Groove Metal

Groove metal is a subgenre characterized by its aggressive yet infectious rhythms, often featuring downtuned guitars, driving basslines, and pounding double bass drums. Emerging in the 1990s, it drew from thrash metal's intensity and the heavy, blues-inspired riffs of Southern rock. As a distinct sound, groove metal flourished in the early 2000s, with its popularity peaking around the mid-2000s. Culturally, the genre reflects a mix of anger, frustration, and release, resonating with fans seeking cathartic expression. Drawing from thrash and death metal's technicality, groove metal incorporates melodic sensibilities, distinguishing it from more brutal styles. Its signature blend of heavy, catchy hooks and intense, syncopated rhythms has influenced a wide range of metal subgenres, solidifying its place in the metal landscape.

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Breathe on Me
Single - Released May 23, 2025

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A.N.I.M.A.L.
ANTAGONISTA CL
Accuser
Adrenal
Alien Weaponry
Amerikan Kaos
Argorok
As the Palaces Burn
Bark
Bearwolf
Beneath The Hollow
Black Label Society
Black Out The Sun
Black Sachbak
Body Count
Brain Death
Brutal Thin
Bury Me With My Money
CALYPSO
CROWLEY
Chemicide
Chimaira
Clear Sky Nailstorm
Corrosive Elements
Crown Vic
DEAD VELVET
DOOMTRIGGER
Dark Angel
Destroyers Of All
Destruction
Disposable
Dust Bolt
EVILIZERS
Epic
Eternal Fear
FORBIDDEN
Fabulous Desaster
Give My Remains to Broadway
Goat Hill Massacre
Godflesh
Gwar
HERTA
Hamlet
Hazzerd
Hedonist
Helmet
Here's Johnny
Hexecutor
Iggor Cavalera
Iiwanajulma
Immurge
In Other Climes
Inhuman 666
Invictra
It's All Red
Kilmara
Konkhra
Kornia
Kreator
Losna
Machine Head
Meshiaak
Meshuggah
Misfire
Molehead
Moondaygun
Mortage
Neil Fallon
Neorhythm
Nostoc
Odd Crew
Onsight
Onslaught
Overhate
PANTERA BLUE
Pagefire
Redneck Rampage
Runescarred
SALVIA
SIGLOS
Sacrifice
Sacrosanct
Saylem
Shotgun Divine
Sober Truth
Soul Demise
Space Chaser
Speedemon
The Burning
The Haunted
The Plague
The Very End
Time Rift
Tragic Forms
United For Distortion
Violentor
WARFIELD
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Five Finger Death Punch
Pantera
Slayer
Gojira
Lamb of God
Machine Head
Sepultura
Trivium
Amon Amarth
Black Label Society
Mastodon
Danzig
Children Of Bodom
Death
Testament
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Meshuggah
Zakk Wylde
Anthrax
Fear Factory
Kreator
Soilwork
HELLYEAH
Soulfly
Sodom
Helmet
Municipal Waste
David Draiman
Malevolence
DOWN
Paradise Lost
Alien Weaponry
DevilDriver
Decapitated
Crowbar
Obituary
Terror
Corrosion Of Conformity
Sylosis
Annihilator
Guilt Trip
Entombed
Tommy Vext
Kataklysm
Sick Century
Texas Hippie Coalition
Body Count
Chimaira
Butcher Babies
Gwar
CALYPSO
Bearwolf
Six Feet Under
Brujeria
Dry Kill Logic
Havok
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Biohazard
Destruction
Strapping Young Lad
Disarray
Pro-Pain
Lionheart
Nevermore
Melrose Avenue
Killer Be Killed
Life Of Agony
Kerry King
Prong
Biting Elbows
Exhorder
Ektomorf
Evile
Tankard
Shadows Fall
Matthew K. Heafy
The Haunted
Neil Fallon
Voivod
Flotsam & Jetsam
Godflesh
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Violator
The Curse Within
Stemm
Onslaught
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Klone
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Superjoint
Illdisposed
Artillery
Dååth
Walls of Jericho
Hamlet
Vision Of Disorder
Give My Remains to Broadway
FORBIDDEN
Anders Friden
Crisix