Best Groove Metal Bands

59 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #33 Schizophrenia (1987) #190 Arise (1991) #215
2	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #98 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #193 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #289
3	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #231 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #315 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #390
4	Overkill 1980, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Ironbound (2010) #306 The Years of Decay (1989) #376 Under the Influence (1988) #393
5	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #248 Persistence of Time (1990) #1063 Spreading the Disease (1985) #1121
6	Exodus 1979, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bonded by Blood (1985) #266 Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) #565 Pleasures of the Flesh (1987) #956
7	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #309 Unto the Locust (2011) #525 Burn My Eyes (1994) #762
8	Scar Symmetry 2004, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Holographic Universe (2008) #772 Morphogenesis (2008) [Single] The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity) (2014) #1543
9	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #372 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #791 Magma (2016) #1142
10	Fear Factory 1990, United States Industrial Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Demanufacture (1995) #1122 Resurrection (1998) [Single] Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies) (2001) [Single]
11	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #426 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #829 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3508
12	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1476 Dark Ages (2005) #3363 Enslaved (2012) #3760
13	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1188 Beast (2011) #2401 The Last Kind Words (2007) #2847
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) #2666 Hard to See (2009) [Single] American Capitalist (2011) #5179
15	Vio-lence 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Eternal Nightmare (1988) #435 Oppressing the Masses (1990) #5634 Let the World Burn (2022) [EP] #7517
16	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1482 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1871 Unseen (2011) #5866
17	Vicious Rumors 1979, United States Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Groove Metal	Razorback Killer (2011) Word of Mouth (1994) Welcome to the Ball (1991) #5119
18	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Chimaira (2005) #3128 The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #3442 The Age of Hell (2011) #5425
19	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #2209 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5487 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
20	Accu§er 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Double Talk (1991) #6337 The Conviction (1987) #6402 Repent (1992) #6740
21	Katalepsy 2003, Russia Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Groove Metal	Autopsychosis (2013) #2053 Gravenous Hour (2016) #4166 Triumph of Evilution (2008) [EP]
22	Sevendust 1994, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Groove Metal	Sevendust (1997) #3225 Alpha (2007) Black Out the Sun (2013)
23	Exhorder 1985, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) #3034 The Law (1992) #5462 Mourn the Southern Skies (2019)
24	Diablo 1993, Korea Groove Metal	Legal Defense (1997) [Split] Undefined (2010) #5366 Unheard Answer (2020) [Single]
25	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #3364 Mutations (1994) [EP] #7145 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #8572
26	Grip Inc. 1993, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Nemesis (1997) #2276 Power of Inner Strength (1995) #3109 Solidify (1999) #6485
27	Hellyeah 2006, United States Groove Metal	Band of Brothers (2012) Hellyeah (2007) #3498 Stampede (2010) #4067
28	Deadlock 1997, Germany Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Manifesto (2008) #6137 Wolves (2007) #6721 Bizarro World (2011) #6843
29	Forbidden 1987, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Forbidden Evil (1988) #4961 Twisted Into Form (1990) #5200 Point of No Return (1992) [Compilation]
30	Mudvayne 1996, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	L.D. 50 (2000) #2816 The End of All Things to Come (2002) #6562 Mudvayne (2009)
31	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2441 III (2014) #4160 I (2009) #5126
32	Rob Zombie United States Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal	Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) #3986 The Sinister Urge (2001) #5319 Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (2013)
33	Burn the Priest 1994, United States Groove Metal, Death Metal	Burn the Priest (1999) #6299 Legion: XX (2018) #8229 Burn the Priest (1995) [Demo]
34	Killer Be Killed 2011, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Killer Be Killed (2014) #4696 Reluctant Hero (2020) #7319
35	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]
36	Lazarus A.D. United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Onslaught (2007) #4764 Black Rivers Flow (2011) #7772 Demo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
37	Prong 1986, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Power of the Damager (2007) Carved Into Stone (2012) Ruining Lives (2014)
38	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Shaman (2021) [EP] #6086 Rasen (2016) Nija (2020) #6778
39	Obliveon 1987, Canada Technical Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Nemesis (1993) #2312 From This Day Forward (1990) #3724 Obliveon (1987) [Demo]
40	Overdose Brazil Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Bestial Devastation / Século XX (1985) [Split] Circus of Death (1992) Addicted to Reality (1990)
41	Detroit Metal City Japan Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	魔界遊戯 (Makai Yugi) (2009) #7274 Satsugai (2009) [Single] 魔王 / グロテスク (Maou/Grotesque) (2009) [Single]
42	Hammering 2005, Korea Metalcore, Groove Metal	Libera Me (2021) #3881 Breach of Trust (2015) #5891 Hammering (2013) [Single]
43	Sybreed 2003, Switzerland Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Challenger (2011) [EP] Antares (2007) #5482 The Pulse of Awakening (2009)
44	Pro-Pain 1991, United States Hardcore, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Round 6 (2000) The Final Revolution (2013) Foul Taste of Freedom (1992)
45	Dagoba 1997, France Groove Metal, Industrial Metal	Dagoba (2003) What Hell Is About (2006) Poseidon (2010)
46	Rise of the Northstar 2008, France Metalcore, Beatdown Hardcore, Groove Metal	Sound of Wolves (2012) [Single] Welcame (2014) #5513 The Legacy of Shi (2018)
47	Once Human 2014, United States Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Scar Weaver (2022) The Life I Remember (2015) #6365 Evolution (2017)
48	White Zombie 1985, United States Groove Metal, Industrial Metal, Noise Rock, Alternative Metal	Astro-Creep: 2000 - Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (1995) #7101 La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 (1992) #7269 Make Them Die Slowly (1989)
49	Mercyless 1987, France Death Metal, Groove Metal	Abject Offerings (1992) Coloured Funeral (1993) In Memory of Agrazabeth (2011) [Compilation]
50	Butcher Babies 2010, United States Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Metalcore, Nu Metal, Thrash Metal	Goliath (2013) Butcher Babies (2012) [EP] Uncovered (2014) [EP] #8211

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