Official Live: 101 Proof

Performer: Pantera
Producer: Vinnie Paul; Dimebag Darrell
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: OFFICIAL LIVE: 101 PROOF contains live versions of Pantera hits as well as two new studio tracks. Pantera: Philip Anselmo (vocals); Dimebag Darrell (guitar); Rex Brown (bass); Vinnie Paul (drums). Engineers: Aaron "Wires" Barnes, Vinnie Paul. "Cemetery Gates" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. After seven long years of almost non-stop touring, Pantera personally chose these 16 songs as the creme de la creme, the definitive live Pantera experience. All well and good, we can only hope the folks up front had kneepads and mouthpieces, because this is not for the faint of heart. This is incendiary thrash metal; full-speed-ahead sonic mayhem, from the churning grunge of "Becoming" to the jackhammer assault of "Hostile." "New Level," the disc's opener, pretty much defines the experience here; vocals are shouted rather than sung, drums are attacked with fury and vengeance, guitars scream and churn and ring out like the very bells of Hades...well, you get the idea. There are two new songs here as well, which the band recorded during a 12-day break in their hectic tour schedule.

Rolling Stone (9/18/97, p.108) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Militaristic beats, jagged riffs and tortured guitar squalls are intertwined with Phil Anselmo's rabid-drill-sergeant vocals....even the slowest tracks broil with tightfisted fury..." NME (Magazine) (9/20/97, p.57) - "...The heavy tunes have the stealth of hardcore techno and the skull-imploding impact of a collapsing tower block. The very heavy tunes sound like a jumbo jet crashing into your house. Hairy balled maximum security metal doesn't get any more appallingly powerful than this..."

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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