I'm Broken - Music

Pantera Is An American Heavy Metal Band From Arlington Texas Formed In 1981 And Currently Comprised Of Vocalist Phil Anselmo Bassist Rex Brown And Touring Musicians Zakk Wylde And Charlie Benante. The Group's Best-Known Lineup Consisted Of The Abbott Brothers Drummer Vinnie Paul And Guitarist Dimebag Darrell Along With Brown And Anselmo Who Joined In 1982 And 1986 Respectively. In Addition To Their Development And Popularization Of The Groove Metal Subgenre Pantera Is Credited Along With Others Such As Testament Sepultura And Machine Head For Being Part Of The Second Wave Of Thrash Metal Scene From The Late 1980s To Early-To-Mid 1990s. Pantera Is Regarded As One Of The Most Successful And Influential Bands In Heavy Metal History Having Sold Around 20 Million Records Worldwide And Having Received Four Grammy Nominations. Having Started As A Glam Metal Band Pantera Released Three Albums In The Mid-1980s With Lead Vocalist Terry Glaze Metal Magic Projects In The Jungle And I Am The Night With Little Success. Looking For A New And Heavier Sound Pantera Recruited Anselmo In 1986 And Released Power Metal In 1988. They Secured A Record Deal With Major Label Atco The Following Year. Their Fifth Album Which The Band Has Since Declared To Be Their Official Debut Album 1990's Cowboys From Hell Popularized The Groove Metal Genre While Its 1992 Follow-Up Vulgar Display Of Power Achieved An Even Heavier Sound And Increased Their Popularity. The Subsequent Album Far Beyond Driven 1994 Then Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200. Tensions Began To Surface Among The Band Members When Anselmo Became Addicted To Heroin In 1995 He Almost Died From An Overdose In 1996. These Tensions Resulted In The Recording Sessions For The Great Southern Trendkill 1996 Being Held Separately. The Ongoing Tension Lasted For Another Seven Years During Which Only One Studio Album Reinventing The Steel 2000 Was Recorded. Pantera Went On Hiatus In 2001 But Lingering Disputes Led To The Band Breaking Up In 2003. The Abbott Brothers Went On To Form Damageplan While Anselmo Continued To Work On Several Side Projects Including Down Which Brown Joined As Well. On December 8 2004 Dimebag Darrell Was Shot And Killed On Stage By A Mentally Unstable Fan During A Damageplan Concert In Columbus Ohio. Vinnie Paul Went On To Form Hellyeah After His Brother's Death And Died Of Heart Failure In 2018 Leaving Brown And Anselmo As The Only Surviving Members Of The Band's Best-Known Lineup. In July 2022 It Was Announced That Brown And Anselmo Were Reuniting In 2023 For Pantera's First Tour In 22 Years With Zakk Wylde And Charlie Benante Filling In For The Abbott Brothers On Guitar And Drums Respectively. The New Lineup Played Its First Show In 21 Years At The Hell And Heaven Festival In Mexico On December 2 2022. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pantera Studio Albums
Metal Magic 1983 Projects In The Jungle 1984 I Am The Night 1985 Power Metal 1988 Cowboys From Hell 1990 Vulgar Display Of Power 1992 Far Beyond Driven 1994 The Great Southern Trendkill 1996 Reinventing The Steel 2000 read less