The following is a list of bands that either were, are or have been associated with the genre groove metal :
Artists that play groove metal primarily.
Artists that play groove metal as a secondary genre or include elements of groove metal into their sound, or have had groove metal albums in the past.
[...]it's not surprising that the name of the game here is groove metal
'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott and his bands Pantera and Damageplan helped pioneer groove metal and shape the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
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ignored (help)... it would be the redheaded-stepchild trailer-trash stoner-groove metal men of THC)
... machine-like groove of Fear Factory and the more extreme persona he introduced us to with Asesino. When Divine Heresy stomps through this middle ground the results are spectacular ...
Meshuggah, Sweden's leaders of technical groove metal...
The most noticeable and best-fitting growth is in the addition of strong groove metal elements to the band's sound.
The music, too, has a lot of Mudvayne's combination of groove and progressive epic-ness ...
the songs muddled along in their groovy, grown-up-thrash way