Groove metal

Groove metal , also called neo-thrash, half-thrash, or po

Groove metal , also called neo-thrash, half-thrash, or post-thrash , is a subgenre of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. Groove metal is a blend of several genres from the 80s, including hardcore punk, traditional heavy metal, thrash metal, and death metal. Albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican, Sepultura's Arise, and Artillery's We Are the Dead 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.

Unlike thrash metal and many of the 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 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, usually mid-tempo. Groove metal bass typically follows the guitar riffs but is sometimes used as a fill when the guitar riffs are not played and is somewhat more audible than other metal genres. Vocals usually consist of alternating thrash metal styled shouts and clean singing. It is a popular belief that modern hard rock or nu metal spawned from this genre of metal. However, groove metal never reached the commercial heights nu metal achieved and is generally more respected by groups of heavy metal fans instead of nu metal. It should also be noted that groove metal is not considered to be thrash despite the fact that it originated from it.