Metal playlists from the underground
The Spring 2020 issue of Revolver magazine comes special with a Pantera box set for the price of $66.66. See the details from Revolver below: “Call them the start and the finish of Pantera. Released 10 years apart, 1990’s Cowboys From Hell and 2000’s Reinventing the Steel stand as the bookends of the band’s major-label […]
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS will spend much of 2019 road bound beginning with a handful of Latin American dates in January and February. The following month, the band will make their way to Australia and New Zealand for the Thrash Blast Grind tour with Australian grind unit and Housecore Records labelmates King Parrot. […]
Rex Brown of the legendary and now unfortunately defunct metal giant Pantera has recently resurfaced with a brand new and quite surprisingly different sounding solo effort. Smoke on This is a refreshing soul-searching and demon-squashing album that digs deep into the musical roots that have shaped the musician that Rex has become. Until now, Rex […]
First there were the pioneering Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 and then the Great Debate of Shapley-Curtis in 1920 at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Today, we have the Stupid Idiot Debate featuring moronic music snobs. The topic: Metallica or Pantera? If you have ever found yourself initiating this sort of prattle (“hey bro, San […]
Over the last month Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul and frontman Phil Anselmo have made comments regarding a future reunion of the legendary metal band. Paul stated that Zakk Wylde would be the man to fill in for the late Dimebag Darrell on guitar. Phil Anselmo is not as sold on the idea, but seems to […]
Phil Anselmo of Pantera and Down recently sat down with Loud Wire. When asked about the guitar riff in the previously unreleased song “Piss” and its resemblance to “Use My Third Arm, he confirmed: “It is the riff from ‘Use My Third Arm.’ You were absolutely hearing it right.” Pantera will release the 20th anniversary edition of […]
Bassist Rex Brown (Pantera/Down/Kill Devil Hill) was recently interviewed by Metal Mark over at SkullsNBones.com to discuss his new band Kill Devil Hill. Rex also talked about the details about his upcoming book Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story of Pantera. According to Brown, this book won’t be his last and the release date […]
Rejoice Pantera freaks and Dimebag Darrell worshippers: There is a previously unreleased song written and performed by the legendary late Pantera guitarist that is out today! The song is called “Twisted” and was released in conjunction with the Dimebag Darrell tribute skateboard by Elephant Brand Skateboards. Watch the streaming music video below featuring skaters Mike […]
The biggest surprise of the Metal Masters 3 clinic last night was the appearance of frontman Phil Anselmo (Down,Pantera) and bassist Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath). Watch the performance of Black Sabbath’s “Hole In The Sky” below featuring Anselmo, Butler, Frank Bello (Anthrax), David Ellefson (Megadeth), Chris Broderick (Megadeth), Kerry King (Slayer), Dave Lombardo (Slayer), Charlie […]
Pantera’s “Piss” video made its debut on the Revolver Golden Gods Awards tonight. The music video featured people getting punched in the face, moshing, and people breaking stuff…exactly what we were all expecting. This previously unreleased track is a great tune and could have fit on the Vulgar Display of Power album. The riffage is […]