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February 25, 2012 marked the 20-year anniversary for Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, a landmark album widely acknowledged as one of metal's most enduring and influential masterworks. Recorded by singer Philip Anselmo, guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, bassist Rex Brown and drummer Vinnie Paul, the album has been certified double platinum by the RIAA and features several of the group's most iconic songs including "Walk," "Mouth For War," "This Love," and "Fucking Hostile."
To celebrate, Rhino channels the album's relentless blitzkrieg of musical aggression onto a two-disc Deluxe Edition. The collection features the debut of "Piss," an incendiary blast of vintage Pantera from the original recording sessions. It remained lost until Vinnie Paul rediscovered the track while going through the band s vault.
Along with the unreleased song, Vulgar Display Of Power (Deluxe Edition) also features unreleased video of the quartet performing six songs at the Monsters Of Rock show in Reggio Emilia, Italy on September 12, 1992. The set list draws almost exclusively from Vulgar ("This Love," "Rise" "Mouth For War"), but also includes the title track from their previous album, Cowboys From Hell, and a melding of Vulgar s "Hollow" and Cowboys "Domination," which was a live staple of the band.
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Probably the heaviest album ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power proved that, even in an era of alternative rock supremacy, heavy metal fans were still a force to contend with. Blending eerie, surging grooves influenced by Black Sabbath with thrashy speed metal riffs, Pantera created a bleak, oppressive disc that captured both ends of the speed spectrum without resorting to cliché, abrupt tempo shifts. Guitarist Diamond Darrell plays with as much crunch as the best Metallica, while vocalist Phil Anselmo screams loud enough to satisfy any GBH fan. Coupled with Vinnie Paul's insistent, double bass-drum onslaught, you're left with a record that's a dentist's wet dream--an album that'll shake the fillings out of even the strongest teeth. --Jon Wiederhorn
Vulgar Display Of Power (Deluxe Edition)(CD/DVD) Reviews
Vulgar Display Of Power (Deluxe Edition)(CD/DVD) Reviews
| 62 of 71 people found the following review helpful  A Metal Landmark..., This review is from: Vulgar Display of Power (Audio CD) Although I personally like Cowboys From Hell better, and Far Beyond Driven is heavier overall, Vulgar Display Of Power remains Pantera's greatest achievement. Influential, technical, catchy, heavy, and to a degree, intelligent. Phil Anselmo, at one time, did write great lyrics. He covered everything: decay of society, racism, war, peace, self-respect, self-loathing, love, loss of a friend, anger towards parents, hatred, everything. "Hostile," for instance, is a song dealing with teen angst. However, there's no KoRny sludge here. It's a fast-paced romper-stomper that sounds more like an adolescent furiously making a point rather than a 12-year-old whining about not getting a dirt bike for Christmas. Phil's vocal range is good, too. He is mostly using the 'tough-guy' voice, occasionally singing with that amazing choirboy voice of his, and no longer screeching like Plant or Halford. The Abbott brothers, Diamond Darrell and Vinnie Paul, are amazing as usual. Dime's probably... Read more 143 of 170 people found the following review helpful Responding to a moron, By This review is from: Vulgar Display of Power (Audio CD) Usually I don't waste my time responding to the idiots who post inflammatory reviews to get noticed but on the off-chance that said idiot was too young when this album came out, I'd like to take them back to 1992. It was a time of great optimism and weariness. A Bush was leaving the White House, Bubba was going in. Ruby Ridge, Somalia, grunge, Starbucks as a household name, "A Few Good Men", blah blah blah.A band called Pantera released an album called "Vulgar Display Of Power" that shocked critics by debuting at number 1 on the Billboard charts. VDOP wasn't the *first* heavy metal album to chart at no. 1 (that distinction goes to "Slave To The Grind" by Skid Row) but it certainly *was* the heaviest. This might not seem like a big deal in these days of nu-metal where any bunch of wiggers in cargo pants and backwards baseball caps can record an aggro-rap album. The surprising thing about VDOP is that it has no obvious radio singles. Great songs yes, but no novelty songs,... Read more 30 of 35 people found the following review helpful The best metal album EVER!, By A. Stutheit "Teyad" (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Vulgar Display of Power (Audio CD) What other critics said about this C.D.:--Blender magazine included this in their "The 50 Greatest Rawk Albums of All Time" article and said it's "a brooding exercise in listener-as-punching bag, with Phil Anselmo's vocals a savage roar up against Dimebag Darrell's spiteful riffing." --Entertainment Weekly gave it an "A" grade, and said it's "undoubtedly one of the most satisfying heavy-metal records since Metallica's early-'80s cult days." --Q magazine: One of the "50 heaviest albums of all time." --Yahoo music: "With songs as catchy as they are powerful, Vulgar Display may be the group's all-around best album." --Napster (I couldn't agree more with this description): "A raw, pulverizing, insanely intense depiction of naked rage and hostility that drains its listeners and pounds them into submission." --Hit Parader magazine has several times listed "Vulgar Display of Power" in their "Top 100 Metal C.D.'s of All Time" list. Now, my... Read more |
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