Pantera is an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981.
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36 Facts About Pantera
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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.
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Pantera went on hiatus in 2001 but lingering disputes led to the band breaking up in 2003.
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Band was originally named Gemini, then Eternity, before finally settling on Pantera and consisted of Vinnie Paul Abbott on drums, Darrell Abbott on lead guitar, and Terry Glaze on rhythm guitar; the line-up was completed with two more members, lead vocalist Donny Hart and bassist Tommy D Bradford.
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Pantera released their first studio album, Metal Magic, in 1983.
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In 1984, Pantera released their second studio album, Projects in the Jungle.
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In 1985, Pantera released their third studio album, titled I Am the Night.
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Pantera began a search for Glaze's replacement and initially auditioned Matt L'Amour, a David Coverdale lookalike.
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Pantera next auditioned El Paso native Rick Mythiasin, later to sing for Steel Prophet and Agent Steel; however, cultural and image differences – Mythiasin failed to adapt to the Southern culture of the other members – meant his tenure was even shorter than that of L'Amour.
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In 1988, with Anselmo as the new vocalist, Pantera released their fourth studio album, titled Power Metal.
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Pantera showed a more extreme style on this outing, leaving behind its glam metal influences in favor of mid-tempo thrash metal dubbed "power groove" by the band.
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Pantera opened for other bands like Sepultura, Fates Warning, Prong, Mind Over Four, and Morbid Angel, and co-headlined a North American tour with Wrathchild America.
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Pantera went on tour again, visiting Japan for the first time in July 1992 and later performing at the "Monsters of Rock" festival co-headlined by Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath in Italy.
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Pantera released their seventh studio album, titled Far Beyond Driven, on March 22,1994, which debuted at No 1 in both United States and Australian album charts.
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The album saw Pantera continue its groove metal approach, while taking an even more extreme direction with its musical style.
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Pantera began touring again, starting in South America, along with being accepted into another "Monsters of Rock" billing.
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Pantera continued their tour of the United Kingdom in 1994 and eventually ended it in the United States where the band was opened for by fellow groove metal band Prong.
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Pantera released their first live album, Official Live: 101 Proof, on July 29,1997, which included fourteen live tracks and two new studio recordings: "Where You Come From" and "I Can't Hide".
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Two weeks before the live album's release, Pantera received its first platinum album, for Cowboys from Hell.
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Also in 1997, Pantera played on the mainstage of Ozzfest alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Type O Negative, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and Powerman 5000.
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Pantera temporarily joined the black metal supergroup Eibon and contributed vocals to that band's only two songs.
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Later on in 1999, Pantera contributed the Ted Nugent cover "Cat Scratch Fever" to the soundtrack of the film Detroit Rock City.
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Pantera returned to the recording studio with Anselmo in 1999, releasing their ninth and final studio album, Reinventing the Steel, on March 21,2000.
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However, according to Anselmo, taking a break from Pantera was a "mutual thing" between each of the band members.
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Pantera requested in his will to be buried in a Kiss Kasket, as he sort of learned his rock 'n' roll roots by listening to us for some strange reason.
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On January 28,2020, Pantera surpassed one billion streams across most major streaming music services.
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On March 22,2014, Pantera released a 20th anniversary edition of Far Beyond Driven.
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Nonetheless, groove metal, pioneered by Pantera, was an offshoot inspired by thrash metal.
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Pantera toured on Ozzfest as main stage acts twice; the band played at the second annual Ozzfest in 1997 and the fifth Ozzfest in 2000.
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Pantera adopted a self-described "take no shit" attitude, epitomized in its song "5 Minutes Alone" from the album Far Beyond Driven.
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New Orleans band Exhorder have suggested that Pantera copied their sound during the change from glam metal to groove metal.
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Pantera stated that he and the members of Pantera were great friends who used to tour together, and that he mourns the loss of Dimebag Darrell.
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