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 | Message In Blood | Cowboys From Hell |
2 | Use My Third Arm (Live From Donnington '94) | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
3 | Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
4 | This Love (Live From Donnington '94) | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
5 | This Love | Vulgar Display Of Power |
6 | Fucking Hostile (Live From Donnington '94) | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
7 | Primal Concrete Sledge | Cowboys From Hell |
8 | Floods | The Great Southern Trendkill |
9 | Live In A Hole | Vulgar Display Of Power |
10 | Hellbound | Reinventing The Steel |
11 | I'm Broken | The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern |
12 | Becoming | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
13 | By Demons Be Driven | Vulgar Display Of Power |
14 | Pyscho Holiday | Cowboys From Hell |
15 | Use My Third Arm | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
16 | Avoid The Light | Dracula 2000 |
17 | Strenght beyond strenght | Official live: 101 proof |
18 | Walk | Vulgar Display Of Power |
19 | Cowboys From Hell (Live From Donnington '94) | Far Beyond Driven 20th Anniversary Edition |
20 | Drag The Waters | The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern |