Groove metal (sometimes referred to as half-thrash or post-thrash) is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre emerged in the early 1990s through albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) and Pantera's Cowboys from Hell (1990); who first incorporated groove-based rhythms into thrash metal. But it was not until later albums like Exhorder's The Law (1992), Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power (1992), Sepultu...
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Groove metal (sometimes referred to as half-thrash or post-thrash) is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre emerged in the early 1990s through albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) and Pantera's Cowboys from Hell (1990); who first incorporated groove-based rhythms into thrash metal. But it was not until later albums like Exhorder's The Law (1992), Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power (1992), Sepultura's Chaos A.D. (1993), White Zombie's La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 (1992), Overkill's I Hear Black (1993) and Machine Head's Burn My Eyes (1994) that groove metal took its form.
Early progenitors of the genre such as Exhorder, Pantera, Sepultura and White Zombie claim influence from their peers and contemporary thrash metal bands such as Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica, blues-laden traditional heavy metal such as Black Sabbath and Deep Purple as well as hardcore punk bands such as Black Flag.
Groove metal bands tend to play mid-tempo...
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