Groove metal

Heavy metal music
Stylistic origins: Psychedelic rock, European classical music and British blues
Cultural origins: Late 1960s United Kingdom
Typical instruments: Guitar - Bass - Drums
Mainstream popularity: Extensively followed by dedicated fans throughout the world.
Derivative forms:
Subgenres
Avant garde metal - Black metal - Celtic Metal - Christian metal - Classic metal - Death metal - Doom metal - Folk metal - Funk metal - Goth metal - Groove metal - Hair metal - Neo-Classical metal - NSBM - Oriental metal - Power metal - Progressive metal - Speed metal - Tech metal - Thrash metal - Vedic metal - Viking metal
Fusion genres
Alternative metal - Grindcore - Industrial metal - Metalcore - Nu metal - Stoner metal - Rap metal
Regional scenes
Gothenburg metal - New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Bay Area thrash metal - Norwegian black metal
Other topics
Fashion - History - Bands - Musicians - Umlaut

Groove metal, half-thrash, or post-thrash is a subgenre of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. Albums such as Sepultura's Arise and Artillery's We are the Dead incorporated groovish melodies to thrash metal, however it wasn't until albums like Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, White Zombie's La Sexorcisto - Devil Music Vol.1, and Machine Head's Burn my Eyes that groove metal truly took its musical form. Unlike thrash metal and many of the other heavy metal subgenres, groove metal is not as riff-oriented. Artists of genre tend to use slow/mid-placed thrash riffs while overly emphasizing drum work and/or vocals. It is a popular belief that modern hard rock or nu metal spawned from this genre of metal. It should also be noted groove metal is not considered to be thrash despite the fact that it originated from it.

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See also: Groove metal, 1960s, 1990s, Alternative metal, Avant garde metal, Bass guitar, Bay Area thrash metal