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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My Last Goodbye
Single - Released August 22, 2025

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Alien Weaponry
Amerikan Kaos
Argorok
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Avenger of Blood
Bark
Bearwolf
Beneath The Hollow
Bent By Sorrow
Black Label Society
Black Out The Sun
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Bloodrunner
Boiler Room
Brain Death
Bruzer
Burton C. Bell
Butcher Babies
Byzantine
CALYPSO
Chemicide
Chimaira
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Dry Kill Logic
EVILIZERS
Ektomorf
Embrace The Fire
Exentria
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Fabulous Desaster
Firstborne
Five Finger Death Punch
Flotsam & Jetsam
GOJIRA デス
Give My Remains to Broadway
Grand Cadaver
Gwar
HERTA
Hexecutor
Iggor Cavalera
Immurge
In Other Climes
Incite
Inhuman 666
Invoke
Kataklysm
Kornia
Lamb of God
Lock Horns
Machine Head
Magnacult
Malevolence
Matthew K. Heafy
Melrose Avenue
Meshuggah
Metal Error
Misfire
Molehead
NARASANTI
Nature Pleads Revenge
Necrofilia
Neorhythm
Onslaught
PANTERA BLUE
Pagefire
Paradise Lost
Pr1mal
Sacrosanct
Salem Trials
Saylem
Scarfold
Shadows Fall
Shotgun Divine
Sick Century
Sinsaenum
Sodom
Soul Debt
Soul Demise
Soulleech
Space Chaser
Stygian
Swollen Teeth
Sybreed
TELMA
The Cage in Your Head
The Haunted
The Plague
The Very End
Tim "Ripper" Owens
Trivium
WARFIELD
Warrel Dane
World Of Damage
XAAR
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Five Finger Death Punch
Pantera
Slayer
Gojira
Lamb of God
Trivium
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Sepultura
Amon Amarth
Black Label Society
Danzig
Mastodon
Death
Meshuggah
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Testament
Children Of Bodom
Anthrax
Zakk Wylde
Kreator
Fear Factory
Soulfly
HELLYEAH
Helmet
Sodom
David Draiman
Malevolence
Municipal Waste
Alien Weaponry
Paradise Lost
DOWN
DevilDriver
Crowbar
Decapitated
Obituary
Sylosis
Terror
Corrosion Of Conformity
Annihilator
Guilt Trip
Tommy Vext
Entombed
Kataklysm
Texas Hippie Coalition
Body Count
Sick Century
Chimaira
Butcher Babies
CALYPSO
Gwar
Six Feet Under
Brujeria
Bearwolf
Dry Kill Logic
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Disarray
Destruction
Strapping Young Lad
Biohazard
Havok
Life Of Agony
Killer Be Killed
Melrose Avenue
Pro-Pain
Nevermore
Lionheart
Shadows Fall
Biting Elbows
Exhorder
Prong
Ektomorf
Tankard
Matthew K. Heafy
The Haunted
Neil Fallon
Evile
God's Hate
Voivod
Koma
Flotsam & Jetsam
Sybreed
Violator
Godflesh
Stemm
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The Curse Within
Onslaught
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Klone
Superjoint
Dååth
Illdisposed
Bruzer
Acid Drinkers
Merauder
Artillery
Give My Remains to Broadway
Jocko Willink
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