Groove metal
| Groove metal | |
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| Other names | Neo-thrash, post-thrash, power groove |
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1980s–early 1990s, New Orleans, New York City, Texas, U.S. |
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| Local scenes | |
| New Orleans | |
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Groove metal (also known as neo-thrash or post-thrash) is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. The genre is primarily derived from thrash metal, but played in slower tempos, and making use of rhythmic guitar parts. It was pioneered in the late 1980s by groups like Exhorder, Prong and Bad Brains, and then popularized by the commercial success of Pantera, White Zombie, Machine Head and Sepultura in the early to mid-1990s.
The genre went on to be influential in the development of the new wave of American heavy metal, nu metal and metalcore. It continued to gain traction in the 2000s with Lamb of God, DevilDriver and Five Finger Death Punch, and 2010s with Killer Be Killed and Bad Wolves.