We’re not normally ones to be drawn into the land of celebrity, gossip or the Oscars but you have to laugh hard when 30 seconds after Will Smith slaps Chris Rock in the face on television someone has mocked up a cover of the classic album that is “Vulgar Display of Power” by Pantera with
25th February 2022 marked the 30 year anniversary of the classic “Vulgar Display of Power” by Pantera, one of heavy music’s most influential albums. To pay tribute to this landmark Spirit Adrift hailing from Austin, Texas, have covered “Hollow”. The only question is whether the band will play the new cut during their European tour
There is little doubt that the most underrated Pantera album is 2000’s “Reinventing The Steel“, perhaps simply because they did so much that was great, that it gets pushed down the order of things. Our personal favourite track from that album just so happens to be “Yesterday Don’t Mean Sh!t“, a cut that Belgian and
Eventually recorded, mixed and mastered by Christoph Brandes at Iguana Studios (Thron, Requiem, Asmodina) in Germany, “Time Fracture” was originally set to be a five or six song EP to follow 2018 concept album “Resilience” however closed borders in Europe meant that Swiss quintet Lotrify were left in stasis in their practice space. Sacha Wacker
As the Vulgar Display of Pantera shows continue for Philip H. Anselmo And The Illegals, here’s “Walk” from their set on 12th November which begs the question… Will the band ever return to playing their own material or are people happy to simply enjoy the nostalgic opportunity to re-live those Pantera shows and listen to
In the past when reviewing albums we’ve spoken of things that give a record a certain seal of approval before you’ve even heard a single note and in the case of the debut album from Los Angeles Californian Progressive Technical Death Metal outfit Delphian, for us at least, the presence of the man, the myth
Sat beside a firepit sharing a bottle of Wild Turkey, the question that we ask is would today’s thriving Avant-garde Metal scene at the moment with Azusa, Rivers Of Nihil and Imperial Triumphant all cutting their way through the undergrowth exist if it wasn’t for bands like Celtic Frost? The Zurich Switzerland formed act began
The story goes that Australians King Parrot had four days off while on tour supporting “Ugly Produce” in the US back in 2017 and decided to make the most of it by heading to Nodferatus Lair in Louisiana with engineer Steve “Big Fella” Berrigan (Warbeast, Child Bite, Superjoint Ritual), to write and record an EP with
Arguably a King among Supergroups, Down have have spent the past 30 years appearing and disappearing from the scene depending on the priorities of vocalist Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Scour, Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals), guitarist Pepper Keenan (Corrosion of Conformity), guitarist Kirk Windstein (Crowbar), bassist Pat Bruders (Goatwhore), and drummer Jimmy Bower (Crowbar, Eyehategod)
When people talk about influence, there can’t be much more influential than Pantera. The phrases “inspired a generation” are often used when people talk about the likes of Nirvana but in the case of bands with the longevity that both bands have, with millions of Worldwide listeners, t-shirt wearers and name drops decades after the
