History Main / GrooveMetal

* TheScrappy - Amongst metalheads (especially on Metal-Archives), groove metal is pretty unpopular, though it doesn't get as much hate as metalcore or nu-metal. Within the genre, Hellyeah and Damageplan probably get the most hate.

First of all, who played groove metal first? Let's not get into that. Mentioning Pantera, Exhorder and "stole from" in the same sentence is guaranteed to cause InternetBackdraft, so let's not have discussions about who stole from whom. [[hottip:*:[[{{Irony}} The members of Pantera and Exhorder are friends.]]]]

* Music/{{Pantera}} (TropeCodifier or TropeMaker, [[YourMileageMayVary it depends on your perspective]].)

* MachineHead (mixed with ThrashMetal)

* MachineHead

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* Five Finger Death Punch

Groove metal was most popular in the early nineties, after which it got replaced by NuMetal, which itself occasinally took influences from Groove Metal (some more than others). There are also several {{Metalcore}} bands considered to also be groove metal; these include LambOfGod and Shadows Fall.

* Gojira (also MelodicDeathMetal)

* Shadows Fall (mixed with ThrashMetal and {{Metalcore}}

* Shadows Fall

First of all, who played groove metal first? Let's not get into that. Mentioning Pantera, Exhorder and "stole from" in the same sentence is guaranteed to cause InternetBackdraft, so let's not have discussions about who stole from who. [[hottip:*:[[{{Irony}} The members of Pantera and Exhorder are friends.]]]]

* FearFactory

* {{Soulfly}}

!!The groove metal genre contains the following tropes:

* GenreShift - Several bands have either shifted towards groove metal (Pantera, Sepultura, Fear Factory) or turned from groove metal to something else (Machine Head to nu-metal, though they eventually went back into groove metal).
* TheScrappy - Amongst metalheads (especially on Metal-Archives), groove metal is pretty unpopular, though it doesn't get as much hate as metalcore or nu-metal. Within the genre, Hellyeah and Damageplan probably get the most hate.
* SopranoAndGravel - A few one-man variants, including Fear Factory and Machine Head.
* TropeCodifier - If you regard Exhorder as the TropeMaker, then Pantera is probably the TropeCodifier. If you regard Pantera as a TropeMaker, then the TropeCodifier is open to debate, though Machine Head and Sepultura are the most likely candidates.
* TropeMaker - Either Exhorder or Pantera.

Groove metal was most popular in the early nineties, after which it got replaced by NuMetal, which kind-of evolved from groove metal while taking influences from other sources, such as HipHop, {{Industrial}} and countless others. As a result, groove metal may sound a bit like a less douchey version of nu metal to the untrained ear. There are also several {{Metalcore}} bands considered to also be groove metal; these include LambOfGod and Shadows Fall.

* Nevermore (UrExample)

* Gojira

* {{Pantera}} (TropeCodifier or TropeMaker, [[YourMileageMayVary it depends on your perspective]].)

* {{Meshuggah}} (A debatable example; they're identified more as a [[ProgressiveMetal progressive]]/math metal band, what with the complex playing and song structures, as well as rather bizarre time signatures.)
* Mnemic

* Soulfly

'''Do not''' confuse the genre with FunkMetal, which is a sub-genre of AlternativeMetal that focuses on bass playing and rhythm.

First of all, who played groove metal first? Let's not get into that. Mentioning Pantera, Exhorder and "stole from" in the same sentence is guaranteed to cause InternetBackdraft, so let's not have discussions about who stole from who.