Category Archives: Pantera

Revolver: Rex Brown on Pantera’s ‘Reinventing the Steel’: “It’s a Great Last Performance”

“Dude, a big roadrunner just came through my backyard and jumped over at 15-foot fence.” That’s former Pantera bassist Rex Brown speaking with Revolver from his new place in New Mexico. The occasion is the 20th anniversary of Reinventing the Steel, which was released in March 2000. Co-produced by drummer Vinnie Paul and guitarist Dimebag Darrell, the album proved to be Pantera’s last — the band split up in 2003 after a period of unfortunate and well-publicized acrimony between Dimebag and vocalist Philip Anselmo.

Read the entire interview here: https://www.revolvermag.com/

The greatest metal guitarists of all time by loudersound.com

Heavy metal as a genre can be attributed primarily to Black Sabbath and their 1970 self- titled debut album, but the seeds of our beloved music and culture were sown much earlier.

Thanks to guitar manufacturers and designers like Les Paul and George Beauchamp, the electric guitar emerged during the 1930s and revolutionised the way that music sounded, injecting presence and volume into the blues and paving the way for the birth of rock’n’roll a decade or two later.

Read the article in its entirety here: Lords of the riff: The greatest metal guitarists of all time

Win a custom Pantera tattoo and have Philip there to watch you get it! (Now over)

From Revolver Magazine:

NYC area! We’ve teamed up with Philip Anselmo to give one winner a custom Pantera tattoo by legendary tattoo artist Joshua Lord overseen by Anselmo himself at East Side Ink. We’re also giving away two tickets to see Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, exclusive bundles, and more

https://gleam.io/PmKKa/philip-anselmo-custom-tattoo-giveaway

Revolver Magazine looks back at Cowboys From Hell and interviews people who were involved.

In honor of Cowboys From Hell turning 28 today, we wanted to share a story that REVOLVER Magazine ran a few years back. Hear what Philip Anselmo, Rex Brown, Vinnie Paul and producer Terry Date have to say about it the making of CFH:

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/panteras-cowboys-hell-story-behind-groundbreaking-1990-album?fbclid=IwAR2TVR7W41jgzS0La9WI1btY2xnhqvbj0r9metrmUl2z6llVJw9KCjtl4nk