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Re: lamb of god I love the entire Groove metal thing. From Pantera to LoG. Both of the bands being in my top 5 list. And i mean, Lamb Of God is a fusion between several genres. Including Groove Metal, Trad heavy metal, Hard Rock, Death Metal, And some of the core things. But imo, They've made their own genre.. :P

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I mean the chugga chugga groove. We can thank Pantera for that whole mess. :P Nah, if you like it, more power to you. :)
I hope that didn't come off as an attack because that's not what I meant. I was thinking out loud, lol. I'm not sure when people started using that phrase but its rapidly taken over the original term. Perhaps it was more of a colloquialism to my area than I had realized. Pantera, Biohazard and several others...oi ;)
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Re: lamb of god No, no. I didn't interpret it that way at all. You're fine. Man, where is the thumbs up icon when I need it? :ugeek: @Apoca: There are some bands that have done the groove metal thing "right" (or at least that I like). What's "right" is subjective anyway. :P You may want to check out Overkill's Killbox 13 because it is absolutely fantastic. I think you will like it. I'm glad the 'kill has recent returned to thrash metal, however.

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Lamb of God is amazing' date=' In my eyes, they're extremely Pantera Influenced, and that's probably the reason for my Love to them.[/quote'] I agree with you on that one! But I also love them because of Chris Adler.. Without him Lamb of God would not have made it this far.
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Re: Lamb of God ever since I first heard Lamb Of God I've thought of them as nothing more then a second-rate Pantera rip off, that opinion hasn't changed in six years (I've been into metal for eight) and I highly doubt it ever will, and the reason their drummer practices so much is because he needs it. honestly I don't get why Lamb Of God is so popular and I probably never will

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