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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 achieved mainstream success in the 1990s and continued having some more success in the 2000s. Inspired by [[thrash metal]] and traditional heavy metal, groove metal features raspy singing and [[Screaming (music)|screaming]], [[Downtuned guitar|down-tuned guitars]], heavy guitar [[riff]]s, and [[Syncopation|syncopated]] rhythms. Unlike thrash metal, groove metal is usually slower and also uses elements of traditional heavy metal. [[Pantera]] are often considered the pioneers of groove metal, and groove metal expanded in the 1990s with bands like [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], [[Skinlab]], and [[Sepultura]]. The genre continued in the 2000s with bands like [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[DevilDriver]], [[Five Finger Death Punch]], and [[Hellyeah]].
'''Groove metal''' (also known as '''neo-thrash''' or '''post-thrash''') is a subgenre of [[hard rock]] that began in the early 1990s. The genre achieved mainstream success in the 1990s and continued having some more success in the 2000s. Inspired by [[thrash metal]] and hard rock, groove metal features raspy singing and [[Screaming (music)|screaming]], [[Downtuned guitar|down-tuned guitars]], heavy guitar [[riff]]s, and [[Syncopation|syncopated]] rhythms. Unlike thrash metal, groove metal is usually slower and also uses elements of hard rock. [[Pantera]] are often considered the pioneers of groove metal, and groove metal expanded in the 1990s with bands like [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]], [[Skinlab]], and [[Sepultura]]. The genre continued in the 2000s with bands like [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[DevilDriver]], [[Five Finger Death Punch]], and [[Hellyeah]].


==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==


Groove metal is heavily influenced by [[thrash metal]].<ref name=TS>{{cite news |url=http://www.hour.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=5633 |title=Threat Signal, Vigilance|last=Jaffer |first=Dave |newspaper=[[Hour (magazine)|Hour]]|date=September 9, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812001255/http://hour.ca/2009/09/17/vigilance-2/|archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=VH1>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/45371/90s-post-thrash-groove-metal-scene/ |title=Hidden Gems: Rediscovering The '90s Post-Thrash Groove Metal Scene |last=Coyle |first=Doc |publisher=[[VH1]] |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> Unlike thrash metal, groove metal focuses more on heaviness while thrash metal often focuses more on speed. Groove metal places emphasis on heavy guitar riffs with usually syncopated rhythms, with the riffs sometimes being somewhat similar to [[death metal]] riffs. Guitars are generally down-tuned. Vocals in groove metal usually are yelling, growling, screaming, or very raspy singing. Although groove metal has a big emphasis on guitar riffs, guitar solos are still very common. While thrash metal usually has fast tempos, groove metal usually has slower tempos, but fast tempos can be featured in groove metal. Groove metal is occasionally influenced by early, [[blues]]-inspired heavy metal bands such as [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Deep Purple]].
Groove metal is heavily influenced by [[thrash metal]].<ref name=TS>{{cite news |url=http://www.hour.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=5633 |title=Threat Signal, Vigilance|last=Jaffer |first=Dave |newspaper=[[Hour (magazine)|Hour]]|date=September 9, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812001255/http://hour.ca/2009/09/17/vigilance-2/|archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=VH1>{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/45371/90s-post-thrash-groove-metal-scene/ |title=Hidden Gems: Rediscovering The '90s Post-Thrash Groove Metal Scene |last=Coyle |first=Doc |publisher=[[VH1]] |access-date=July 30, 2018}}</ref> Unlike thrash metal, groove metal focuses more on heaviness while thrash metal often focuses more on speed. Groove metal places emphasis on heavy guitar riffs with usually syncopated rhythms, with the riffs sometimes being somewhat similar to [[death metal]] riffs. Guitars are generally down-tuned. Vocals in groove metal usually are yelling, growling, screaming, or very raspy singing. Although groove metal has a big emphasis on guitar riffs, guitar solos are still very common. While thrash metal usually has fast tempos, groove metal usually has slower tempos, but fast tempos can be featured in groove metal. Groove metal is occasionally influenced by early, [[blues]]-inspired hard rock bands such as [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Deep Purple]].


==History==
==History==


[[File:Dimebag Darrell with Pantera.jpg|thumb|160px|Pantera guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]], 1991]]
[[File:Dimebag Darrell with Pantera.jpg|thumb|160px|Pantera guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]], 1991]]
Texas heavy metal band [[Pantera]]'s 1990 album ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'' is considered the first groove metal album.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cowboys-from-hell-mw0000308550|title=Cowboys from Hell – Pantera|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> With this album, Pantera moved away from their [[glam metal]] years, starting the groove metal genre. Pantera continued releasing other influential albums through the 1990s. Their 1992 album ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]'' featured an even heavier sound than its predecessor, while its follow-up album ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]'' (1994) peaked at number 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling in 186,000 copies its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/04/22/message-behind-panteras-angry-sound/ |title=The message behind Pantera's angry sound |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=April 22, 1994 |access-date=November 16, 2019 |last=Sandow |first=Greg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-far-beyond-driven-vol-41-no-17/ |title=Picks and Pans Review: ''Far Beyond Driven'' |work=[[People.com|People]] |date=May 9, 1994 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> Pantera's albums often would quickly get certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]] and eventually would get certified platinum. ''Vulgar Display of Power'' is the band's best-selling album, being eventually certified double-platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Vulgar Display of Power|artist=Pantera|region=United States|type=album}} New York band [[Prong (band)|Prong]]'s 1990 album ''[[Beg to Differ]]'' is also considered one of the first albums of the genre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Every Prong Album Ranked From Worst To Best By Tommy Victor|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/every-prong-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-by-tommy-victor/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Kerrang!}}</ref>
Texas hard rock band [[Pantera]]'s 1990 album ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'' is considered the first groove metal album.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cowboys-from-hell-mw0000308550|title=Cowboys from Hell – Pantera|website=[[AllMusic]]|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> With this album, Pantera moved away from their [[glam metal]] years, starting the groove metal genre. Pantera continued releasing other influential albums through the 1990s. Their 1992 album ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]'' featured an even heavier sound than its predecessor, while its follow-up album ''[[Far Beyond Driven]]'' (1994) peaked at number 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling in 186,000 copies its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/04/22/message-behind-panteras-angry-sound/ |title=The message behind Pantera's angry sound |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=April 22, 1994 |access-date=November 16, 2019 |last=Sandow |first=Greg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-far-beyond-driven-vol-41-no-17/ |title=Picks and Pans Review: ''Far Beyond Driven'' |work=[[People.com|People]] |date=May 9, 1994 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> Pantera's albums often would quickly get certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]] and eventually would get certified platinum. ''Vulgar Display of Power'' is the band's best-selling album, being eventually certified double-platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Vulgar Display of Power|artist=Pantera|region=United States|type=album}} New York band [[Prong (band)|Prong]]'s 1990 album ''[[Beg to Differ]]'' is also considered one of the first albums of the genre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Every Prong Album Ranked From Worst To Best By Tommy Victor|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/every-prong-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-by-tommy-victor/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Kerrang!}}</ref>


In 1993, Brazilian band [[Sepultura]] released ''[[Chaos A.D.]]'', which saw the band use fewer elements of thrash metal. With ''Chaos A.D.'', Sepultura became a groove metal band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/out-now-sepultura-chaos-ad |title=Out Now: Sepultura, CHAOS A.D. |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]] |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> Sepultura released their most popular album ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' in 1996. ''Roots'' was a groove metal and [[nu metal]] album. The album received criticism from fans because the album was very different from older Sepultura albums like ''[[Beneath the Remains]]''.
In 1993, Brazilian band [[Sepultura]] released ''[[Chaos A.D.]]'', which saw the band use fewer elements of thrash metal. With ''Chaos A.D.'', Sepultura became a groove metal band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/out-now-sepultura-chaos-ad |title=Out Now: Sepultura, CHAOS A.D. |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment]] |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> Sepultura released their most popular album ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]'' in 1996. ''Roots'' was a groove metal and [[nu metal]] album. The album received criticism from fans because the album was very different from older Sepultura albums like ''[[Beneath the Remains]]''.
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White Zombie achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s. The band's album ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]'' peaked at number 2 on the [[Heatseekers Albums]] chart in 1993<ref>{{cite web|title=White Zombie Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/tln/|access-date=November 16, 2019|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA in July 1998.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1|artist=White Zombie|region=United States|type=album}} White Zombie's music videos were featured on ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' which helped the band sell more albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/10/08/white-zombie-resurrected-beavis-and-butt-head/ |title=White Zombie resurrected by 'Beavis and Butt-head' |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |last=Browne |first=David |date=October 8, 1993 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The band's 1995 follow-up ''[[Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head|Astro Creep: 2000]]'' peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/tlp/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> and sold 104,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Between the Bullets |magazine=Billboard |last=Mayfield |first=Geoff |date=September 12, 1998 |volume=110 |number=37 |issn= 0006-2510 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=white+zombie+%22astro+creep%22+%22first+week%22&pg=PA130 |page=130}}</ref> ''Astro Creep: 2000'' was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Astro Creep: 2000|artist=White Zombie|region=United States|type=album}} White Zombie's song "[[More Human Than Human]]" achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s. It peaked at number 53 on the [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] chart on June 17, 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/hsb/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Radio Songs) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> On that day, "More Human Than Human" peaked at number 7 on the [[Alternative Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/mrt/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Alternative Songs) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> On June 10, 1995, the song peaked at number 10 on the [[Mainstream Rock Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/rtt/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Mainstream Rock Songs) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> "More Human Than Human" was played frequently on [[MTV]] and won the Best Metal/Hard Rock Video award at the [[1995 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/bs-xpm-1995-09-08-1995251152-story.html |title=MTV chases 'Waterfalls' Jackson, Miller all wet |work=[[New York Daily News]] |last=Considine |first=J. D. |date=September 8, 1995 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>
White Zombie achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s. The band's album ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]'' peaked at number 2 on the [[Heatseekers Albums]] chart in 1993<ref>{{cite web|title=White Zombie Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/tln/|access-date=November 16, 2019|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA in July 1998.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1|artist=White Zombie|region=United States|type=album}} White Zombie's music videos were featured on ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head]]'' which helped the band sell more albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/10/08/white-zombie-resurrected-beavis-and-butt-head/ |title=White Zombie resurrected by 'Beavis and Butt-head' |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |last=Browne |first=David |date=October 8, 1993 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> The band's 1995 follow-up ''[[Astro-Creep: 2000 – Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head|Astro Creep: 2000]]'' peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/tlp/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> and sold 104,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Between the Bullets |magazine=Billboard |last=Mayfield |first=Geoff |date=September 12, 1998 |volume=110 |number=37 |issn= 0006-2510 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwoEAAAAMBAJ&q=white+zombie+%22astro+creep%22+%22first+week%22&pg=PA130 |page=130}}</ref> ''Astro Creep: 2000'' was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Astro Creep: 2000|artist=White Zombie|region=United States|type=album}} White Zombie's song "[[More Human Than Human]]" achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s. It peaked at number 53 on the [[Radio Songs (chart)|Radio Songs]] chart on June 17, 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/hsb/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Radio Songs) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> On that day, "More Human Than Human" peaked at number 7 on the [[Alternative Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/mrt/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Alternative Songs) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> On June 10, 1995, the song peaked at number 10 on the [[Mainstream Rock Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/white-zombie/chart-history/rtt/ |title=White Zombie Chart History (Mainstream Rock Songs) |work=Billboard |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> "More Human Than Human" was played frequently on [[MTV]] and won the Best Metal/Hard Rock Video award at the [[1995 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/bs-xpm-1995-09-08-1995251152-story.html |title=MTV chases 'Waterfalls' Jackson, Miller all wet |work=[[New York Daily News]] |last=Considine |first=J. D. |date=September 8, 1995 |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref>


In the 2000s, many more groove metal bands emerged, including [[Five Finger Death Punch]], [[Damageplan]], [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[Chimaira]], [[Hellyeah]], and [[DevilDriver]]. Damageplan formed after the breakup of Pantera, with Pantera members [[Dimebag Darrell]] and [[Vinnie Paul Abbott]] being members of Damageplan. Damageplan released one album in 2004 called ''[[New Found Power]]''. In December 2004, when the band performed live, guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot dead by a man named Nathan Gale. After this incident, Damageplan broke up. Dimebag Darrell's brother Vinnie Paul Abbott then became the drummer for Hellyeah in 2006 and remained until his passing in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vinnie Paul, Legendary Drummer for Pantera & Damageplan, Dead at 54 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8462386/vinnie-paul-dead-pantera-damageplan-hellyeah |website=Billboard |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref> Lamb of God became popular among heavy metal fans in the mid-2000s along with the [[metalcore]] bands that were achieving success at the time. Five Finger Death Punch emerged in the 2000s and achieved moderate success in the 2010s.
In the 2000s, many more groove metal bands emerged, including [[Five Finger Death Punch]], [[Damageplan]], [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[Chimaira]], [[Hellyeah]], and [[DevilDriver]]. Damageplan formed after the breakup of Pantera, with Pantera members [[Dimebag Darrell]] and [[Vinnie Paul Abbott]] being members of Damageplan. Damageplan released one album in 2004 called ''[[New Found Power]]''. In December 2004, when the band performed live, guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot dead by a man named Nathan Gale. After this incident, Damageplan broke up. Dimebag Darrell's brother Vinnie Paul Abbott then became the drummer for Hellyeah in 2006 and remained until his passing in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vinnie Paul, Legendary Drummer for Pantera & Damageplan, Dead at 54 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8462386/vinnie-paul-dead-pantera-damageplan-hellyeah |website=Billboard |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref> Lamb of God became popular among hard rock fans in the mid-2000s along with the [[metalcore]] bands that were achieving success at the time. Five Finger Death Punch emerged in the 2000s and achieved moderate success in the 2010s.


==Influence on other genres==
==Influence on other genres==

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Groove metal
Other namesNeo-thrash, post-thrash
Stylistic originsThrash metal, Hard rock
Cultural originsEarly 1990s, Texas, New York, U.S.
Derivative formsNu metal
Other topics

Groove metal (also known as neo-thrash or post-thrash) is a subgenre of hard rock that began in the early 1990s. The genre achieved mainstream success in the 1990s and continued having some more success in the 2000s. Inspired by thrash metal and hard rock, groove metal features raspy singing and screaming, down-tuned guitars, heavy guitar riffs, and syncopated rhythms. Unlike thrash metal, groove metal is usually slower and also uses elements of hard rock. Pantera are often considered the pioneers of groove metal, and groove metal expanded in the 1990s with bands like White Zombie, Machine Head, Skinlab, and Sepultura. The genre continued in the 2000s with bands like Lamb of God, DevilDriver, Five Finger Death Punch, and Hellyeah.

Characteristics

Groove metal is heavily influenced by thrash metal.[1][2] Unlike thrash metal, groove metal focuses more on heaviness while thrash metal often focuses more on speed. Groove metal places emphasis on heavy guitar riffs with usually syncopated rhythms, with the riffs sometimes being somewhat similar to death metal riffs. Guitars are generally down-tuned. Vocals in groove metal usually are yelling, growling, screaming, or very raspy singing. Although groove metal has a big emphasis on guitar riffs, guitar solos are still very common. While thrash metal usually has fast tempos, groove metal usually has slower tempos, but fast tempos can be featured in groove metal. Groove metal is occasionally influenced by early, blues-inspired hard rock bands such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.

History

Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, 1991

Texas hard rock band Pantera's 1990 album Cowboys from Hell is considered the first groove metal album.[3] With this album, Pantera moved away from their glam metal years, starting the groove metal genre. Pantera continued releasing other influential albums through the 1990s. Their 1992 album Vulgar Display of Power featured an even heavier sound than its predecessor, while its follow-up album Far Beyond Driven (1994) peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling in 186,000 copies its first week of release.[4][5] Pantera's albums often would quickly get certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and eventually would get certified platinum. Vulgar Display of Power is the band's best-selling album, being eventually certified double-platinum.[6] New York band Prong's 1990 album Beg to Differ is also considered one of the first albums of the genre.[7]

In 1993, Brazilian band Sepultura released Chaos A.D., which saw the band use fewer elements of thrash metal. With Chaos A.D., Sepultura became a groove metal band.[8] Sepultura released their most popular album Roots in 1996. Roots was a groove metal and nu metal album. The album received criticism from fans because the album was very different from older Sepultura albums like Beneath the Remains.

In 1992, thrash metal band Exhorder moved to the groove metal genre with their album The Law. In the 1990s, several other groove metal bands appeared, including Skinlab, Pissing Razors, Machine Head, Grip Inc., and White Zombie.[2] Several other veteran thrash metal bands had also been using elements of groove metal over the ensuing the decade, including Anthrax,[9] Testament,[10][11] Annihilator,[12] and Overkill (whose earlier works had pioneered the genre, including their 1989 album The Years of Decay).[13][14][15][16]

Machine Head performing in 2007

Machine Head released their debut album Burn My Eyes in 1994. The album helped the band achieve underground success, with the album selling 145,240 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[17]

White Zombie achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s. The band's album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One peaked at number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart in 1993[18] and was certified double-platinum by the RIAA in July 1998.[19] White Zombie's music videos were featured on Beavis and Butt-Head which helped the band sell more albums.[20] The band's 1995 follow-up Astro Creep: 2000 peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200[21] and sold 104,000 copies in its first week of release.[22] Astro Creep: 2000 was certified double-platinum by the RIAA.[23] White Zombie's song "More Human Than Human" achieved mainstream success in the mid 1990s. It peaked at number 53 on the Radio Songs chart on June 17, 1995.[24] On that day, "More Human Than Human" peaked at number 7 on the Alternative Songs chart.[25] On June 10, 1995, the song peaked at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart.[26] "More Human Than Human" was played frequently on MTV and won the Best Metal/Hard Rock Video award at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards.[27]

In the 2000s, many more groove metal bands emerged, including Five Finger Death Punch, Damageplan, Lamb of God, Chimaira, Hellyeah, and DevilDriver. Damageplan formed after the breakup of Pantera, with Pantera members Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott being members of Damageplan. Damageplan released one album in 2004 called New Found Power. In December 2004, when the band performed live, guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot dead by a man named Nathan Gale. After this incident, Damageplan broke up. Dimebag Darrell's brother Vinnie Paul Abbott then became the drummer for Hellyeah in 2006 and remained until his passing in 2018.[28] Lamb of God became popular among hard rock fans in the mid-2000s along with the metalcore bands that were achieving success at the time. Five Finger Death Punch emerged in the 2000s and achieved moderate success in the 2010s.

Influence on other genres

Groove metal bands like Pantera,[29] White Zombie,[30] Prong,[31] and Sepultura[32] were all big influences on nu metal. Nu metal (e.g.: Korn and Slipknot) was a genre that began in the mid-1990s and became mainstream in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Groove metal bands like Pantera and Sepultura along with crossover thrash bands such as Cro-Mags and Agnostic Front helped to lay the groundwork for metalcore (e.g.: Hatebreed and Earth Crisis).[33]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Coyle, Doc. "Hidden Gems: Rediscovering The '90s Post-Thrash Groove Metal Scene". VH1. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Cowboys from Hell – Pantera". AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
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  15. ^ "I Hear Black: Is It Overkill's Most Underrated Album?". Worship Music. March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
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