Best Groove Metal Bands

77 bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Lamb of God 1999, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Ashes of the Wake (2004) #188 As the Palaces Burn (2003) #297 Killadelphia (2005) [Live] #335
2	Pantera 1981, United States Groove Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal	Vulgar Display of Power (1992) #122 Cowboys from Hell (1990) #220 The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) #377
3	Machine Head 1991, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal	The Blackening (2007) #332 Unto the Locust (2011) #590 Burn My Eyes (1994) #864
4	Sepultura 1984, Brazil Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal, Nu Metal	Beneath the Remains (1989) #26 Arise (1991) #94 Schizophrenia (1987) #213
5	Soulfly 1997, United States Nu Metal, Groove Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal	Totem (2022) #1298 Dark Ages (2005) #3002 Enslaved (2012) #5244
6	Gojira 2001, France Progressive Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Fortitude (2021) #290 From Mars to Sirius (2005) #791 Magma (2016) #814
7	Fear Factory 1990, United States Industrial Metal, Death Metal, Groove Metal	Demanufacture (1995) #1192 Resurrection (1998) [Single] Invisible Wounds (Dark Bodies) (2001) [Single]
8	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) #2820 Hard to See (2009) [Single] War Is the Answer (2009) #5071
9	Slayer 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal	Reign in Blood (1986) #5 Seasons in the Abyss (1990) #51 Hell Awaits (1985) #54
10	Judas Priest 1970, United Kingdom Heavy Metal, Hard Rock	Painkiller (1990) #2 Defenders of the Faith (1984) #16 Screaming for Vengeance (1982) #61
11	Adrenaline Mob 2011, United States Hard Rock, Heavy Metal	Omertá (2012) #1826 Men of Honor (2014) #4397 We the People (2017) #5742
12	The Haunted 1996, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	One Kill Wonder (2003) #1494 rEVOLVEr (2004) #1898 Unseen (2011) #6165
13	Chimaira 1998, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	The Impossibility of Reason (2003) #2884 Chimaira (2005) #3417 The Age of Hell (2011) #5702
14	Cavalera Conspiracy 2007, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Inflikted (2008) #2923 Blunt Force Trauma (2011) #5777 Killing Inside (2011) [Single]
15	DevilDriver 2002, United States Groove Metal, Melodic Death Metal	The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005) #1242 The Last Kind Words (2007) #2922 Beast (2011) #2971
16	Grip Inc. 1993, United States Groove Metal, Thrash Metal	Power of Inner Strength (1995) #3501 Nemesis (1997) #4517 Solidify (1999) #6841
17	Orbit Culture 2013, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Groove Metal	Descent (2023) #1372 Shaman (2021) [EP] #3410 Nija (2020) #6109
18	Fight 1992, United States Heavy Metal, Groove Metal	War of Words (1993) #2960 Mutations (1994) [EP] #6952 A Small Deadly Space (1995) #8869
19	Hellyeah 2006, United States Groove Metal	Band of Brothers (2012) Hellyeah (2007) #3749 Stampede (2010) #4389
20	Rob Zombie United States Industrial Metal, Heavy Metal, Groove Metal, Alternative Metal	The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (2021) Hellbilly Deluxe 2 (2010) Past, Present & Future (2003) [Compilation]
21	Xerath United Kingdom Progressive Metal, Groove Metal	II (2011) #2062 III (2014) #5316 I (2009) #5410
22	Black Label Society 1998, United States Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Southern Rock	Grimmest Hits (2018) Mafia (2005) #1587 The Blessed Hellride (2003) #3229
23	Avatar 2001, Sweden Melodic Death Metal, Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Metalcore	Hunter Gatherer (2020) So Sang the Hollow (2021) [Single] Hail the Apocalypse (2014) #1829
24	Anthrax 1981, United States Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal	Among the Living (1987) #224 Persistence of Time (1990) #786 Spreading the Disease (1985) #966
25	Coroner 1983, Switzerland Technical Thrash Metal, Thrash Metal	Punishment for Decadence (1988) #60 No More Color (1989) #383 Mental Vortex (1991) #507
26	Killer Be Killed 2011, United States Groove Metal, Metalcore	Killer Be Killed (2014) #4398 Reluctant Hero (2020) #8314
27	Diablo 1993, Korea Groove Metal	Legal Defense (1997) [Split] Undefined (2010) #6051 Unheard Answer (2020) [Single]
28	All That Remains 1998, United States Melodic Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal	The Fall of Ideals (2006) #756 Victim of the New Disease (2018) #1437 Behind Silence and Solitude (2002) #5492
29	Lazarus A.D. United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Onslaught (2007) #5009 Black Rivers Flow (2011) #8182 Demo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
30	Crash 1989, Korea Thrash Metal, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Endless Supply of Pain (1994) #501 The Paragon of Animals (2010) #972 Untamed Hands in Imperfect World (2014) [EP] #3161
31	Demon Hunter 2000, United States Metalcore, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal	The World Is a Thorn (2010) True Defiance (2012) #5557 Extremist (2014)
32	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) #6982 La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 (1992) #7230 Make Them Die Slowly (1989)
33	Sybreed 2003, Switzerland Industrial Metal, Groove Metal	Challenger (2011) [EP] Antares (2007) #5768 Slave Design (2004)
34	Hammering 2005, Korea Metalcore, Groove Metal	Libera Me (2021) #4068 Breach of Trust (2015) #6191 Hammering (2013) [Single]
35	Burn the Priest 1994, United States Groove Metal, Death Metal	Burn the Priest (1999) #6793 Legion: XX (2018) #8358 Burn the Priest (1995) [Demo]
36	Metal Allegiance 2014, United States Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Fallen Heroes (2016) [EP] Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty (2018) #7386 Metal Allegiance (2015) #8765
37	Annihilator 1984, Canada Thrash Metal, Technical Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal	Never Neverland (1990) #535 Alice in Hell (1989) #1136 Metal II (2022) #3166
38	Overdose Brazil Power Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	Circus of Death (1992) Addicted to Reality (1990) Bestial Devastation / Século XX (1985) [Split]
39	Helmet 1989, United States Alternative Metal, Post-Hardcore	Aftertaste (1997) Meantime (1992) #6166 Left (2023)
40	Static-X 1994, United States Nu Metal, Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal	Cannibal (2007) Start a War (2005) Shadow Zone (2003) #5598
41	Sevendust 1994, United States Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Groove Metal	Sevendust (1997) #5861 Alpha (2007) Black Out the Sun (2013)
42	Accu§er 1986, Germany Thrash Metal, Groove Metal	The Conviction (1987) #6154 Who Dominates Who? (1989) Double Talk (1991)
43	United 1981, Japan Thrash Metal, Metalcore, Groove Metal	Tear of Illusions (2011) #6627 N.O.I.Q. (1995) Absurdity (2018)
44	Katalepsy 2003, Russia Brutal Death Metal, Technical Death Metal, Groove Metal	Autopsychosis (2013) #3506 Terra Mortuus Est (2020) #4852 Triumph of Evilution (2008) [EP]
45	Butcher Babies 2010, United States Alternative Metal, Groove Metal, Metalcore, Nu Metal, Thrash Metal	Goliath (2013) Butcher Babies (2012) [EP] Take It Like a Man (2015) #8709
46	God Forbid United States Melodic Thrash Metal, Metalcore	Earthsblood (2009) #3249 Gone Forever (2004) IV: Constitution of Treason (2005)
47	Mercyless 1987, France Death Metal, Groove Metal	Abject Offerings (1992) Coloured Funeral (1993) In Memory of Agrazabeth (2011) [Compilation]
48	Damageplan 2003, United States Groove Metal	New Found Power (2004) #8508
49	Light This City 2002, United States Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore	Facing the Thousand (2006) #1961 Terminal Bloom (2018) #5606 Stormchaser (2008) #6287
50	Dagoba 1997, France Groove Metal, Industrial Metal	Dagoba (2003) Poseidon (2010) What Hell Is About (2006)

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