History Main / GrooveMetal

* Haji's Kitchen (also ProgressiveMetal)

* The Showdown (recent material; mixed with Thrash and southern metal)

* Overkill (while easily a ThrashMetal band, they've released a couple albums in this genre)

* Mudvayne

* TheScrappy - Amongst metalheads (especially on Metal-Archives), groove metal is fairly unpopular, though it doesn't get as much hate as deathcore or nu-metal. Within the genre, Hellyeah and Damageplan probably get the most hate due to a perception of not living up to [[Music/{{Pantera}} their drummer's legacy]].

** While Djent is fairly popular, it gets a very bad threatment from metalheads that is very similar to what NuMetal got. A lot of HateDumb describe their music as "aggressively palm muting open strings", and bash the bands for not looking enought metal, etc. Prog fans hate it even more, viewing it as vapid, mindless, creatively stagnant, and absurdly formulaic, as well as decrying the "prog" label that is commonly attached to it due to the general absence of actual progression within the genre.

* Animals as Leaders

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap[=/=]EnsembleDarkhorse: There are a good amount of Djent bands who are actually well respected by metalheads. Including Erra, SikTh, {{Meshuggah}}, {{Nevermore}}, and Animals as Leaders.

* {{Meshuggah}} (TropeMaker, TropeCodifier and TropeNamer)

* Periphery

* {{Meshuggah}} (TropeCodifier and TropeNamer)

* Vildjarta

* Music/{{Deftones}} (Overlaps with NuMetal and AvantGardeMetal)

* {{SikTh}}

* UrExample - Nevermore, despite being PowerMetal to begin with.

* InternetBackdraft/FlameBait: Go onto any metal forum, ask if Djent is a genre and see what happens.

** As you might have seen with Pantera's example above, groove metal '''can''' get to level 11, although it's rare. Other than "Suicide Note Pt. II" (which is more of a borderline 11) another level 11 example is "The Demon's Name is Surveillance" by Meshuggah.

* Music/{{Deadlock}} (Djent on ''The Arsonist'', previous material was MelodicDeathMetal.)

* Music/{{Deadlock}} (On ''The Arsonist'')

** While Djent is fairly popular, it gets a very bad threatment from metalheads that is very similar to what NuMetal got. A lot of HateDumb describe their music as "aggressively palm muting open strings", and bash the bands for not looking enought metal, etc.

* GenreBusting[=/=]GenreRoulette - Groove metal is fairly notable for the ease of fusing it with other heavy metal styles such as ProgressiveMetal, PowerMetal, ThrashMetal, DeathMetal and NuMetal. Consequently, it has become common practice among groove metal bands to produce material that showcase seemingly disparate heavy metal stylings, as such with the case of Music/{{Meshuggah}} (produced TechnicalDeathMetal alongside their usual groove songs) and Music/{{Nevermore}} (overlap with PowerMetal and ProgressiveMetal).

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - usually an 8 or 9, but a step up (e.g. Pantera -- "Suicide Note Pt. II", an '''''11''''') or down (most of Hacktivist's stuff, a 6-7) on the scale isn't unheard of.

** As you might have seen with Pantera's example above, groove metal '''can''' get to level 11, although it's rare. Other than "Suicide Note Pt. II", another level 11 example is "The Demon's Name is Surveillance" by Meshuggah.
* TheScrappy - Amongst metalheads (especially on Metal-Archives), groove metal is fairly 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 due to a perception of not living up to [[Music/{{Pantera}} their drummer's legacy]].

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

** SacredCow: Don't ever, EVER, '''EVER''' criticize Pantera, however.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness - usually an 8 or 9, but a step up (e.g. Pantera -- "Suicide Note Pt. II", a 10-'''BORDERLINE 11''') or down (e.g. Fear Factory -- "Resurrection", a 7) on the scale isn't unheard of.

** As you might have seen with Pantera's example above, groove metal '''can''' get to level 11, although it's rare. Other than "Suicide Note Pt. II", another level 11 example is "Black Label" by Lamb of God.