• Pantera
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Gets a motherfucking <3 icon cause I fucking love Pantera. [B]Bio and shit[/B] Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Ennis, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul (drums) and Dimebag Darrell (guitar). The band originally consisted of Donnie Hart on vocals, Dimebag Darrell (known during the 80's as Diamond Darrell), Tommy Bradford on bass, and Vinnie Paul on drums. In 1982, Hart left the band and Glaze became the group's vocalist, leaving Darrell as the sole guitarist. Later that year Bradford also departed and was replaced by Rex Brown (then known as Rexx Rocker). Pantera became an underground favorite. The band began supporting fellow heavy metal acts such as Stryper, Dokken, and Quiet Riot, who in turn promoted Pantera's debut, Metal Magic. Metal Magic was released on the band's record label with the same name in 1983 and produced by the Abbott brothers' father, Jerry Abbott, at Pantego Studios. The following year, Pantera released its second album, Projects in the Jungle. Though still 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 name, as he was henceforth credited as "Terrence Lee." Projects in the Jungle was also released on the independent Metal Magic Records label and produced by Jerry Abbott. In 1985, Pantera again released an album with Metal Magic Records, entitled I Am the Night. This album saw Pantera's sound becoming heavier (though still glam metal), and the heavy metal press took more notice of the band. After Terrence Lee departed in the band in 1987, the band went through temporary vocalists Rick Mythiasin and Matt L&#8217;Amour before eventually discovering New Orleans native, Phil Anselmo. 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. Complementing the band's new sonic approach was Anselmo's harder-edged vocals compared to those of Terrence Lee. After the release of Power Metal, the band members decided to seriously reconsider their glam metal sound and image. Referring to the band's spandex appearance, Vinnie Paul remarked at a band meeting that "These magic clothes don't play music; We do. Let's just go out there and be comfortable&#8212;jeans, t-shirt, whatever&#8212;and see where it goes." Shortly after Power Metal was released, "Diamond Darrell," as he was then known, auditioned for Megadeth's vacant guitarist slot, and was invited to join the band. Darrell insisted his brother, bandmate Vinnie Paul, be included, but because Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine had already hired a drummer, Nick Menza, Darrell declined and Mustaine instead decided on Marty Friedman. Released on July 24, 1990, and produced by Terry Date and Pantera, Cowboys from Hell was another leap into heavier territory. 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. Pantera's unique "groove" style came to fruition in its breakthrough album Vulgar Display of Power, released on February 25, 1992. On this album, the power metal vocals were replaced with a hardcore-influenced shouted delivery and heavier guitar sound. The extent to which Vulgar Display of Power grew in popularity can be assessed by the instant success of its follow-up, Far Beyond Driven (released on March 22, 1994), which debuted at #1 in both U.S. and Australian album charts. The album's first single, "I'm Broken", earned the band's first Grammy nomination for "Best Metal Performance" in 1995. Driven saw Pantera continue its groove metal approach, while taking an even more extreme direction with its musical style. The album's original artwork (a drill bit impaling an anus) was banned, so it was re-released with the now familiar skull impaled with a drill bit. A limited edition was released with a slip-cover case. Pantera's next album, The Great Southern Trendkill (released 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. Drug abuse is a popular theme in Trendkill, as exemplified by tracks such as "Suicide Note Pt. I", "Suicide Note Pt. II" and "Living Through Me (Hell's Wrath)." Another Trendkill single, "Floods", achieved acclaim largely because of Darrell's complex guitar solo in the song, which ranked #15 on Guitar World magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" of all-time. On July 13, 1996, Anselmo overdosed on heroin an hour after a Texas homecoming gig. After his heart stopped beating for almost five minutes, paramedics gave Anselmo a shot of adrenaline and sent him to the hospital. After waking up in the hospital, the nurse working in his room said "Welcome back to life, oh and you have overdosed on heroin." Pantera returned to the recording studio with Anselmo in 1999 and cut its last album, Reinventing the Steel, which was released on March 21, 2000. Steel debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 and included "Revolution Is My Name" and "Goddamn Electric", the latter of which featured a Kerry King outro solo recorded (backstage in one take) during Ozzfest in Dallas. "Revolution Is My Name" became the band's fourth nomination for Best Metal Performance in the 2001 Grammys. Though this next little bit is technically not Pantera, I believe it very much deserves a place within this thread, considering that the Abbotts were the sould of Pantera. After Pantera's breakup, Darrell and Vinnie formed a new band, Damageplan, with vocalist Pat Lachman and bassist Bob Zilla. The group released their first album, New Found Power, in February of 2004. The album was a commercial success; over 44,000 copies were sold in its first week alone and within a year over 100,000 copies were sold. However, some fans felt that Damageplan's material did not measure up to that of Pantera.[4] Tragedy struck while the band was performing in support of the album at a December 8, 2004 show at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio when, less than a minute into the first song of their set, mentally unstable former Marine, Nathan Gale, 25, who was arguing with a tattoo dealer earlier that day, went onstage and shot and killed Darrell, 38. Gale also killed fan Nathan Bray, 23, club employee Erin Halk, 29, and Pantera security official Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson, 40, and injured longtime Pantera and Damageplan drum technician John "Kat" Brooks and Damageplan tour manager Chris Paluska, before being shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer. [B]Members at breakup[/B] [img]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/15270327/Pantera+pan.jpg[/img] Left to right: Rex Brown, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, Phil Anselmo (cunt), Vinnie Paul Abbott [B]Albums[/B] Metal Magic (1983) [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/PanteraMetalMagic.jpg[/img] Projects In The Jungle (1984) [img]http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz90/maxni81/junglekm4.jpg?1285532560[/img] I Am The Night (1985) [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S2Cjw1XN1Fs/Sh0nerz-yoI/AAAAAAAAAxY/mxRHrueDnIE/s400/Pantera-I_Am_The_Night-Frontal.jpg[/img] Power Metal (1988) [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/PanteraPowerMetal.jpg[/img] Cowboys From Hell (1990) [img]http://www.wakeboarder.com/products/data/107/1239PanteraCfH.jpg[/img] Vulgar Display Of Power (1992) [img]http://thedaysoflore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vulgar-display-of-power.jpg[/img] Far Beyond Driven (1994) Original: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Farbeyonddrivenoriginal.PNG[/img] Reissue: [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5rG0WfKF5nE/SHyw0BSV5vI/AAAAAAAABOc/E7Qqj7iGgcU/s400/Pantera-Far_Beyond_Driven-Frontal.jpg[/img] The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S2Cjw1XN1Fs/Sh0wA5w2QnI/AAAAAAAAAyA/0ym5JHY99Lk/s400/Pantera_-_The_Great_Southern_Frendkill_-_front.jpg[/img] Reinventing The Steel (2000) [img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8mxZ4LY7-qQ/R7MF8fjGVoI/AAAAAAAAAcw/xziy5DtTnTE/s400/post-237668-1146461287.jpg[/img] This thread is my (probably sub-par) tribute to the late, great legend, Dimebag Darrell Abbott. [img]http://hookinmouth.net/index/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/dimetribute.jpg[/img] R.I.P you magnificent motherfucker. [B]THIS MUSIC IS THE BEST MUSIC EVER[/B] PST '88 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGkn03bGXo[/media] Heavy Metal Rules [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETQgFzKAa4[/media] Power Metal [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wiHqEgq8o[/media] Hot And Heavy [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwfhQth4QNg[/media] Onward We Rock [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mz_z48G0cc[/media] [B]COWBOYS FROM HELL[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ykFTkwX0E[/media] WALK [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agX6AiuYmWE[/media] Floods (best solos ever heard by man) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-v6vG2Xhs[/media] Suicide Note Parts 1 & 2 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgyhG6vpf5s[/media] 5 Minutes Alone [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7njvwB-Ks&ob=av2e[/media] Use My 3rd Arm [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSmZqShv3t4[/media] Yesterday Don't Mean Shit [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIhgMIlFuGU[/media] Death Rattle [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awe7JKJVenY[/media] Fucking Hostile [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6gq0dy2d8s[/media] Cemetery Gates [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX_pSFXuoL0[/media]
Awesome band. Thats all I can say. Awesome.
[highlight]NO MUSIC!?![/highlight] I must fix this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wxAMi3DV60[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvw-97UV2ZA[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-N0j3tsMFM[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWawTc1HRr8[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=477u0EEfjeI[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPVviCA1v8E[/media] :rock:
Why (Cunt) next to Phil? Don't tell me you're one of those that thinks he got Dime killed.
[QUOTE=User-Maat-Re;23092161]Why (Cunt) next to Phil? Don't tell me you're one of those that thinks he got Dime killed.[/QUOTE] First there's a lack of music, and then this? dcalde, you've got some explaining to do... :colbert:
[QUOTE=Kyle v2;23092219]First there's a lack of music, and then this? dcalde, you've got some explaining to do...[/QUOTE] :colbert:
[QUOTE=User-Maat-Re;23092161]Why (Cunt) next to Phil? Don't tell me you're one of those that thinks he got Dime killed.[/QUOTE] Yes, I am one of those people. If Anselmo hadn't been such a coward about taking time off from music to get proper treatment for his back from a doctor, rather than taking heroin, there would have been no substance abuse to cause a rift to form between the members of the band, leading to a breakup. If they hadn't broken up, but taken time off and reformed later on down the line, then the venues would have been bigger, and would have been much more difficult for Gale to reach the stage to kill Dime. Then again, he may still have killed Dime, just in a different way. We just don't know because of what happened on December 8 2004. And also that Metal Hammer article where he said he could kill Dime or whatever it was, I don't remember the exact words. [QUOTE=Kyle v2;23092219]First there's a lack of music, and then this? dcalde, you've got some explaining to do... :colbert:[/QUOTE] The no music thing was so that you folks could choose what went in the thread rather than me providing a set list :v:
Pantera is my favorite band EVER. They have this amazing groove that I''ve never seen before them. Also Dimebag is my guitar idol [editline]12:45PM[/editline] And I know Phil is a huge asshole, but he has the most amazing voice ever Even better than Dio, in my opinion
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDACorIaxNw[/url] (Embed is disabled) :rock: Also: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_6ChXTP9TA[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43aj3ag3H1c[/media]
[QUOTE=dcalde78;23089543]Pantera's unique "groove" style came to fruition in its breakthrough album Vulgar Display of Power, released on February 25, 1992. On this album, the power metal vocals were replaced with a [b]Kyle Thomas-influenced[/b] shouted delivery and heavier guitar sound.[/QUOTE] Fixed, and also the songs I posted should be in the OP. [editline]08:15PM[/editline] Oh, I almost forget: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETQgFzKAa4[/media] :rock:
How the FUCK did this die? I updated the op with songs and fixed album art for Projects In The Jungle and I Am The Night.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;23099689]Yes, I am one of those people. If Anselmo hadn't been such a coward about taking time off from music to get proper treatment for his back from a doctor, rather than taking heroin, there would have been no substance abuse to cause a rift to form between the members of the band, leading to a breakup. If they hadn't broken up, but taken time off and reformed later on down the line, then the venues would have been bigger, and would have been much more difficult for Gale to reach the stage to kill Dime. Then again, he may still have killed Dime, just in a different way. We just don't know because of what happened on December 8 2004. And also that Metal Hammer article where he said he could kill Dime or whatever it was, I don't remember the exact words. [/QUOTE] You know in a metal hammer interview anselmo said that as soon as he heard about it he felt like his world shattered around him, and that he spent 3 days holed up alone in a hotel room bawling his eyes out because Rita and Vinnie wouldn't let him go to Dimes funeral to pay his respects. And seriously you're using total assumptions to attack anselmo. Dime was gonna get shot either way if gale wanted to, and he did. Anyway, pantera are fucking awesome and A Vulgar Display of Power is easily one of my all time favourite albums.
My opinion is my opinion, I feel it was largely his fault, whereas others do not. Agree to disagree? :buddy:
Yeah sure but you're still being a pillock placing blame on someone for a hypothetical series of events that may or may not have ever happened dude, in my opinion. Just saying.
If we're blaming people for hypothetical situations, for all you know if he was cured, they could have [I]all [/I]died on their reunion tour or something.
Eh I dunno. It sounds like too big a chain of events to blame him on really. No one could have actually seen it coming man. Come on. That is just plain cruel to blame him for Dime's death. Any other chain of events could have occured, it's no one's fault other than the shooter's.
I honestly thought Panteras first album was Cowboys. I never got into them because I really don't like groove metal. If they have an old school thrash sound, I may give them another try.
[QUOTE=NuclearAnnhilation;25073778]I honestly thought Panteras first album was Cowboys. I never got into them because I really don't like groove metal. If they have an old school thrash sound, I may give them another try.[/QUOTE] Give Power Metal a listen, it's more thrash than their later and earlier work. The first 2 are more heavy metal, so they're still good. Old school, glam Pantera is fucking awesome and more people should really listen to it.
Mikey's pretty much got what I'm saying, it's just such a ludicrous way of pinning the blame on someone you don't like. And Nuclear they used to be a glam band before anselmo joined em, and dime bag had a massive afro akin to sideshow bob :v: [img]http://www.deanguitars.com/dime/young_dime/images/83DiamondDarrell-3bgo_jpg.jpg[/img]
Dime is one of the reasons I am getting my wings. [editline]10:22PM[/editline] Dime, and the fact Dean guitars just look so bitchin
Dean are a joke, they won't stop whoring out Dimebags name and the only good guitar they have in my opinion is the slimebee razorback and the archtop ML.
I have a Dean and my last name is Dean :( I love my Dave Mustaine V
[QUOTE=bravehat;25074111]Dean are a joke, they won't stop whoring out Dimebags name and the only good guitar they have in my opinion is the slimebee razorback and the archtop ML.[/QUOTE] I agree. They should have made limited runs of the designs that Dime, and only Dime made, then quit making them. I mean look what fags are playing Razorbacks, just cause they can. Trivium and shit.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-EzkUXJga8[/media]
Their songs are great for getting pumped up They just make me wanna go out and kick someones ass!
The only song I like by them is walk, and I like the vocalist's style
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcskzJm6BfA[/media]
I got a DIME head. [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tNu78SMKH6I/TExHdyyZMSI/AAAAAAAADps/mCOyX9V-V3M/s1600/dime+d100H+amp+head.jpg[/img] [editline]10:36PM[/editline] also walk sucks
[QUOTE=Vedicardi;25081113]I got a DIME head. [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tNu78SMKH6I/TExHdyyZMSI/AAAAAAAADps/mCOyX9V-V3M/s1600/dime+d100H+amp+head.jpg[/img] [editline]10:36PM[/editline] also walk sucks[/QUOTE] How does it sounds
[QUOTE=phobia-_-;25080571]The only song I like by them is walk, and I like the vocalist's style[/QUOTE]
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