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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Dying Slowly
Single - Released July 4, 2025

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A.N.I.M.A.L.
ANTAGONISTA CL
Adrenal
Alien Weaponry
Amerikan Kaos
Argorok
Avatar
Avenger of Blood
Bark
Bearwolf
Beneath The Hollow
Bent By Sorrow
Black Label Society
Black Out The Sun
Black Sachbak
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Brain Death
Brutal Thin
Bruzer
Burton C. Bell
Butcher Babies
CALYPSO
Chemicide
Chimaira
Clear Sky Nailstorm
DOOMTRIGGER
Destroyers Of All
Destruction
Disarray
EVILIZERS
Epic
Eternal Fear
Exentria
FORBIDDEN
Fabulous Desaster
Five Finger Death Punch
Give My Remains to Broadway
Goat Hill Massacre
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
Kornia
Losna
Machine Head
Magnacult
Malevolence
Matthew K. Heafy
Melrose Avenue
Meshiaak
Meshuggah
Misfire
Molehead
Moondaygun
Necrofilia
Neorhythm
Nostoc
Odd Crew
Onsight
Onslaught
Overhate
PANTERA BLUE
Pagefire
Runescarred
SALVIA
Sacrifice
Sacrosanct
Saylem
Shotgun Divine
Sick Century
Sober Truth
Sodom
Soul Demise
Space Chaser
Speedemon
Swollen Teeth
Sybreed
The Haunted
The Plague
The Very End
Time Rift
United For Distortion
WARFIELD
World Of Damage
XAAR
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Five Finger Death Punch
Pantera
Slayer
Gojira
Lamb of God
Trivium
Machine Head
Sepultura
Amon Amarth
Black Label Society
Mastodon
Danzig
Children Of Bodom
Death
Testament
Meshuggah
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Zakk Wylde
Anthrax
Kreator
Fear Factory
HELLYEAH
Soulfly
Helmet
Sodom
David Draiman
Malevolence
Municipal Waste
DOWN
Paradise Lost
Alien Weaponry
DevilDriver
Crowbar
Decapitated
Obituary
Terror
Annihilator
Corrosion Of Conformity
Sylosis
Guilt Trip
Tommy Vext
Entombed
Kataklysm
Texas Hippie Coalition
Body Count
Chimaira
Sick Century
Butcher Babies
CALYPSO
Gwar
Six Feet Under
Bearwolf
Brujeria
Dry Kill Logic
Strapping Young Lad
Disarray
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Havok
Biohazard
Destruction
Killer Be Killed
Nevermore
Life Of Agony
Melrose Avenue
Shadows Fall
Lionheart
Pro-Pain
Biting Elbows
Exhorder
Prong
Ektomorf
Neil Fallon
Evile
Tankard
The Haunted
Matthew K. Heafy
Koma
Voivod
Flotsam & Jetsam
Sybreed
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The Curse Within
Violator
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Stemm
Godflesh
Onslaught
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Klone
Superjoint
Acid Drinkers
Bruzer
Dååth
Illdisposed
Artillery
Give My Remains to Broadway
Jocko Willink
Lich King
Anders Friden
Crisix