Vulgar Display of Power [PA]

Performer: Pantera
Engineer: Aaron "Ajax" Maclarin; Terry Date; Vinnie Paul
Producer: Pantera; Terry Date; Vinnie Paul
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Pantera: Philip Anselmo (vocals); Diamond Darrell (guitar); Rex (bass); Vinnie Paul (drums). Recorded at Pantego Sound Studio, Pantego, Texas. Personnel: Phil Anselmo (vocals); Grady Champion, Diamond Darrell (guitar); Vinnie Paul (drums). Audio Mixers: Terry Date; Vinnie Paul. Recording information: Pantego Sound Studio, Pantego, TX. Photographer: Brad Guice. Arranger: Pantera. With a rougher image and a more focused, aggressive sound than in their hairspray and spandex days on an independent label, Texas natives Pantera made a serious dent in the heavy music scene with the major label release of COWBOYS FROM HELL, which inspired radio play and MTV support. While Metallica and Megadeth were watering down their approach for a more mainstream sound, Pantera got harder with VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER. From the moment vocalist Phil Anselmo screams his first "Revenge!" in "Mouth for War," the stage is set. Drummer Vinnie Paul showcases relentless technical prowess thrashing out complex double-bass drum patterns in "A New Level" and "By Demons be Driven," while guitarist Diamond Darrell's seemingly endless supply of hard-grooving, blues-inspired hooks are the heart of "No Good" and "Live in a Hole." In the emotional power-ballad "Hollow," the song's protagonist faces the heartache of having a friend trapped in a coma; and just as in the epic "Cemetery Gates" from COWBOYS FROM HELL, Anselmo continues to struggle with the consequences of fate and the will of the world.

Entertainment Weekly (3/6/92, p.59) - "..one of the most satisfying heavy metal records since Metallica's early-80s cult days...11 caustic songs of unabashed brute force...a fully realized album that goes way beyond metal's usual crunch-and-burn.." - Rating: A Q (7/01, p.90) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Pantera's new, heavier direction...was succinctly summed up by 'A New Level's sludge-thick chorus and the neck-snapping riffage of bile-flecked hate anthem 'F***ing Hostile'..."

After a false start as a 1980s glam-metal band, Pantera reinvented itself as a fierce thrash combo for 1990's landmark album COWBOYS FROM HELL. The Texan band distinguished itself by offering up its trademark "power groove" sound--a potent, slowed-down version of the typically break-neck speed-metal style. The dense, crushing result served as a foundation for frontman Phil Anselmo's snarl-to-a-scream voice. Although the group became immensely popular in the early '90s, Anselmo nearly died in 1996 from a heroin overdose, and Pantera didn't record in the studio again until 2000. With Anselmo pursuing a number of side projects (including Down and Superjoint Ritual) and the other band members seeking different musical outlets as well, Pantera called it quits in 2003.

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