IoMP 122: Whatever Happened to Groove Metal?

Groove metal once ruled the pits, the charts, and your CD binder—and then vanished like your favorite MySpace band.In this episode, Collin & Tom dive headfirst into groove metal: where it came from, why it dominated the late ’90s and early 2000s, and how it somehow died… without ever really dying.From Pantera redefining heavy music forever, to the rise of bands like Lamb of God, to groove being slowly absorbed into metalcore, nu metal, and everything else with a breakdown—this episode asks the big questions. Was groove metal ever truly a genre? Or was it just the rhythm that metal couldn’t live without?Check out more from Collin!https://indi1015.ca/shows/thrashers-paradise/https://www.youtube.com/@thrashersparadise4132https://www.instagram.com/thrashers_paradise/https://www.facebook.com/Thrashers.Paradise.666/Check out more from Tom!https://themetalrobot.com/https://www.youtube.com/@MetalRobotReviewshttps://www.facebook.com/theMetalRobothttps://x.com/theMetalRobothttps://www.instagram.com/the.metalrobot/MUSIC:Jacob Lizotte “Face To Face”Pantera “Cowboys from Hell”Lamb of God “Into Oblivion”Static-X “Push It”Amon Amarth “The Pursuit of Vikings”-----------------------------DISCLAIMER: Copyright Exceptions under the Copyright Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42), allowance is made for "fair dealing" for the purposes of criticism or review.