhorder]] and New York's [[Prong (band)|Prong]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Axl |last2=Krovatin |first2=Christopher |title=Hellraisers: A Complete Visual History of Heavy Metal Mayhem |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Race Point Publishing |page=172 |quote=Perhaps the first true groove metal bands were New Orleans's Exhorder, whose fuzzy guitar tone was uniquely sexy; and New York City's Prong, whose weirdo conceptual thrash went more for kinetic impact than grandiosity. However, groove metal's real claims to fame are two of metal's most important bands regardless of genre.}}</ref> Exhorder, formed in 1985, recorded their first demo in the summer of 1986,<ref name="Oranges" /> playing a style that was influenced [[hardcore punk]] and metal, as well as [[jazz]], [[funk]], [[blues]] and the music of [[Mardi Gras]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Dillon |title=EXHORDER's Kyle Thomas: "Instead of Angry Young Man Music, I Will Just Write Angry Old Man Music." |date=September 29, 2019 |url=https://metalinjection.net/interviews/exhorders-kyle-thomas-instead-of-angry-young-man-music-i-will-just-write-angry-old-man-music |access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref> The band were immediately influential in the New Orleans metal scene, with pioneering [[sludge metal]] bands [[Eyehategod]], [[Soilent Green]] and [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] all playing some of their earliest live performances in support of them.<ref name="Oranges">{{cite web |title=Exhorder's Slaughter In The Vatican: 25 Years Later |url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/exhorders-slaughter-in-the-vatican-25-years-later/ |website=[[Invisible Oranges]] |access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref> Prong, on the other hand, originated from the [[New York hardcore]] scene, originally playing [[crossover thrash]], before slowing their tempos and incorporating heavier percussion on their second album ''[[Beg to Differ]]'' (1990).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martins |first1=Jorge |title=10 Essential Bands to Get Into Groove Metal |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_essential_bands_to_get_into_groove_metal-161797 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> ''[[VH1]]'' described the band as having "existed outside of categorical restriction", by having a sound rooted in both punk and metal, while also experimenting with elements of [[industrial music]].<ref name=VH1>{{cite web |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/h0tfpf/90s-post-thrash-groove-metal-scene |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524053141/https://www.vh1.com/news/h0tfpf/90s-post-thrash-groove-metal-scene |url-status=live |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |title=Hidden Gems: Rediscovering The '90s Post-Thrash Groove Metal Scene |last=Coyle |first=Doc |publisher=[[VH1]] |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> A number of writers have also noted the [[Bad Brains]]'s post-1987 music, particularly ''[[Quickness]]'' (1989), as helping to pioneer the genre.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Knowles |first1=Christopher |title=The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll |date=October 2010 |publisher=Viva Editions |quote=The Bad Brains would split up shortly after releasing Rock for Light, a 1983 LP produced by new wave maestro Ric Ocasek, but they reformed in 1987 as a pioneering groove-metal outfit.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foster |first1=Nathan |title=Top 10 Bad Brains Songs |date=August 26, 2020 |url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-bad-brains-songs/ |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>

[[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], formed in 1985, playing music influenced by the [[noise rock]] of [[The Honeymoon Killers (American band)|Honeymoon Killers]], [[Swans (band)|Swans]] and [[Pussy Galore (band)|Pussy Galore]], 1970s rock of [[Van Halen]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[AC/DC]], as well as [[Black Sabbath]], [[the Cramps]] and [[gothic rock]]. Their early career was spent playing in the New York City noise rock scene, before being approached by the members of the [[Cro-Mags]] and [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] to instead begin playing in the New York hardcore scene.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krovatin |first1=Chris |title=Cro-Mags, CBGBs, and Cockroaches: White Zombie's Sean Yseult Remembers NYC Metal's Lawless Past |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/white-zombie-sean-yseult-90s-metal/ |website=[[Vice Media]] |date=June 3, 2016 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> During this time, some New York hardcore bands were embracing metal influence and grooves, to the extent that bands including [[Sick of It All]] and [[Leeway (band)|Leeway]] self-identified as "[[Jackson Heights]] groove metal".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Koller |first1=Lou |last2=Koller |first2=Pete |last3=Abrams |first3=Howie |title=The blood and the sweat: the story of Sick of It All's Koller brothers |date=2020 |publisher=Post Hill Press |___location=New York ; Nashville |isbn=1642932256 |page=105 |quote=We began to write heavier songs groove songs, which we referred to as "Jackson Heights groove metal", because between us and Leeway and a few other bands, that's where it came from}}</ref> White Zombie began leaning into the nascent sound of groove metal on their second album ''[[Make Them Die Slowly (album)|Make Them Die Slowly]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chillingworth |first1=Alec |title=Every Rob Zombie and White Zombie album ranked from worst to best |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-rob-zombie-and-white-zombie-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=December 2020 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> The band achieved mainstream success in the mid-1990s, with ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]'' (1992) peaking at number 2 on the [[Heatseekers charts|Heatseekers Albums]] chart in 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|title=White Zombie Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/tln/|access-date=November 16, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA in July 1998.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1|artist=White Zombie|region=United States|type=album}} White Zombie's music videos were featured on ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]],'' helping to increase the band's sales.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/10/08/white-zombie-resurrected-beavis-and-butt-head/ |title=White Zombie resurrected by 'Beavis and Butt-head' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |last=Browne |first=David |date=October 8, 1993 |access-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218125256/https://ew.com/article/1993/10/08/white-zombie-resurrected-beavis-and-butt-head/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their 1995 follow-up ''[[Astro-Creep: 2000|Astro Creep: 2000]]'' peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/tlp/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> and sold 104,000 copies in its first week of release;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Between the Bullets |magazine=Billboard |last=Mayfield |first=Geoff |date=September 12, 1998 |volume=110 |number=37 |issn= 0006-2510 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=white+zombie+%22astro+creep%22+%22first+week%22&pg=PA130 |page=130}}</ref> it was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Astro Creep: 2000|artist=White Zombie|region=United States|type=album}} White Zombie's song "[[More Human than Human]]" achieved mainstream success in 1995, peaking at number 53 on ''Billboard''<nowiki/>'s [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/hsb/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Radio Songs) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> number 7 on the [[Alternative Airplay|Alternative Songs]] chart,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/mrt/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Alternative Songs) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> and number 10 on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/rtt/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Mainstream Rock Songs) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The song was played frequently on [[MTV]] and won the Best Metal/Hard Rock Video award at the [[1995 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/bs-xpm-1995-09-08-1995251152-story.html |title=MTV chases 'Waterfalls' Jackson, Miller all wet |work=[[New York Daily News]] |last=Considine |first=J. D. |date=September 8, 1995 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>

Machine Head, Fear Factory, and Sepultura experimented with nu metal briefly during the late 1990s and early 2000s but abandoned the style on their latest offerings after being unsatisfied with the results later in their careers and from mixed fan opinions, mostly from those who favored the more heavy metal aesthetic approaches.

[[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice]] crossover thrash band [[Excel (band)|Excel]]'s second album ''[[The Joke's on You]]'' (1989) took a more groove-driven direction.<ref>{{cite web|title=EXCEL: SoCal Thrash/Hardcore Crossover Group To Reissue The Joke's On You Via Southern Lord This November|url=https://www.earsplitcompound.com/excel-socal-thrashhardcore-crossover-group-to-reissue-the-jokes-on-you-via-southern-lord-this-november/|access-date=March 13, 2025|website=earsplitcompound.com|date=October 21, 2016 }}</ref> ''[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]'' cited the introduction to the track "Tapping into the Emotional Void" as an early example of groove metal.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Unsolved feuds: did Metallica plagiarise the 'Enter Sandman' riff?|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/did-metallica-plagiarise-enter-sandman-riff/|access-date=March 13, 2025|magazine=[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]}}</ref>

A number of thrash metal bands became inspired by the original wave of groove metal and began taking up groove-oriented directions in their later careers. This is most notable in [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]], [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]], [[Sepultura]], [[Testament (band)|Testament]], [[Slayer (band)|Slayer]], and [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]. The reaction from thrash metal fans has been largely mixed. The direction technical post-thrash band, [[Meshuggah]], have undertaken on their last few offerings has been largely groove-oriented.

Texas heavy metal band [[Pantera]]'s 1990 album ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'' is often considered the album that codified and popularized groove metal.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cowboys-from-hell-mw0000308550|title=Cowboys from Hell – Pantera|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> They continued releasing influential albums through the 1990s; the 1992 album ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]'' featured an even heavier sound than its predecessor, while its follow-up ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]'' (1994) peaked at number 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 186,000 copies its first week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/04/22/message-behind-panteras-angry-sound/ |title=The message behind Pantera's angry sound |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=April 22, 1994 |access-date=November 16, 2019 |last=Sandow |first=Greg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-far-beyond-driven-vol-41-no-17/ |title=Picks and Pans Review: ''Far Beyond Driven'' |work=[[People.com|People]] |date=May 9, 1994 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>

Many so-called "[[sludge metal]]" bands are also said to resemble groove metal, since many make use of down-tuned power chords and mid-tempo or slow rhythms and song structures, although sludge metal is generally slower in tempo and more minimalistic than groove metal. However, sludge metal formed earlier than groove metal and most sludge bands have a more distinct hardcore punk influence than thrash metal.

Thrash pioneers [[Metallica]]'s ''[[Metallica (album)|Black Album]]'' (1991) included multiple groove metal tracks, including "[[Sad but True]]"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Enis |first1=Eli |title=METALLICA: HEAR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSION OF "SAD BUT TRUE" |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/metallica-hear-previously-unreleased-version-sad-true/ |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> and "The Struggle Within".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Starkey |first1=Arun |title=Revisiting Metallica's landmark 'Black Album' as it turns 30 |date=August 12, 2021 |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/metallica-black-album-1991-30-anniversary/ |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> Brazilian band [[Sepultura]], previously established as having [[deathrash]] sound, released their fifth studio album ''[[Chaos A.D.]]'' in 1993, which saw the band slow their tempos and embrace the influence of New York hardcore acts like the Cro-Mags, [[Agnostic Front]] and [[Sick of It All]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/out-now-sepultura-chaos-ad |title=Out Now: Sepultura, CHAOS A.D. |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]] |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Sound of the Beast]]'' author [[Ian Christe]] credited ''Chaos A.D.'' with helping to developing groove metal and as being widely influential.<ref name=Christie264>{{cite book|last=Christie|first=Ian|title=Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal|date=2003|edition=First|publisher=Harper Entertainment|___location=London|isbn=006052362X|page=264}}</ref> Machine Head released their debut album ''[[Burn My Eyes]]'' in 1994. The album helped the band achieve underground success and sold over 145,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/metal-hard-rock-album-sales-in-the-us-as-reported-by-soundscan/ |title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By SoundScan |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 30, 2002 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>

The riffing style of many current [[metalcore]] bands also has some similarity to groove metal and certain bands, such as [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] and [[Chimaira]] are considered to be both metalcore and groove metal. Both bands released albums at the time metalcore reached mainstream popularity in the early 2000s, and prominently feature hardcore or even death metal style vocals, yet their musical style and guitar riffs more closely resemble groove metal than the majority of metalcore bands.

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[[File:Machine Head Live Zurich.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Machine Head performing in 2007]]

*[[A.N.I.M.A.L.]]

Following the widespread success of Pantera, White Zombie and Machine Head, the genre expanded with notable subsequent groups including [[Skinlab]], [[Pissing Razors]], [[Grip Inc.]], [[Merauder]], [[Pro-Pain]], [[GZR]], and [[Stuck Mojo]].<ref name="VH1" /> Additionally, several veteran thrash bands began to change their sound in favour of groove metal. Foremost among this trend were the releases of [[Sacred Reich]]'s ''[[Independent (Sacred Reich album)|Independent]]'' (1993),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/independent-reissue/ | title=CD Reviews - Independent (Reissue) Sacred Reich | publisher=Blabbermouth.net | access-date=27 April 2021 | author=Bergman, Keith | archive-date=27 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427193921/https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/independent-reissue/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]]'s ''[[I Hear Black]]'' (1993),<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.worshipmetal.com/features/i-hear-black-is-it-overkills-most-underrated-album/ | title=I Hear Black: Is It Overkill's Most Underrated Album? | publisher=Worship Music | date=9 March 2016 | access-date=27 April 2021 | author=Jennings, Chris | archive-date=5 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605005837/http://www.worshipmetal.com/features/i-hear-black-is-it-overkills-most-underrated-album/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]]'s ''[[Grin (Coroner album)|Grin]]'' (1993),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/53987/Coroner-Grin/ | title=Coroner - Grin (album review 2) | publisher=Sputnikmusic | date=18 December 2012 | access-date=27 April 2021 | author=Wolfers, Jeremy | archive-date=19 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919144747/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/53987/Coroner-Grin/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Testament (band)|Testament]]'s ''[[Low (Testament album)|Low]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8659/Testament-Low/ | title=Testament - Low (album review) | publisher=Sputnikmusic | date=14 September 2017 | access-date=27 April 2021 | author=Geadom | archive-date=19 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919144747/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/53987/Coroner-Grin/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]]'s ''[[Distortion (Forbidden album)|Distortion]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news | url=https://metalnerdblog.com/2011/10/07/forbidden-distortion-review/ | title=Forbidden – Distortion Review | publisher=Metal-Nerd Blog | date=7 October 2011 | access-date=27 April 2021 | archive-date=27 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027130232/https://metalnerdblog.com/2011/10/07/forbidden-distortion-review/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kreator]]'s ''[[Cause for Conflict]]'' (1995),<ref>{{cite web|author=Diamond Oz|url=https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=79798|title=Sunday Old School: Kreator - in Metal News|website=metalunderground.com|date=April 22, 2012|access-date=June 21, 2025}}</ref> and much of [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]]'s 1990s output,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nocleansinging.com/2020/02/13/annihilator-ballistic-sadistic/|title=ANNIHILATOR: "BALLISTIC, SADISTIC"|publisher=No Clean Singing|date=February 13, 2020|access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref> as well as [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]'s albums from the [[John Bush (musician)|John Bush]]-era (1992–2005).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-09-14/music/anthrax-and-joey-belladonna-keep-it-in-the-family | title=Anthrax and Joey Belladonna Keep It In the Family | newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] | date=14 September 2011 | access-date=27 April 2021 | author=Weingarten, Christopher R.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201124735/http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-09-14/music/anthrax-and-joey-belladonna-keep-it-in-the-family | archive-date=1 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/anthrax-sound-of-white-noise/ | title=How Anthrax's 'Sound of White Noise' Kicked Off the John Bush Era | publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock | date=25 May 2018 | access-date=27 April 2021 | author=Kielty, Martin | archive-date=27 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427193921/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/anthrax-sound-of-white-noise/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIwHlb1zNyoC&q=%22Sound+Of+White+Noise%22+%22+metal%22&pg=PA79 | title=Anthrax - Sound of White Noise review | last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |magazine=SPIN | date=July 1993 | volume=9 | issue=4 | page=79 |access-date=27 April 2021 | archive-date=19 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919144822/https://books.google.com/books?id=YIwHlb1zNyoC&q=%22Sound+Of+White+Noise%22+%22+metal%22&pg=PA79 | url-status=live }}</ref>

*[[Chimaira]]

*[[Damageplan]]

In the 2000s, a second wave of groove metal bands emerged, including [[Damageplan]], [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[Chimaira]] and [[DevilDriver]].<ref name="Martins, 2024">{{cite web |last1=Martins |first1=Jorge |title=10 Essential Bands to Get Into Groove Metal |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_essential_bands_to_get_into_groove_metal-161797 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> Damageplan was founded in 2003 by the Abbott brothers, [[Dimebag Darrell]] and [[Vinnie Paul]], just before Pantera broke up. They released one album, ''[[New Found Power]],'' in the following year. The band broke up in December 2004, after guitarist Dimebag Darrell [[Columbus nightclub shooting|was shot dead]] at a live performance.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Vinnie Paul, Legendary Drummer for Pantera & Damageplan, Dead at 54 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8462386/vinnie-paul-dead-pantera-damageplan-hellyeah |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref> One of the most commercially successful groove metal groups during this time was [[Five Finger Death Punch]], who formed in 2005 and garnered extensive chart positions and album certifications of gold and platinum in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monger |first1=James Christopher |title=Five Finger Death Punch |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/five-finger-death-punch-mn0000640208#biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> Vinnie Paul's post-Damageplan band [[Hellyeah]], which was formed in 2006, also saw commercial success.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rolli |first1=Bryan |title=15 Years Ago: Vinnie Paul Triumphs Over Grief With 'Hellyeah' |date=April 10, 2022 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/hellyeah-debut-album/ |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> The 2010s saw the formation of [[Killer Be Killed]]<ref name="Martins, 2024" /> and [[Bad Wolves]].<ref name="newnoise">{{cite web|website=[[New Noise Magazine]]|url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/review-bad-wolves-disobey/|title=Album Review: Bad Wolves - Disobey|date=May 7, 2018|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200919154604/https://newnoisemagazine.com/review-bad-wolves-disobey/|archive-date=September 19, 2020|url-status=live|quote=[...]it's not surprising that the name of the game here is groove metal}}</ref> [[Malevolence (band)|Malevolence]]'s third studio album ''Malicious Intent'' (2022), saw widespread success and included the influence of groove metal and [[sludge metal]] into [[beatdown hardcore]] and [[metalcore]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heilman |first1=Max |title=REVIEWSAlbum Review: MALEVOLENCE Malicious Intent |date=May 18, 2022 |url=https://metalinjection.net/reviews/malevolence-malicious-intent |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' cited them as a definitive groove metal act.<ref>{{cite web |title=A beginner's guide to groove metal in 5 albums |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/a-beginners-guide-to-groove-metal-in-5-albums |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=May 31, 2023 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>

*[[Devildriver]]

*[[Exhorder]]<ref name="exhordersiv">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE5781FD34DA87120D0973E49CFBB61E61BDB50E98D12215946D5B6114F800C7FED12F68690FDFB7CB77EACFC62A55A10D1CBF154FCDC63713C8DE4A365323B4D166858&sql=10:7qmtk6ax9kr0 | title = ''Slaughter in the Vatican'' review | work = [[All Music Guide]] | accessdate = November 3 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref>

==Influence on other genres==

*[[Fear Factory]] (''[[Demanufacture]]'' and later)

The groove metal genre was a driving force in the [[New Wave of American Heavy Metal]] movement, which began in the 1990s. Additionally, it influenced the development and success of [[nu metal]] and [[metalcore]], two of the most commercially successful subsequent metal genres.<ref name="Martins, 2024" /> ''VH1'' called groove metal "a musical purgatory that bridged the gap between classic thrash-y heavy metal and angst-y, down-tuned modern metal of the 21st century."<ref name=VH1 />

*[[Grip Inc.]]

*[[GZR]] (''[[Plastic Planet]]'')

==See also==

*[[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]]

* [[List of groove metal bands]]

*[[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]]

* [[New wave of American heavy metal]]

*[[Pantera]] (''[[Cowboys From Hell]]'' and later)<ref name="panteraamg">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:62d7gj4rj6ia~T1 | title = A short biography on Pantera | work = [[All Music Guide]] | accessdate = November 3 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref><ref name="donkaye">{{cite news | last = Kaye | first = Don | title = The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! | date = [[2003]] | publisher = Warner Music Group | url = http://www.wmg.com}}</ref><ref name="panterard">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,6710.sm | title = Pantera entry | work = Rockdetector | accessdate = November 3 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref>

* [[PissingTough guy Razorshardcore]]

* [[no:GrooveSludge metal]]

*[[Prong]] (''[[Beg to Differ]]'', ''[[Cleansing (album)|Cleansing]]'')

|derivatives=* [[Nu metal]]

*[[Pro-Pain]]<ref name="pro-painrd">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,7033.sm | title = Pro-Pain entry | work = Rockdetector | accessdate = November 3 | accessyear = 2006}}</ref>

*[[Sepultura]] (''[[Chaos A.D. (album)|Chaos A.D.]]'' and later)

*[[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]]<ref name="sixfeetunderrd">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockdetector.com/artist,8115.sm | title = Six Feet Under entry | work = Rockdetector | accessdate = May 18 | accessyear = 2007}}</ref><ref name="sixfeetunder2rd">{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1067 | title = Six Feet Under entry | work = Encyclopaedia Metallum | accessdate = May 18 | accessyear = 2007}}</ref>

*[[Skinlab]]

*[[Soulfly]]

*[[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]

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