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The preeminent metal band of the early to mid-'90s, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the '80smetalscene,almostsingle-handedlydemolishing
any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anythingbutpassé.Loathe toadmit it, the Texasband had infact been one of those '80s
metal bands, releasing fairly unsuccessful(andlaterdisowned)glam-inspired music throughoutmuch of the decade.The about-face came with the addition
ofvocalistPhilAnselmo, and thekey turning point was the band's major-labeldebut, Cowboys from Hell(1990).Pantera'smainstreambreakthrough came
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The preeminent metal band of the early to mid-'90s, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the '80smetalscene,almostsingle-handedlydemolishing
any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anythingbutpassé.Loathe toadmit it, the Texasband had infact been one of those '80s
metal bands, releasing fairly unsuccessful(andlaterdisowned)glam-inspired music throughoutmuch of the decade.The about-face came with the addition
ofvocalistPhilAnselmo, and thekey turning point was the band's major-labeldebut, Cowboys from Hell(1990).Pantera'smainstreambreakthrough came
nextwith Vulgar Display of Power (1992), their second major-label album, whichthrust thebandto theforefront of the metalscene, alongside such veteran
bands as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, andAnthrax,as well asfellow up-and-comers Sepulturaand White Zombie. By the time Pantera unleashed Far
Beyond Driven (1994), aftertwolongyears oftouring, they werethemost popular metal band in the land: the new album debuted atop the Billboard Top
200asitsleadsingle, "I'm Broken," wasgettingmassive airplay.
At the height of their popularity and influence, Pantera began to self-destruct. Less than two months after thereleaseofTheGreatSouthernTrendkill (1996)
-- an album ridden with allusions to drug abuse and personal destruction --Anselmooverdosedon heroin afterahomecoming concert in Texas, and as
tensions rose between him and hisfellowbandmembers, hebeganengaging with a growing list ofsideprojects that kept him away from Pantera. A live
album,OfficialLive: 101 Proof(1997),was compiled for release when it becameevidentthat no new studio album was forthcoming anytimesoon. One
finalstudioalbum did result, Reinventing the Steel (2000), but that wasmoreor less it for the brieflyreunitedPantera. Thebandmembersonce again went
their sperate ways, forming such bands as Damageplan,Down,andSuperjointRitual.
The end of Pantera then became official on December 8, 2004, when guitarist Dimebag Darrell was murdered on-stagebyaderanged fan.Thismuch-
publicized murder shone the spotlight back on Pantera for an extended moment, and amidalloftheemotional outpouring andtributes, aconsensus arose: in
retrospect, there was no greater metal band during theearlytomid-'90s than Pantera, who inspired a legionof rabid fansand whose oft-termed "groove
metal" style buckedallprevailingtrendsof the day -- from hair metal and grunge to nu-metaland rap-metal --and remains singular to this day,asdefined
bythevocals of Anselmo as it is by the guitar of Dimebag. « hide |
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