Best Groove Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #177 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #230 Cowboys From Hell (1990) #244
2	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #53 Schizophrenia (1987) #239 Arise (1991) #242
3	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #279 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #307 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #485
4	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #282 Under the Influence (1988) #411 The Years of Decay (1989) #414
5	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #246 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1062 Persistence of Time (1990) #1162
6	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #249 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #705 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #1198
7	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #344 Unto the Locust (2011) #395 Burn My Eyes (1994) #745
8	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #712 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Unseen Empire (2011) #1410
9	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1993) #434 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #746 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #2998
10	Fear Factory 1990, United States Industrial Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Demanufacture (1995) #1049 Resurrection (1998) [Single] Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies) (2001) [Single]
11	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	From Mars to Sirius (2005) #1166 The Link (2003) #1600 Magma (2016) #2179
12	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Dark Ages (2005) #3591 Enslaved (2012) #3825 Archangel (2015) #4319
13	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1142 Beast (2011) #1916 The Last Kind Words (2007) #2417
14	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1699 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1870 Unseen (2011) #5075
15	Five Finger Death Punch 2005, United States Groove Metal, Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell Volume 1 (2013) #2578 Hard to See (2009) [Single] American Capitalist (2011) #4016
16	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #455 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #5776 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
17	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Chimaira (2005) #2836 The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #2934 Resurrection (2007) #4455
18	Vicious Rumors 1979, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Groove Metal	Word of Mouth (1994) Razorback Killer (2011) Welcome to the Ball (1991) #4416
19	Accu§er 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Repent (1992) #5820 The Conviction (1987) #6114 Experimental Errors (1988) [EP] #6374
20	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #2120 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #4861 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
21	Exhorder 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) #2385 The Law (1992) #4711 Mourn the Southern Skies (2019)
22	Deadlock 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Manifesto (2008) #5297 Wolves (2007) #5802 Bizarro World (2011) #5916
23	Diablo 1993, Korea Groove Metal	Undefined (2010) #4629 Unheard Answer (2020) [Single] Breath (2014) [Single]
24	Hellyeah 2006, United States Groove Metal	Band of Brothers (2012) Stampede (2010) #3478 Blood for Blood (2014)
25	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #3425 Mutations (1994) [EP] #6190 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #7433
26	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2087 III (2014) #3560 I (2009) #4430
27	Mudvayne 1996, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	L.D. 50 (2000) #3490 The New Game (2008) The End of All Things to Come (2002) #5675
28	Grip Inc. 1993, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Nemesis (1997) Power of Inner Strength (1995) #3663 Incorporated (2003)
29	Rob Zombie United States Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal	Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) #3094 The Sinister Urge (2001) #4597 Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (2013)
30	Forbidden 1987, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Forbidden Evil (1988) #4988 Omega Wave (2010) Point of No Return (1992) [Compilation]
31	Throwdown 1997, United States Metalcore, Groove Metal	You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family (2001) Beyond Repair (1999) Drive Me Dead (2000) [EP]
32	Detroit Metal City Japan Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Satsugai (2009) [Single] 魔界遊戯 (Makai Yugi) (2009) #6316 魔王 / グロテスク (Maou/Grotesque) (2009) [Single]
33	Lazarus A.D. United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Onslaught (2007) #4108 Black Rivers Flow (2011) #6740 Demo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
34	Sevendust 1994, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Groove Metal	Sevendust (1997) Cold Day Memory (2010) Kill the Flaw (2015)
35	Burn the Priest 1994, United States Groove Metal, Death Metal	Burn the Priest (1999) #5860 Legion: XX (2018) #7166 Burn the Priest (1995) [Demo]
36	Killer Be Killed 2011, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Reluctant Hero (2020) Killer Be Killed (2014) #5354
37	Overdose Brazil Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bestial Devastation / Século XX (1985) [Split] Circus of Death (1992) Addicted to Reality (1990)
38	Obliveon 1987, Canada Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Nemesis (1993) #1979 From This Day Forward (1990) #3940 Obliveon (1987) [Demo]
39	Sybreed 2003, Switzerland Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Challenger (2011) [EP] Antares (2007) #5485 The Pulse of Awakening (2009)
40	Rise of the Northstar 2008, France Metalcore, Beatdown Hardcore, Groove Metal	Welcame (2014) #4755 Sound of Wolves (2012) [Single] The Legacy of Shi (2018)

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