| For other uses, see Pantera (disambiguation).Pantera was an influential American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981.It would not be until nine years after forming that Pantera saw its first piece of commercial success in its major label debut, Cowboys from Hell.From there, Pantera became one of the most celebrated heavy metal bands of the 1990s.Despite the generally cold reception of the band's first four albums, critics have lauded Pantera's style thereafter; Jason Birchmeier of the All Music Guide considers Pantera to be "arguably the greatest metal band of '90s and ...Pantera dissolved in 2003.The core glam era lineup from the early 1980s.At its conception, the members of Pantera were in 11th grade.They began performing Kiss and Van Halen covers as well as original material in the glam metal vein in Texas nightclubs.Rex Brown (originally referred to as Rex Rocker) soon replaced Bradford on bass.Pantera became an underground favorite, though its regional tours in this era never took them past Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.The band began supporting fellow heavy metal acts such as Stryper, Dokken, and Quiet Riot, who in turn promoted Pantera's debut, Metal Magic.The following year, Pantera released its second album, Projects in the Jungle.Though still very much a glam metal album, the band members crafted songs that had less overbearing melodic influences than songs from Metal Magic.Another change was Terry Glaze's surname, which would be "Lee" from then on.In addition, a music video for the album's lead track, "All Over Tonight", was eventually created.Projects in the Jungle was also released on the independent Metal Magic Records label and produced by Jerry Abbott.Metal Magic Records, this time entitled I Am the Night.As with Projects in the Jungle, this album saw Pantera's sound becoming heavier (though still rooted in glam metal), and the heavy metal press took more notice of the band.Because of poor distribution, I Am the Night was a costly album to many fans.Pantera's second music video was produced for the track "Hot and Heavy".These two bands would prove to be an important influence on Pantera's change in musical direction.Terrence Lee's glam approach did not fit the band's new outlook and as such he was released; Pantera's search for a new vocalist had begun.The band went through temporary vocalists such as Matt L'Amour and David Peacock before eventually discovering New Orleans native Philip Anselmo.Glenn Danzig's band of the same name) and Razorwhite.Upon playing with Pantera, Anselmo immediately clicked with the other three members.With the search over, the band members decided to seriously reconsider their glam metal sound and image.More than just the band's image was changing, however.In 1988, Pantera released its first album with Anselmo, entitled Power Metal.By far the band's heaviest album at this point, Power Metal was a mix of 1980s hard rock and thrash metal, sometimes blending both styles in a single song.Shortly after Power Metal was released, guitarist Dimebag Darrell (known then as Diamond Darrell) auditioned for Megadeth's vacant guitar slot.Darrell insisted his brother, bandmate Vinnie Paul, be included, but since Megadeth already had a drummer (former Megadeth roadie Nick Menza), the band backed off and recruited Marty Friedman instead.The Abbott brothers focused their attention back on Pantera, when in 1989, they were given their first shot at commercial success.Atco Records representative Mark Ross saw the band perform after Hurricane Hugo stranded him in Texas.Ross was impressed by the band's performance and called his boss, suggesting that Pantera be signed to the label.Pantera showed a more extreme style on this outing, leaving behind its glam metal influences in favor of an amalgamation of thrash metal and groove metal dubbed "power groove" by the band.The album marked a critical juncture in the band's history.Most fans, as well with the band itself, consider it Pantera's "official" debut.In 1991, Rob Halford performed with the band onstage, which led Pantera to open for Judas Priest on its first show in Europe.While some critics point to the rise of grunge music as the subsequent downfall of glam metal, others cite Pantera, most notably on Vulgar, as being the catalyst that overpowered popular '80s metal."Walk", and "Mouth for War", remain some of the most popular songs in Pantera's catalog.Also in 1992, Pantera again collaborated with Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford and cut the track "Light Comes Out of Black" for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack.Halford took over main vocalist duties on the track, with Anselmo providing backing vocals.In this release, Pantera continued its groove metal approach, while taking an even more extreme direction with its musical style.Pantera hit the road again and toured South America, along with being accepted into another Monsters of Rock billing.Pantera continued to tour the United Kingdom and eventually ended it in the United States where the band was opened for by fellow groove metal band Prong.The rest of the band members first thought that Pantera's fame had gotten to Anselmo, but Anselmo cited back pain from years of intense performances as the reason for his erratic behavior.Anselmo attempted to subdue his pain through alcohol, but this, as he admits, was affecting his performances and "putting some worry into the band."Anselmo refused, and began using heroin as a painkiller.Down was a supergroup consisting of Anselmo on vocals, Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein on guitars, Jimmy Bower on drums, and Todd Strange on bass.Pantera's own Rex Brown would later replace Strange on the group's second release, 2002's Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow, named after a famous line from Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven".Pantera's next album, The Great Southern Trendkill (released on May 22, 1996), came out during grunge rock's dominance and at the onset of rap metal.It is often considered Pantera's "overlooked" album.Phil Anselmo recorded the vocals for this release in Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor's studio in New Orleans while the rest of the band members recorded in Texas, evidence of the continued distancing between Anselmo and the rest of the band.Drug abuse is a popular theme in Trendkill, as exemplified by tracks such as "Suicide Note" and "Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)".Perhaps the most popular song from Trendkill is "Drag the Waters", which advises the listener to take the motives of others with a grain of salt."Drag the Waters" became the album's only music video, and likewise, the only track from the album to appear on the band's compilation album.Anselmo apologized to his bandmates the next night, but this did nothing to stop the increasing doubt within the band."Where You Come From" and "I Can't Hide".Hollow" ("Domination" and "Hollow", respectively) merged two separate songs together for a live performance.Two weeks before the live album's release, Pantera received its first platinum album in Cowboys from Hell.Also in 1997, Pantera played on the mainstage of Ozzfest alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Type O Negative, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Powerman 5000.Around this time, Anselmo ventured into more side projects, such as playing guitars on Necrophagia's 1999 release Holocausto de la Morte, where he went as the alias "Anton Crowley", which combines the names of Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey and famous occultist Aleister Crowley.He also temporarily joined the black metal supergroup Eibon and contributed to that band's 2000 release.Another one of Anselmo's "Anton Crowley" projects was black metal band Viking Crown.Rebel Meets Rebel, around the same time.Stanley Cup Championship run.Throughout the season members of the team befriended members of Pantera.During a Stanley Cup party hosted by drummer Vinnie Paul, the Stanley Cup was damaged when an unidentified player attempted to throw the cup from the roof of Paul's house into his pool.The Cup landed short on the concrete deck and had to eventually be repaired by NHL commissioned silversmiths.Pantera returned to the recording studio with Anselmo in 2000 and cut its last album, Reinventing the Steel, which was released on March 14.X, Methods of Mayhem, Incubus, P.The tour in Europe was cut short, however, due to the September 11, 2001 attacks.This would be the last time the members of Pantera performed together.Back home, the band planned to release its fourth home video in Summer 2002 and record another studio album later that year, but neither came about.Down album, Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow, was also released in 2002.However, according to Anselmo, taking a break from Pantera was a "mutual thing" between each of the band members.The band officially broke up in 2003 when the Abbott brothers concluded that Anselmo had abandoned Pantera and would not return.The Abbott brothers and Pantera crew members claimed that they tried numerous times to contact Anselmo over the phone to reorganize Pantera, but Anselmo maintains that they never called him.This explanation was soon dismissed by Vinnie Paul, who said shortly after the murder of his brother that he had personally listened to the audio files of the interview and that Anselmo had not been misquoted or misrepresented, but said the exact words which appeared in the article.The Great Southern Trendkill went platinum the next month.Before he was shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer, Gale also killed fan Nathan Bray, 23; club employee Erin Halk, 29; and Pantera security official Jeff Thompson, 40.For more on the shooting, see Dimebag Darrell.On May 11, 2006, the VH1 Behind the Music episode on Pantera premiered.While focusing heavily on Dimebag Darrell's murder, the episode also detailed the band's glam metal beginnings, its rise in popularity after the change in musical direction, and the conflicts between Anselmo and the Abbott brothers in the band's later years that would tear them apart.When asked in an interview with Crave Music if there was any chance of him reconciling with Anselmo, Vinnie Paul answered "Absolutely not.The former Pantera drummer has since begun work on Hellyeah, a collaboration between him and members from Mudvayne and Nothingface.Both Anselmo and Brown have reunited with Down, and supported Heaven and Hell and Megadeth on their 2007 Canadian tour.Personality and influences
Pantera has toured with Ozzfest as main stage acts twice; the band played at the second annual Ozzfest in 1997 and the fifth Ozzfest in 2000.Over the course of their career, Pantera's members became known for their excessive partying and debauchery, even acquiring an official drink called the "Black Tooth Grin".Minutes Alone" from the album Far Beyond Driven.Consequently, the band was sued; the man's father took action and called Pantera's manager, saying, "You just give me five minutes alone with that Phil Anselmo guy and I'll show him who's big daddy around here," to which Anselmo responded, "You just give me five minutes alone with that cat's dad and I'll whoop his ass."This is most noticeably highlighted in the themes and title of The Great Southern Trendkill.On Pantera's official Web site, Anselmo puts it in his own words:
We've survived every fucking trend."We'll Grind That Axe For a Long Time" (from Reinventing the Steel) is, according to Anselmo, "in a way, our motto."Aside from their thrash metal influences, the band members cite heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath as one of their favorite bands.As a tribute, Pantera has recorded three different covers of Black Sabbath songs (all from the Ozzy Osbourne era).The band performed Sabbath's "Electric Funeral" on the second Nativity in Black.For the 2003 compilation album, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!Pantera covered Sabbath's "Hole in the Sky".Pantera's affinity for Black Sabbath is also shown through the lyrics, "Your trust is in whiskey and weed and Black Sabbath," in "Goddamn Electric".Appearances in popular culture
Pantera's music has been featured in several different entertainment media.Though the characters commonly react negatively to music videos, they tend to favor Pantera and make positive comments about the band.The song "Walk" was used by professional wrestler Rob Van Dam during his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling.Pantera song was also featured in Hank's Cowboy Movie, a 1999 episode of the FOX animated television series King of the Hill.One of the shopkeepers can also be seen wearing a Pantera shirt.Pantera's music has also been featured in successful video games.Another video game, Guitar Hero, includes the song "Cowboys from Hell" as one of the more difficult playable tracks.Pantera songs that do not appear in the band's studio albums are used in a variety of film soundtracks.In chronological order, Pantera's material has appeared in the following film soundtracks: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Crow, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Strangeland, Detroit Rock City, Heavy Metal 2000, Dracula 2000, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Exhorder
Pantera has come under criticism within the heavy metal world in relation to New Orleans groove metal band Exhorder.Some fans have accused Pantera of stealing from Exhorder the groove metal sound for which it became famous.Pantera was still playing glam metal) that a number of fans believe to be the real birth of the musical style Pantera popularized.The All Music Guide points to several elements of Exhorder's debut that could potentially explain its lack of success in relation to Pantera.In disagreement with the opinion that Exhorder is "Pantera minus the good songs," AMG's review of Slaughter in the Vatican expresses that "perhaps a more accurate billing would be to call them Pantera without the major label backing."However, some fans and critics dispute any notion that Pantera "stole" Exhorder's sound.Brian Davis, a contributor to Internet radio station KNAC, addresses the issue as follows:
Exhorder's main "claim to fame" is the common opinion that they're the band that Pantera stole their sound from.There are minor similarities in guitar style, and on occasion, vocalist Kyle Thomas spits out a line or scream that will bring Pantera to mind, but to go so far as to say that Pantera is an Exhorder clone is ludicrous.Exhorder, Kyle Thomas, has stated that he does not care about any of the criticism and is sick of seeing Exhorder's name tied to Pantera's.He also stated that he and the members of Pantera were great friends who used to tour together, and that he mourns the loss of Dimebag Darrell.OK, we'll say "panther" in Spanish.We might as well be cooking their dinner for them or pushing their little wheelbarrow to the bank for them.The title track from the band's major label debut featuring the "power groove" style.Problems listening to the file?Vulgar Display of Power, which showcased the band's new groove style.Problems listening to the file?The fourth track from the commercially successful Far Beyond Driven that was nominated for a Best Metal Performance Grammy at the 1995 Awards.The prevailing track from 1996's The Great Southern Trendkill.The fifth track from Pantera's last studio album, Reinventing the Steel, that garnered the band its second Best Metal Performance nomination at the 2001 Grammys.Retrieved on January 3, 2008.Retrieved on July 14, 2006.Retrieved on July 14, 2006."The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!"Retrieved on October 24, 2006.Shanafelt, Steve (09 July 2003).Retrieved on June 25, 2007.Retrieved on November 3, 2007."Pantera Members Rip It Up With Rebellious Side Projects", MTV, Dec.Phil Anselmo speaks on the future of Pantera on May 27, 2003.Retrieved on October 17, 2005.Dimebag Darrell, Four Others Killed In Ohio Concert Shooting.On Behalf of Darrell Lance Abbott, Pt.Retrieved on October 17, 2005.Retrieved on August 10, 2006.Retrieved on October 21, 2005.Retrieved on October 21, 2005.Interview with Kyle Thomas.Megadeth Trash Pantera, Dave Matthews Band Busts Out, Mariah Skates: This Week In 1994.Compilations
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