Groove metal
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Groove metal
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| Development phase: | early 1990s |
| Place of origin: | United States |
| Stylistic precursors | |
| Thrash Metal · Hardcore Punk | |
| Pioneers | |
| Exhorder · Pantera · Prong | |
| Instruments typical of the genre | |
| Electric guitar · electric bass · drums | |
| Stylistic successor | |
| Nu Metal · Djent | |
Groove Metal is regarded as a sub-genre of Metal and generally as a rhythm-oriented further development of the Thrash Metal music style under the clear influence of Hardcore Punk . The title Groove Metal is derived from the American pop culture term " Groove ". Parts of Groove Metal are also often referred to as Neo-Thrash or Post-Thrash . The term Groove Metal is more common in the Anglo-American language area, whereas the German music press mostly assigned the bands to Thrash or Neo-Thrash or other overlapping sub-genres.
Music stylistic orientation
Groove metal bands, contrary to the music styles speed metal and thrash metal , which are dominated by speed, tend primarily to mid-tempo riffs , which gain additional rhythmic dominance through the use of syncope . Strongly distorted power chords and palm muting are often incorporated into the guitar playing as further typical forms of playing. A distortion of the bass playing is also common in Groove Metal. The bass mostly supports the rhythm guitar , but can also function as a solo instrument. The vocals meanwhile can correspond to the screaming usual in Thrash Metal as well as the roaring known from Hardcore . The use of clean vocal interludes mostly corresponds to short passages that are used in alternation with the guttural singing. The drums play a special role in Groove Metal . The use of a double bass drum played in intervals is just as common as emphasizing regular rhythm changes or superimposing the drum intervals. In addition, the use of samples , keyboards, and other elements of electronic music is not uncommon and often enhances the sound.
precursor
In addition to the well-known greats of early Thrash Metal such as Metallica and especially the adventurous Anthrax , the music of the hardcore punk scene also had an impact on Groove Metal. Mainly bands like Black Flag , Sick of It All , Agnostic Front and Slapshot , who already experimented with metal elements in the 1980s, influenced the development of groove metal.
history
Groove Metal originated in the heyday of crossover in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The creative low phase of puristic metal and thrash metal favored the opening to other music styles, whereby the intensity of hardcore found its way into thrash. This combination also gave rise to the term Neo-Thrash for some performers of Groove Metal. The core of the new genre of music was formed by Exhorder , who already combined all the important elements on their first demo Get Rude in 1985 and were pioneers especially for Pantera. Nevertheless, her first album Slaughter was released in the Vatican almost at the same time as Pantera's Cowboys from Hell , which has since been seen as the initial spark for the genre. For this album, singer Phil Anselmo also founded the term Groove Metal, which was to accompany the following bands from now on. Almost at the same time, Prong was the first band to arrange a similar sound with the pioneering use of electronic music. Chaos AD , released in 1993 by Sepultura , set further standards through the use of Brazilian rhythms and percussion as well as the extreme hardness that almost spread into Death Metal .
Style-defining publications
- Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican (1990)
- Pantera - Cowboys from Hell (1990)
- Prong - Beg to Differ (1990)
- Sepultura - Chaos AD (1993)
Success and impact
Groove Metal gained mass appeal and popularity at the latest with Pantera's chart placement in 1992 for Vulgar Display of Power . From then on, groove metal bands were able to record chart successes and heavy rotations on MTV . Machine Head's album Burn My Eyes has sold more than 400,000 copies. White Zombie placed their album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 in the American charts at number 26 in 1993 and Sepultura placed their album Roots at 27 in 1996 .
The Groove Metal performers anticipated many of the playful elements of Nu Metal . Especially the increased emphasis on catchy rhythms, the frequently used syncope and the alternation between guttural and clean vocals flowed into the Nu Metal. Groove metal bands like Machine Head , Prong Fear Factory Sepultura and Pantera are seen as an important influencing factor here.
Overlaps and delimitations
Due to the crossover boom of the 1990s and the proximity to Thrash Metal and Hardcore Punk, Groove Metal has wide overlaps with several musical styles. In addition to the obviously large original scenes, there are similarities to the interpreters of the Neue Deutsche Hütze, which was created almost at the same time, and to Nu Metal bands . Furthermore, some electronically dominated representatives of the genre are often assigned to industrial metal . Nevertheless, Groove Metal stands in opposition to these styles as an independent style.
Contrary to Thrash , in Groove Metal the speed is reduced more often and the entire guitar playing is modernized significantly. Compared to the hardcore, a high degree of technically adept game is practiced. In contrast to industrial metal, the use of computer-generated or EBM-typical beats is excluded. Bands of the New German Hardness, on the other hand, were compared early on with performers of groove metal. The proximity of electronically influenced groove metal bands like Fear Factory or White Zombie to early works by various NDH greats like Oomph! or Rammstein clearly. In addition, elements of groove metal can be found in nu metal, and some bands like Soulfly occasionally do justice to both genre names.
Nevertheless, in Groove Metal, spoken vocals and bass playing play a smaller role and the drums play a much larger role. The use of a double bass drum is almost impossible in Nu Metal. And the often screamed or bellowed vocals give way to clean vocals in Nu Metal .
Popular representatives
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The genre on Urban Dictionary
- ↑ a b The History of Metal on Networx ( Memento from February 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Genre description on Metal Observer
- ↑ a b Prong Review on Rolling Stone ( Memento from February 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Pantera Bio on musicmight ( Memento from January 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Black Flag on Pure Volume ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Crossover on Elixic
- ↑ Pantera on Planet 13.com ( Memento from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Pantera on Allmusic
- ↑ Pantera on RoadRunner ( Memento from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Chaos AD on AllMusic
- ↑ Pantera on the Billboard Charts
- ↑ Machine Head Bio on the Gauntlet
- ↑ White Zombie on the Billboard Charts
- ↑ Sepultura on the Billboard Charts
- ↑ Machine Head on Metal Archives
- ↑ Prong Review on FLMetal
- ↑ Interview with Prong
- ^ Homepage of Raymond Herrera ( Memento of October 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Interview with Max Cavalera
- ↑ Alternative to All Music
- ↑ New Life Soundmagazine , issue no. 5/94, page 23, May 1994
- ↑ cf. B. White Zombie - "Thunder Kiss '65" with Rammstein - "You smell so good".
