NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Groove metal

Groove metal, often associated with neo-thrash/post-thrash and power groove, is a term sometimes used to describe a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s.^[1]^[2] Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Two different electric guitars. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Harry Belafonte singing, photograph by C. van Vechten Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ...

Groove metal is a blend of several genres from the 1980s, including traditional heavy metal, hardcore punk, crossover thrash, thrash metal, and sludge metal.^{[citation needed]} Albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican, Pantera's Cowboys from Hell,^[3] Sepultura's Arise, and Artillery's We Are the Dead first incorporated groove-based rhythms into thrash metal. However, it wasn't until later 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, Overkill's I Hear Black and Machine Head's Burn My Eyes that groove metal took its pure form. Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America around 1980. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by high speed riffing and aggression. ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... -1... Slaughter in the Vatican is an album by American thrash metal band Exhorder, released on the Roadrunner label in 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ... Cowboys from Hell is Panteras fifth album and their first Atco Records album, released on July 24, 1990 (see 1990 in music). ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... Arise was the fourth LP by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura released in 1991 (1991 in music) through Roadrunner Records. ... The Artillery logo Artillery is a Danish thrash metal band that was active during the 1980s and participated in the early development of the genre. ... -1... The Law is a 1992 album by Exhorder. ... For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ... Vulgar Display of Power is a groove metal album by heavy metal band Pantera, released on February 25, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... Sepultura is a Brazilian thrash metal band, formed in 1984. ... Chaos A.D. is an album released in 1993 by Sepultura through Roadrunner Records. ... White Zombie was an American band named after the 1932 film White Zombie, which starred Bela Lugosi. ... Overkill is one of the first Thrash Metal bands, formed in the early 1980s in New Jersey (but often attributed to New York City), and very active ever since. ... I Hear Black was an album released by the thrash metal band Overkill in 1993 on Atlantic Records. ... This article is about the band. ... Burn My Eyes is the debut album by Oakland groove metal band Machine Head. ...

Musical traits

Groove metal bands tend to play mid-tempo thrash riffs focusing on heaviness and groovy syncopation.^[2]^[4] Guitarists generally play low syncopated power chord patterns and mid-paced guitar solos, and occasionally use heavy palm muting. The tone is typically described as thick and mid-scooped down with boosted bass and trebles, usually under a harsh distortion. Solid state amplifiers using transistors are commonly used to gain this asymmetrical harmonic clipping sound, although tube amps are used sometimes as well. Like most other heavy metal bass styles, groove metal bass lines typically follow the rhythm guitar riffs but are sometimes used as introduction to a guitar riff or as intermezzi when the guitar riffs are de-emphasized. The use of bass distortion is common. Vocals usually consist of thrash metal-styled shouts, hardcore-styled barks, and clean singing. Groove metal drums typically use double-bass drumming, with emphasis on using the double bass drum in waves, rather than rapid fire double bass and blast beats used in extreme metal styles.^[5] Uncommon time signatures and polyrhythms are typical for some bands; generally these bands put heavy emphasis on the changing beat. Groove metal typically follows in a medium tempo,^[2] but can vary from band to band or song to song. For other uses of the same name, see Syncopation (disambiguation). ... For other uses of the same name, see Syncopation (disambiguation). ... In music, a power chord is a bare fifth usually played on electric guitar. ... The palm mute, also known as palm muting, is a playing technique for the guitar. ... Assorted discrete transistors A transistor is a semiconductor device, commonly used as an amplifier or an electrically controlled switch. ... Blast beats are drum beats consisting of torrents of alternating snare and bass drums which increase the speed, density, and percussiveness of death metal, black metal and grindcore. ... Extreme metal is an umbrella term, somewhat loosely defined, for a number of related heavy metal subgenres that have developed since the 1980s. ... Polyrhythm is the simultaneous sounding of two or more independent rhythms. ...

Similar stylings and offshoots

Nu metal

Some groove metal bands had influence on nu metal bands and some bands took many elements of groove metal, including the use of low, down-tuned guitars^{[citation needed]}, groovy riffs and lyrical attitudes. Some groove metal bands such as Machine Head experimented with nu metal briefly during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Machine Head can be seen as a "direct link" to later nu metal bands, combining groove metal with hip hop elements. Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nÃ¼ metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ...

Sludge metal

Many sludge metal bands resemble groove metal, since many make use of down-tuned power chords and mid-tempo or slow rhythms and song structures, although sludge metal is generally slower in tempo and more minimalistic than groove metal. However, sludge metal formed earlier than groove metal and most sludge bands have a more distinct hardcore punk influence than thrash metal. Many groove metal bands such as Pantera took influence from sludge metal.^{[citation needed]} Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of the doom metal and hardcore punk genres, often displaying southern rock influence. ... For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation). ...

Metalcore

The riffing style of many current metalcore bands also has some similarity to groove metal and certain bands, such as Lamb of God and Chimaira are considered to be both metalcore and groove metal. Both bands released albums at the time metalcore reached mainstream popularity in the early 2000s, and prominently feature hardcore or even death metal style vocals, yet their musical style and guitar riffs more closely resemble groove metal than the majority of metalcore bands. Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ... Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band formed in 1990 in Richmond, Virginia. ... Chimaira are a metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. ...

See also

References

^ "Antenna - Genre descriptions". Retrieved on 2007-08-03. “a re-thought version of the conventional thrash music that ... seemingly relied on groove metal, and this subgenre was dubbed neo-thrash”
^ ^a ^b ^c "EOL Audio v.8.0.". Retrieved on 2008-01-03. “Groove metal is a derivative (but not necessarily a sub-genre) of thrash metal that rose to prominence in the early 90s. It is based around a mid-tempo thrash riff and detuned power chords. The band responsible for inventing the style is much disputed, but bands such as Exhorder, Pantera, Sepultura and Machine Head have all made substantial contributions in terms of developing and popularising the style.”
^ "EXHORDER's Official Status Is 'Permanently Disbanded' - May 10, 2006". Retrieved on 2007-08-03. “Long-defunct New Orleans metallers EXHORDER — cited by many as the originators of the riff-heavy power-groove approach popularized by PANTERA”
^ "The History of Metal". Retrieved on 2007-08-03. “Pantera practically revolutionized thrash metal. Speed wasn’t the main point anymore, it was what singer Phil Anselmo called the "power groove." Riffs became unusually heavy without the need of growling or the extremely low-tuned and distorted guitars of death metal, rhythms depended more on a heavy groove”
^ Patrick Weiler. "Neo-Thrash Metal genre description". Retrieved on 2007-08-03. “Compared to pure Thrash Metal the double bass playing plays a bigger role. In the middle of the Nineties this style saw its heyday and for many Metalheads it was the only true alternative to Grunge. Examples: PANTERA, PRONG, MACHINE HEAD.”

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