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Originally Posted by Metal Connoisseur
To counter the comment made on Pantera directly contributing to the rise of nu-metal, I wouldn't say they had as much influence as say Korn, who basically invented the genre at the same time Pantera became successful. Also, from the groove metal camp, I'd say Machine Head was way more influential when it came to nu-metal and even made some nu metal records towards the late 90's. Glad to see they returned to form with The Blackening though.
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Pantera were successful long before Korn even arrived on the scene. I`d agree Pantera as such were not that influential on new metal, but groove metal as a whole was. Groove metal was kind of the creative link between thrash and NU-metal and the early Soulfly albums despite coming out after the Korn debut, demonstrated this link soundwise. Before that there is enough on the Sepultura albums "Chaos A.D" and "Roots" to suggest a heavy influence as well. I`d still say what Pantera are to groove, Korn are to Nu-metal.
Machine Head were not really that influential on Nu-metal, they just basically decided to record two Nu-Metal albums in "The Burning Red" and "Supercharger" largely because Nu-Metal was in and groove metal was out. I`d say White Zombie were far more influential as far as groove metal bands went, largely due to their funk metal influences and sampling.