Groove Metal Albums - Page 2

The Blackening joins massive riffs, complex structures, and Robb Flynn’s urgent voice into a unified flow.

The fourth album, released by Roadrunner Records: thirteen songs including "Destroy Everything".

Sacrament combines Lamb of God’s precise guitar chug, twisted rhythms, and Randy Blythe’s raw voice.

Fear Factory's sixth studio album, from August 2005 and the last with Raymond Herrera and Christian Olde Wolbers.

Fear Factory's fifth studio album, from 2004. It was made without Dino Cazares and reached number thirty on the American Billboard 200, their best placing at the time.

Ashes of the Wake packs low, rolling riffs, sharply shifting rhythm and raw roars into overwhelming density.

The third album, twelve songs including "Live for This" — the record that carried the band's name furthest.

As the Palaces Burn builds high-pressure metal from low-chugging riffs, sharply changing rhythm and raw roars.

Through the Ashes of Empires restores Machine Head’s low, rolling riffs, urgent vocals and muscular rhythm.

The second album and the first through major distribution: sixteen tracks including "I Will Be Heard".

Fear Factory's fourth studio album, from April 2001, and the record that closes the trilogy begun with Demanufacture.

Supercharger channels Machine Head’s low-slung groove through more contemporary rhythms and dense impact.

New American Gospel by LAMB OF GOD: track list, Spotify player and English liner notes on METAL BOOST.

Reinventing the Steel distills Pantera’s groove-metal force into a final, hard-hitting studio statement.

Burn the Priest is a useful way to hear LAMB OF GOD from a different angle within the 1999 catalogue.

The Burning Red retains Machine Head’s heavy riff foundation while bringing in bouncier rhythm, more dynamic vocals and modern production.

Fear Factory's third album, issued by Roadrunner in 1998. It is a concept record built on "Conception 5", a story written by Burton C. Bell.

The debut album on Victory Records: fourteen songs in about thirty minutes, and a landmark of Connecticut and New York hardcore.

The More Things Change... intensifies Machine Head’s heavy riffs, rough shouts and twisted groove.

The Great Southern Trendkill sharpens Pantera’s destructive groove and forces noise, speed and crushing weight into a single sound world.

Fear Factory's second album, issued by Roadrunner in 1995. It is built on machine-like repetition and on a voice that moves between roaring and clean singing.

Meshuggah's second album, issued by Nuclear Blast in 1995. Its odd metres and stuttering riffs opened the way to mathcore and djent.

Burn My Eyes finds MACHINE HEAD in a phase that channels street-level anger, low-cut riffing and hard groove into a debut that announced a new kind of 1990s metal weight.

Far Beyond Driven, PANTERA's seventh album, pushes the weight and edge of its groove metal to the limit, turning aggression into physical force.

Entombed's third album, issued by Earache in 1993. It puts the drive of hard rock into death metal and creates what came to be called death 'n' roll.

Fear Factory's debut, issued by Roadrunner in August 1992 and produced by Colin Richardson. Seventeen songs.

Vulgar Display of Power turns low, rolling groove into weight rather than depending only on speed.

White Zombie's third album, issued by Geffen in 1992. It leaves the band's punk and noise-rock roots for groove-driven metal, and it is their first record to sell in America.

Entombed's debut, recorded in under a week at Sunlight Studio in Stockholm in late 1989 and issued by Earache in the United Kingdom in 1990.

Cowboys from Hell finds PANTERA in a phase that pursues pressure that reaches the body through heavy riffs and clinging rhythm rather than speed.

Power Metal is a useful way to hear PANTERA from a different angle within the 1988 catalogue.

I Am the Night is a useful way to hear PANTERA from a different angle within the 1985 catalogue.

Projects in the Jungle is a useful way to hear PANTERA from a different angle within the 1984 catalogue.

Metal Magic is a useful way to hear PANTERA from a different angle within the 1983 catalogue.