Groove metal

Groove metal is a subgenre o hivy metal. It wis aften uised tae describe Pantera an Exhorder. 

 Characteristics an oreegins 
Pantera's Cowboys from Hell album frae 1990 wis describit as "grundbreakin" an "blueprint-definin" for the groove metal genre. Tommy Victor o Prong claims that the attitude o groove metal came frae Bad Brains.

Ither groove metal baunds hae incorporatit thrash metal, hardcore punk an industrial muisic. Ian Christe credits Sepultura's Chaos A.D. an Pantera for creatin the daith metal-derived muisic o groove metal an influencin later groups in the genre durin the 1990s.Christe (2003), pg. 264, "As close to death metal as any other gold-selling record before it, Chaos A.D. stripped down Sepultura's sound into a coarse metallic loop. The CD sold half a million copies, and influenced death-derived groove metal that inspired an upcoming generation of mavens in the 1990s."

 Groups 
The style haes been associatit wi baunds such as DevilDriver, Chimaira, Spiritual Beggars, Soulfly, Gojira, Throwdown, Fear Factory, Lamb of God,  Machine Head an Byzantine.

Notes

References
Christe, Ian (2003). Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-380-81127-8

Category:Hivy metal subgenres
Category:Groove metal