{"id":6758,"date":"2012-06-22T11:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T18:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2012-06-22T11:12:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T18:12:16","slug":"pantera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/06\/pantera\/","title":{"rendered":"PANTERA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"REISSUE<\/strong><\/p>\n

P<\/strong>ANTERA \u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Vulgar Display of Power (Deluxe Edition) \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

[Rhino]<\/p>\n

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Few albums in rock history have boasted a cover that so perfectly matched the contents. Pantera\u2019s groove-metal landmark Vulgar Display of Power<\/em> is indeed a musical blow to the head\u2014and the fist that delivers it was never more tightly clenched than in 1992. Singer Phil Anselmo, guitarist \u201cDimebag\u201d Darrell Abbott, bass player Rex Brown and drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott together formed a unit that struck forcefully and as one. On Vulgar<\/em> highlights like \u201cMouth for War\u201d and \u201cWalk,\u201d Pantera\u2019s strength of purpose remains its most potent weapon 20 years later. Anselmo rages relentlessly against a world that fails to live up to his standards, while Brown and the Abbott brothers lock in and don\u2019t let go.<\/p>\n

This anniversary edition adds a DVD featuring music videos alongside a half-hour festival performance from 1992 that finds the group roaring through songs from Vulgar<\/em> and its predecessor, 1990\u2019s Cowboys From Hell<\/em>. But for loyal fans, the real prize is the CD\u2019s bonus track: The previously unreleased \u201cPiss\u201d is a leftover from the original album sessions that, we\u2019re assured, is the only completed track remaining in the vaults. It sounds perfectly at home here, as Anselmo rants about yet another annoying \u201cpunk\u201d he\u2019d like to beat down while his bandmates deliver one more ringing roundhouse to your eardrums. Sadly, it\u2019s impossible to hear without thinking of the real-life brutality to come. Darrell Abbott was killed in 2004 by a deranged fan, a loss that still hurts like a\u00a0punch in the face. \u2013Chris Neal<\/p>\n

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