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Phil Anselmo Image credit: Getty 8 By Demons Be Driven Cynics may like to portray Pantera as meathead metalheads perpetuating a code of nuance-free brute force, but the rhythmic tricks and melodic devices they were pulling out of their whisky-sodden bag on VDOP marked them out as much, much more than that. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer. Oh come on, it has to be this, surely? Album) Hostile only lasts for seconds, but it tells you everything about Pantera within that breathless onslaught.Įssentially a thrash metal song, albeit one pumped up on sonic A New Level - Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power (Cassette and delivered with venomous zeal A New Level - Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power (Cassette a young band that gave no fucks whatsoever, it is one of the greatest moshpit anthems of all time, a goosebump-inducing statement of prowess and intent and an eruption of righteous fury that still makes most other metal songs sound a bit half-hearted. Mouth For War sealed the deal within a few seconds of its opening riff.
After the genre-mangling brilliance of Cowboys From Hell made them a very big deal, Pantera needed to deliver a follow-up album that cemented their reputation as the metal band of the 90s. What makes Hollow particularly special is the way it morphs from grandiose melancholy to its final, furious, A New Level - Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power (Cassette, bone-powdering conclusion, wherein Dimebag, Vinnie and Rex whip up a storm of razor-sharp riffs that brought VDOP to a stunning, unforgettable end. A New Level is that rare beast: a heartfelt manifesto that lives up to the imperious menace of its lyrical hook.
More importantly, that final riff is ridiculously fucking heavy. Cynics may like to portray Pantera as meathead metalheads perpetuating a code of nuance-free brute force, but the rhythmic tricks and melodic devices they were pulling out of their whisky-sodden bag on VDOP marked them out as much, much more than that.īy Demons Be Driven is a master class in extreme focus and precision, as its lumbering groove and squalling, bug-eyed chorus conspire to lure Satan up from the fiery depths. One of the more subtly melodic tracks on VDOPit only appears so far down this list because of the staggeringly high standards exhibited elsewhere. Twenty-four years after its release, Vulgar Display Of Power is still startling, if only for the sheer number of colossal riffs that Pantera had at their disposal in Regular People crams in more sublime six-string neck-wreckers than most - at least three before Anselmo starts singing, in fact - but also falls some way short of the insane levels of catchiness on offer elsewhere on the album.