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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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
Boiler Room
Brain Death
Bruzer
Burton C. Bell
Butcher Babies
Byzantine
CALYPSO
Chemicide
Chimaira
Clear Sky Nailstorm
Criminal
DOOMTRIGGER
Destruction
Disarray
EVILIZERS
Eternal Fear
Exentria
FORBIDDEN
Fabulous Desaster
Five Finger Death Punch
GOJIRA デス
Give My Remains to Broadway
Goat Hill Massacre
Gwar
HERTA
Hamlet
Hazzerd
Hedonist
Here's Johnny
Hexecutor
Iggor Cavalera
Iiwanajulma
Immurge
In Other Climes
Inhuman 666
Invictra
Invoke
It's All Red
Kilmara
Kornia
Losna
Machine Head
Magnacult
Malevolence
Matthew K. Heafy
Melrose Avenue
Meshuggah
Metal Error
Misfire
Molehead
Moondaygun
Necrofilia
Neorhythm
Odd Crew
Onsight
Onslaught
PANTERA BLUE
Pagefire
Paradise Lost
Runescarred
Sacrifice
Sacrosanct
Saylem
Shotgun Divine
Sick Century
Sober Truth
Sodom
Soul Demise
Soulleech
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
Testament
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Meshuggah
Death
Zakk Wylde
Anthrax
Kreator
Fear Factory
Soulfly
HELLYEAH
Helmet
Sodom
David Draiman
Malevolence
Municipal Waste
DOWN
Alien Weaponry
Paradise Lost
DevilDriver
Decapitated
Obituary
Crowbar
Corrosion Of Conformity
Terror
Sylosis
Annihilator
Guilt Trip
Entombed
Tommy Vext
Kataklysm
Texas Hippie Coalition
Body Count
Sick Century
Chimaira
Butcher Babies
CALYPSO
Gwar
Bearwolf
Brujeria
Six Feet Under
Dry Kill Logic
Havok
Biohazard
Strapping Young Lad
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Destruction
Disarray
Shadows Fall
Lionheart
Life Of Agony
Killer Be Killed
Nevermore
Melrose Avenue
Pro-Pain
Biting Elbows
Exhorder
Prong
Ektomorf
Tankard
Evile
Neil Fallon
Matthew K. Heafy
The Haunted
Voivod
Flotsam & Jetsam
Koma
Sybreed
The Curse Within
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Stemm
Godflesh
Violator
Onslaught
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Klone
Superjoint
Illdisposed
Acid Drinkers
Bruzer
Merauder
Dååth
Artillery
Give My Remains to Broadway
Jocko Willink
Scissorfight
Walls of Jericho