Pantera was a metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981. Specifically, some fans consider them power metal, groove metal, or an amalgamation of both (so called "power groove", a term the band devised themselves). Emerging alongside influential classic thrash metal acts such as Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax, Pantera was a key formulator of the post-thrash subgenre of heavy metal music. At the start of the career the style of Pantera's image and sound was heavily influenced by bands like KISS & Van Halen. At certain stages, Pantera drew more on the popular LA glam scene. The extent to how far Pantera took the glam image is one of many disputes among fans of heavy metal and those who discredit the band's popularity to the 90s; however most of the material on the albums themselves were a contrast to typical glam metal formula. They released three albums during this stage before acquiring Razor White vocalist, Philip Anselmo from New Orleans. As soon as Anselmo joined the band the group took a noticable change in style and image with their Power Metal. The album shifted away from
1 | Cemetery Gates | Cowboys From Hell |
2 | Sandblasted skin | Official live: 101 proof |
3 | Medicine Man | Cowboys From Hell |
4 | Uplift | Reinventing The Steel |
5 | Heresy | Cowboys From Hell |
6 | New level | Official live: 101 proof |
7 | Throes Of Rejection | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
8 | You've Gotta Belong To It | Reinventing The Steel |
9 | Becoming | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
10 | No Good (Attack The Radical) | Vulgar Display Of Power |
11 | Use My Third Arm | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
12 | I'm Broken | The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern |
13 | Cemetery gates | Official live: 101 proof |
14 | Hellbound | Reinventing The Steel |
15 | It Makes Them Disappear | Reinventing The Steel |
16 | The Art Of Shredding | Cowboys From Hell |
17 | Walk | Official live: 101 proof |
18 | Pyscho Holiday | Cowboys From Hell |
19 | This Love (Live From Donnington '94) | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
20 | Revolution Is My Name | Reinventing The Steel |