PANTERA persists and perseveres as one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time. Selling tens of millions of records worldwide, earning four GRAMMY® Award nominations, and generating tens of billions of streams, the iconic lineup — Philip H. Anselmo [vocals], Dimebag Darrell [guitar], Rex Brown [bass], and Vinnie Paul [drums] — pioneered a groove-driven sound unlike anything that came before or after.
Grinding on the local Texas circuit, the group broke through on their own terms with the multiplatinum Cowboys From Hell in 1990. Two years later, Vulgar Display Of Power changed metal and hard rock forever. It went multiplatinum, spawned generational classics such as “Walk” and “This Love,” and eventually claimed a spot in the Top 10 of Rolling Stone’s “The 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time.”
1994’s Platinum-certified Far Beyond Driven bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200 and is renowned to this day as “the heaviest album to ever claim the chart’s top spot.” Getting more extreme once again, The Great Southern Trendkill reached Gold status in 1996 and would retrospectively be hailed by Pitchfork as “about as thrilling as they come.” The group notched their third consecutive Top 5 debut on the Billboard 200 with the Gold-certified Reinventing The Steel during 2000.
A period of dormancy followed, and the world tragically lost Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. Over the years, the quartet’s music surged through culture, appearing everywhere from The Crow and Donnie Darko to Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Academy® Award winner The Big Short.
In 2022, PANTERA stirred to life again with Anselmo and Brown alongside longtime friends and brothers-in-arms Zakk Wylde on guitar and Anthrax’s Charlie Benante on drums. In triumphant fashion, the band has headlined festivals and sold out arenas across the globe. They also accompanied Metallica on the M72 World Tour for just shy of three years. Over the course of just four years, the band has brought their timeless anthems to over 4 million concert goers worldwide. PANTERA capped off 2025 with The Heaviest Tour of the Summer, celebrating their legacy and captivating a new generation of fans that’s forever stronger than all.
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