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01-19-2007, 03:03 PM
Let's talk about Post-Thrash and Post Thrash Bands
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Groove metal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stylistic origins - Thrash metal
Cultural origins - Late 1980s, Early 1990s United States and Brazil
Typical instruments: Guitar – Bass guitar – Drums
Mainstream popularity - Moderate in the early-mid 1990s, slightly more popular ever since
Derivative forms - Nu metal
Regional scenes - United States – Brazil
Groove metal, also called neo-thrash, half-thrash, or post-thrash, is a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. Groove metal is a blend of several genres from the 80s, including traditional heavy metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal, and death metal. Albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican, Pantera's Cowboys from Hell, Sepultura's Arise, and Artillery's We Are the Dead first incorporated groovish melodies to thrash metal; however, it wasn't until albums like Exhorder's The Law, Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, Sepultura's Chaos A.D., White Zombie's La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1, and Machine Head's Burn My Eyes that groove metal truly took its musical form. Most of its originators are still active to this day.
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Musical traits
Compared to thrash and other heavy metal subgenres, groove metal is not as riff-oriented, and is more minimalistic. Artists of the genre tend to have a style influenced heavily by mid-tempo thrash and hardcore punk riffs, accentuated with down-tuned power chords (drop D or D standard tuning), syncopated chord patterns, mid-paced guitar solos, and dissonant bridges or breakdowns. The guitar riffs can also be described as "flowing" and groove metal bass typically follows the guitar riffs but is sometimes used as a fill when the guitar riffs are not played (or go clean) and is somewhat more audible than in other metal subgenres. Vocals usually consist of thrash metal-styled shouts, hardcore-styled barks, and clean singing. Lyrics are usually about social and political issues.
Nu metal took many elements of groove metal, including its down-tuned power chords and lyrical attitudes. Fear Factory and Machine Head experimented with nu metal briefly during the late 1990s and early 2000's but abandoned the style on their latest offerings. However, groove metal as a whole has never reached the commercial heights of nu metal, and heavy metal fans tend to accord it more respect.
Despite that groove metal originated from thrash metal, a few circles of thrash metal fans do not have a very favorable opinion of groove metal. This is mostly because of the lack of emphasis on high speed tempos and more focus on vocal variations and mid-paced songs. This is most notable from members on the Encyclopedia Metallum website.
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Key artists
2 Ton Predator
8 Foot Sativa
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Chimaira
Damageplan
Exhorder
Fear Factory
Grip Inc.
Helmet
Lamb of God
Machine Head (Burn My Eyes, The More Things Change, and Through the Ashes of Empires)
Pantera (Vulgar Display of Power and later)
Pissing Razors
Prong (Cleansing and later)
Pro-Pain
Sepultura (Chaos A.D. and later)
Skinlab
White Zombie
Some consider the works done by later-era Anthrax, Annihilator, Death Angel, Exodus, Kreator, Meshuggah, Overkill, Slayer, and Testament to be groove metal as well.
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Groove metal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stylistic origins - Thrash metal
Cultural origins - Late 1980s, Early 1990s United States and Brazil
Typical instruments: Guitar – Bass guitar – Drums
Mainstream popularity - Moderate in the early-mid 1990s, slightly more popular ever since
Derivative forms - Nu metal
Regional scenes - United States – Brazil
Groove metal, also called neo-thrash, half-thrash, or post-thrash, is a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. Groove metal is a blend of several genres from the 80s, including traditional heavy metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal, and death metal. Albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican, Pantera's Cowboys from Hell, Sepultura's Arise, and Artillery's We Are the Dead first incorporated groovish melodies to thrash metal; however, it wasn't until albums like Exhorder's The Law, Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, Sepultura's Chaos A.D., White Zombie's La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1, and Machine Head's Burn My Eyes that groove metal truly took its musical form. Most of its originators are still active to this day.
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Musical traits
Compared to thrash and other heavy metal subgenres, groove metal is not as riff-oriented, and is more minimalistic. Artists of the genre tend to have a style influenced heavily by mid-tempo thrash and hardcore punk riffs, accentuated with down-tuned power chords (drop D or D standard tuning), syncopated chord patterns, mid-paced guitar solos, and dissonant bridges or breakdowns. The guitar riffs can also be described as "flowing" and groove metal bass typically follows the guitar riffs but is sometimes used as a fill when the guitar riffs are not played (or go clean) and is somewhat more audible than in other metal subgenres. Vocals usually consist of thrash metal-styled shouts, hardcore-styled barks, and clean singing. Lyrics are usually about social and political issues.
Nu metal took many elements of groove metal, including its down-tuned power chords and lyrical attitudes. Fear Factory and Machine Head experimented with nu metal briefly during the late 1990s and early 2000's but abandoned the style on their latest offerings. However, groove metal as a whole has never reached the commercial heights of nu metal, and heavy metal fans tend to accord it more respect.
Despite that groove metal originated from thrash metal, a few circles of thrash metal fans do not have a very favorable opinion of groove metal. This is mostly because of the lack of emphasis on high speed tempos and more focus on vocal variations and mid-paced songs. This is most notable from members on the Encyclopedia Metallum website.
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Key artists
2 Ton Predator
8 Foot Sativa
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Chimaira
Damageplan
Exhorder
Fear Factory
Grip Inc.
Helmet
Lamb of God
Machine Head (Burn My Eyes, The More Things Change, and Through the Ashes of Empires)
Pantera (Vulgar Display of Power and later)
Pissing Razors
Prong (Cleansing and later)
Pro-Pain
Sepultura (Chaos A.D. and later)
Skinlab
White Zombie
Some consider the works done by later-era Anthrax, Annihilator, Death Angel, Exodus, Kreator, Meshuggah, Overkill, Slayer, and Testament to be groove metal as well.