Best Groove Metal Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #39 Arise (1991) #196 Schizophrenia (1987) #212
2	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #125 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #188 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #304
3	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #255 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #339 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #397
4	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #281 The Years of Decay (1989) #351 Under the Influence (1988) #355
5	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #258 Persistence of Time (1990) #1103 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1223
6	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #218 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #575 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #1030
7	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #345 Unto the Locust (2011) #467 Burn My Eyes (1994) #748
8	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #760 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) (2014) #1456
9	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #347 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #743 Magma (2016) #1285
10	Fear Factory 1990, United States Industrial Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Demanufacture (1995) #942 Resurrection (1998) [Single] Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies) (2001) [Single]
11	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #403 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #749 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3190
12	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Dark Ages (2005) #3073 Enslaved (2012) #3411 Prophecy (2004) #4918
13	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1224 Beast (2011) #2161 The Last Kind Words (2007) #2570
14	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) #2797 Hard to See (2009) [Single] American Capitalist (2011) #4546
15	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1409 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1984 Unseen (2011) #5389
16	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #590 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #6177 Torture Tactics (1991) [EP]
17	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Chimaira (2005) #2969 The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #3137 Resurrection (2007) #4729
18	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #2200 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5018 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
19	Vicious Rumors 1979, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Groove Metal	Word of Mouth (1994) Razorback Killer (2011) Welcome to the Ball (1991) #4681
20	Accu§er 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Repent (1992) #6202 The Conviction (1987) #6495 Experimental Errors (1988) [EP] #6770
21	Exhorder 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) #2536 The Law (1992) #4991 Mourn the Southern Skies (2019)
22	Diablo 1993, Korea Groove Metal	Undefined (2010) #4910 Unheard Answer (2020) [Single] Breath (2014) [Single]
23	Deadlock 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Manifesto (2008) #5638 Wolves (2007) #6187 Bizarro World (2011) #6298
24	Hellyeah 2006, United States Groove Metal	Band of Brothers (2012) Stampede (2010) #3685 Blood for Blood (2014)
25	Mudvayne 1996, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	L.D. 50 (2000) #3058 The New Game (2008) The End of All Things to Come (2002) #6034
26	Sevendust 1994, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Groove Metal	Sevendust (1997) #3505 Cold Day Memory (2010) Kill the Flaw (2015)
27	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #3636 Mutations (1994) [EP] #6572 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #7913
28	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2202 III (2014) #3770 I (2009) #4692
29	Forbidden 1987, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Forbidden Evil (1988) #5287 Omega Wave (2010) Point of No Return (1992) [Compilation]
30	Rob Zombie United States Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal	Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) #3286 The Sinister Urge (2001) #4877 Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (2013)
31	Grip Inc. 1993, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Nemesis (1997) Power of Inner Strength (1995) #3886 Incorporated (2003)
32	Burn the Priest 1994, United States Groove Metal, Death Metal	Burn the Priest (1999) #5793 Legion: XX (2018) #7594 Burn the Priest (1995) [Demo]
33	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]
34	Killer Be Killed 2011, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Killer Be Killed (2014) #5108 Reluctant Hero (2020) #6732
35	Lazarus A.D. United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Onslaught (2007) #4347 Black Rivers Flow (2011) #7162 Demo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
36	Prong 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Power of the Damager (2007) Carved Into Stone (2012) Ruining Lives (2014)
37	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Shaman (2021) [EP] Nija (2020) #6061 Rasen (2016)
38	Overdose Brazil Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bestial Devastation / Século XX (1985) [Split] Circus of Death (1992) Addicted to Reality (1990)
39	Detroit Metal City Japan Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	魔界遊戯 (Makai Yugi) (2009) #6691 Satsugai (2009) [Single] 魔王 / グロテスク (Maou/Grotesque) (2009) [Single]
40	Hammering 2005, Korea Metalcore, Groove Metal	Libera Me (2021) #3530 Breach of Trust (2015) #5408 Hammering (2013) [Single]

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