50 Greatest Groove Metal Artists

thejew · **Posted:** Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:51 am

1. Pantera
2. Machine Head
3. White Zombie
4. Lamb of God
5. Fishbone
6. Exhorder
7. Sepultura
8. Living Colour
9. Infectious Grooves
10. Soulfly
11. Anthrax
12. Prong
13. Gojira
14. Overkill
15. Fear Factory
16. Chimaira
17. Five Finger Death Punch
18. Pro-Pain
19. Throwdown
20. Skinlab
21. DevilDriver
22. Judas Priest
23. Suicidal Tendencies
24. Biomechanical
25. Grip Inc.
26. Stampin' Ground
27. Warrel Dane
28. A Life Once Lost
29. Forbidden
30. Acid Drinkers
31. A.N.I.M.A.L
32. Byzantine
33. Kayser
34. Hamlet
35. Alastor
36. Stonegard
37. Channel Zero
38. Invocator
39. 24-7 Spyz
40. Dearly Beheaded
41. Profane Omen
42. Betzeter
43. A Perfect Murder
44. Droid
45. Vampire Mooose
46. Mortification
47. Havochate
48. Unjust
49. Tourniquet
50. C-187

Black Zeppelin · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 1:11 am

Pantera and Lamb of God aren't groove metal. Pantera was the next generation of power/thrash metal and Lamb of God is death/grindcore/thrash...type of metal. Groove metal is something you can dance/groove to like White Zombie. How does Pantera and Lamb of God fit in with that?

Not that I'm right....I'm just wondering.

Nesquik · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 2:11 am

Groove metal is not something you can dance/groove to. Pantera is pretty much the definition of groove metal.

Shuure · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 10:16 am

"Walk" is basically what groove metal is all about. Certainly some songs, like "Strength Beyond Strength", "Rise" and "Fucking Hostile" aren't very groove metal oriented, but the majority of their discography, post Power Metal, fits neatly within the genre.

Woodgod · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:16 pm **Posts:** 323

I've never heard the "groove metal is something you can dance/groove to" thing before. I want to know where anyone would have gotten that idea from.

Shuure · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 11:24 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2DCr5D8eZw

My guess.

Black Zeppelin · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 2:03 pm

Damn you Austin Powers! :durr:

I thought Pantera was more of a thrash metal band and Lamb of God a more metalcore type band. I didn't mean groove as in dancing around like a fag....just more of a White Zombie'ish....

......fuck it. I'm done...moving on.

Nesquik · **Posted:** Tue May 03, 2011 2:19 pm

Since we're on the topic, I just want to say that Grip Inc. is surprisingly good.

Woodgod · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:16 pm **Posts:** 323

Maybe part of the confusion is that there are clearly non-groove metal bands on here, like Living Color, Fishbone and Infectious Grooves (which people generally describe as "funk metal")

Floyo Mounier · **Posted:** Thu May 05, 2011 4:44 pm

Well, its not like there are actually 50 worthy Groove bands out there.
Anyway, shouldn't Sepultura be higher? Last time I checked Roots was pretty much the greatest Groove album Pantera never made.

Woodgod · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:16 pm **Posts:** 323

Honestly, this list really shouldn't go past 20. Everything after that only seems like filler.

JRA · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am **Posts:** 1971

Judas Priest a groove metal artist. :lol:

Black Zeppelin · **Posted:** Thu May 05, 2011 6:28 pm

Sometimes I think there are too many genre's of metal. It gets confusing.

Floyo Mounier · **Posted:** Thu May 05, 2011 6:36 pm

It will never beat Electronic

Woodgod · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:16 pm **Posts:** 323

Seriously, get rid of the funk metal bands, move DevilDriver, Biomechanical, and Grip Inc. into the top 20, and get rid of everything else. Then, you'll have the perfect groove metal list.

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