My Last Refuge: PANTERA

Diamond Darrell Abbott, Rex Rocker Brown and Vinnie Paul started playing together in a jazz band, later adding distortion with Terry Glaze on vocals.The directions of the band's sound began to change with the departure of vocalist Terry Glaze and his replacement by David Peacock, and later by Phil Anselmo, putting the Panther finally on the trail of Heavy Metal. The transition style was made with Power Metal (88), which was a bestseller. Abandoned once the look effeminate, and recorded in 1990 Cowboys from Hell, that even more weight, Phil Anselmo would design one of the most powerful vocalists of the decade.

In 1994, Far Beyond Driven compositions brought a little slower but no less heavy and debut in the first place in the USA. The special reference is provided by powerful riffs and solos of Darrel, who was already considered one of the best guitarists around the world in style.

Produced by Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, was released in 2000 album Reinventing the Steel, even with heavy guitar lines and drums very well worked. The song "Goddamn Electric" including with regard to the participation of guitarist Kerry King of Slayer, another icon of heavy music. Many rumors, however, began to circulate about a possible end of the Pantera.In 2003, vocalist Phil Anselmo said the band is not over, but they will take a few years of holidays and perhaps re-recording together in the future.

Meanwhile, he focuses on the design Superjoint Ritual while the brothers Dimebag and Vinnie are working with Damageplan. Explanations somewhat offensive on both sides, however, made the fans lost once the hopes of seeing Pantera together again. Even so, the group remains one of the most important in the history of heavy metal.

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