Comparatively to ‘Vulgar’ the production also has a lot more grit and more of an atmosphere behind it which matches up with the lyrical content which covers subjects such as their personal influences, growing up, partying, making their mark throughout the metal scene and how they always stayed true to their roots. When I first heard this album, I wasn’t quite sure what to think of it, when you put it next to ‘Vulgar’ it’s a vastly different album though it’s still full of the same trademarks and power groove that Pantera are famous for. Personal Favourite Tracks: Mouth For War, A New Level, Rise. A highly essential listen and great starting point for anyone just getting into them. Though within all the crushing grooves there’s also variety within a couple of ballad esque tracks that made their way onto the album in the form of ‘This Love’ and ‘Hollow’ showing that whilst this band excels at huge riffs, grooves and aggression that they’re also a pretty diverse bunch of musicians who know more than one way to write a big tune.įor anyone who’s not heard Pantera before this is the definitive starting point and the best overall display of what Pantera are about. As it goes on the level of intensity remains throughout with the same intensity and ever present eminence of their self coined ‘Power Groove’ sound along with a sound of an intent to send a message and make a mark on the metal scene which they most certainly did. It is brimming with metal anthems such as ‘Walk,’ ‘A New Level,’ ‘F*cking Hostile,’ ‘This Love’ and that’s only the start of the album. Whilst definitely not the heaviest record of all time it’s definitely one of the definitive metal albums of all time. They felt that it was a disappointment as it was a slight departure from their thrashier style of the 80’s and saw it as a gap they could fill, they wanted to make the heaviest record of all time. The motivation from this album came from the release of Metallica’s ‘Black Album’ in ‘91. The production on the entire record is big and extremely polished and sounds absolutely huge and very clear. So, with that being said let’s get stuck in! Essential Albums Vulgar Display Of Power (1992)įrom the moment ‘Mouth For War’ kicked in when I first listened to it all those years ago I was in no doubt that this was going to be a classic album. Pantera were previously a hair metal band in the 80’s but as most of those albums are not widely distributed or sold I’m going to leave them out of this Dissection as I feel they’re irrelevant to the Pantera of the 90’s. ![]() Their popularity still lives on though and they’re greatly remembered and if you claim to be into metal and haven’t given them a listen then it’s something you should probably rectify very quickly. One that also halted any plans that Pantera could be reunited one day and from personal frustration means I will never get to see them live along with many others. Without doubt the biggest and most influential metal band of the 90’s that met a sad end after their initial break up by the death of ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott, a truly great loss.
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