In 2022, Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown announced they were reuniting with the help of two high-profile metal veterans who ...

Pantera released 'Power Metal' in May 1988.Blue Cheer (1968): Blue Cheer is the only band with a legitimate case for launching heavy metal prior to 1970. This project's devastating assault ...

Pantera wrote most of Power Metal in 1986; the album was released in May/June of 1988 (Wikipedia lists the release date as June 24, 1988, on Pantera's discography page, but May 1988 on the Power ...

With an alarming number of metal bands suddenly shifting direction and approach after grunge’s great uprising in late 1991, Pantera opted instead to stand their ground, and if anything, get heavier.

Power Metal was the last of four Pantera albums in the ‘80s; the last to be self-released; and the last to feature the band leaning heavily on current trends that were necessary to survival on ...

Before the release of 1992’s Vulgar Display Of Power, Pantera were, for all intents and purposes, just another heavy metal band. There’s no denying that the Texan quartet were talented, as ...

The year: 1992. The band: Arlington-formed Pantera, a ferocious metal outfit featuring lead singer Philip Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, drummer Vinnie Paul and his brother, guitarist Dimebag Darrell.

The iconic group — famed for its heavy sound, power grooves and a string of pioneering albums in the ‘90s — canceled its Sept ...

While metal bands typically brag about going harder and heavier with each new release, Pantera actually walked it like they talked it. With every one of their Nineties releases – 1990’s ...