Happy Birthday Dime! Check out tributes posted around the web.

Aug 20 is Dime’s birthday and stories, pictures, and videos surfaced all around the web today in recognition of this. Take a look and some of it below.

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Metal Insider’s Top 5: Non-Pantera Tracks Featuring Dimebag Darrell

Loudwire: Remembering Dimebag Darrell: Rock + Metal Musicians Pay Tribute to the Pantera Legend

Guitar World: 18-Year-Old Dimebag Darrell of Pantera Shreds in 1984 — Video

Guitar World: Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell Chooses His 12 Favorite Songs in 1993 Guitar World Interview

From Shinedown:

New interview with Pepper Keenan by Loudwire (Darrell wasn’t even brought up beforehand):
Loudwire: Would you rather have lunch with a music icon who has passed away or a music icon who is still alive? And who would it be?
Pepper: Well, I’d like to have lunch with [Dimebag] Darrell. That would be awesome to do that again. Let me tell you he would have been a blast on the Motorboat Cruise or any of those things. Oh my God, he’d be hanging out with me out there, doing shots with the kids and making them go f—ing apes—t.…

The Top 10 Heavy Metal Album Openers by Guitar World

No one ever went to a Led Zeppelin concert expecting the band to open with “The Rain Song.”

It’s a fine tune, to be sure, but the electric charge of a crowd in waiting must be met in kind.

The same applies to the album: Kiss didn’t open Destroyer with “Beth,” for example. And Metallica had the prudence to place “Fade to Black” a good four songs into Ride the Lightning.

Read the countdown and see where Pantera fits in here: http://www.guitarworld.com/top-ten-heavy-metal-album-openers

Ultimate-Guitar.com posted their list of 10 Ripping Pantera Bass Lines By Rex Brown.

If you’re in a band with Dimebag Darrell and you want your performance to be noticed, you better bring your A-game.

For over two decades, Rex Brown stood by Dime’s side and became a crucial element of Pantera’s bone-crushing rhythm section, managing to find his role in the mix alongside Dimebag’s massive tone and Vinnie Paul’s relentless drumming.

Check out the entire article here:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/10_ripping_pantera_bass_lines_by_rex_brown.html?no_takeover

Cowboys From Hell turns 25 today!

Cowboys From Hell was released 25 years ago today. You can stream the songs, read the lyrics, find album details, comments on the album from the band and other metal legends on the CFH discography page here:: http://pantera.com//cowboysfromhell/

The 25th Anniversary of Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell and the Reason It Matters: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/the-25th-anniversary-of-panteras-cowboys-from-hell-and-the-reason-it-matters-7508834

Cowboys From Hell: 25 Facts About the Pantera Classic: http://www.vh1.com/news/39689/pantera-cowboys-from-hell-facts/?fb_ref=fbshare_web

25 Years Ago: Pantera Transform From Footnote to Heroes on ‘Cowboys From Hell’: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/pantera-cowboys-from-hell/

Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell Turns 25: http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2015/07/panteras-cowboys-from-hell-turns-25/

‘Cowboys From Hell’ turns 25: http://wallofsound.org/2015/07/24/cowboys-from-hell-turns-25/

Check out this video compilation of musicians celebrating the 25th anniversary of Cowboys From Hell! Rob Halford, Slash, and members of Anthrax, Korn, Slipknot, and more telling stories of their first impressions of Pantera and Cowboys From Hell.

Check out where our guy Vinnie Paul comes in on Loudwire’s Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Drummers of All Time!

While frontmen and guitarists get a lot of the glory in rock bands, drummers are very much a driving force behind the music, especially when it comes to hard rock and heavy metal. In the gallery above, we salute the men behind the kit with our picks for the Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Drummers of All Time.

Some of these drummers were chosen based on their world-topping chops; some based on their historical influence; others based on knowing when to not show off their virtuosity; and ofttimes they were chosen based on some combination of all the above, among other talents.

But the end goal was to celebrate 50 drummers who have helped define the music we love, and now dominate our record collections. So take a seat and take the ride, and check out our list of Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Drummers of All Time by clicking here.…

USA Dimebag Commemorative ML Limited Run 100 PC

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Limited run of 100 pieces. Please contact deanusa@deanguitars.com for order/dealer inquiries.

The USA Dean Dimebag Darrell Commemorative ML Guitar is one of the most recognizable guitars in the world; seen on countless stages across the globe and heard on Dime’s recordings for decades. Dean Guitars has now proudly recreated this iconic guitar for you.

Limited to only 100 pieces worldwide, this extremely collectable guitar follows the specifications as Dimes Original “Dean From Hell.”

Key features include a solid mahogany body; set mahogany V shaped neck with rosewood fingerboard and mild roll over cream binding. Top mounted Floyd Rose tremolo system, vintage Style Grover Tuners, Switchcraft pickup selector switch, DBD Traction knobs, neck angle, and the same approximate weight as Dimes original DFH.

Each instrument is painstakingly finished with a hand airbrushed Lightning Bolt motif in exacting detail to Dime’s beloved Dean From Hell.

No detail has been overlooked; Dean has even replicated the signature “The Dean From Hell” that was handwritten by Dime himself on the headstock logo that adorns his original ML as well.

A limited edition custom hardshell case and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Dime’s brother Vinnie Paul round off this amazing instrument.

More info here.…

Philip announces that Superjoint will headline Housecore Horror Film Festival 3

Remaining Superjoint Summer 2015 Tour Dates:
Click on the date/venue to purchase tickets!
7/21 — Greensboro, N.C. — Greene Street
7/23 — Clarksville, Tenn. — Warehouse Live
7/24 — Pensacola, Fla. — Vinyl Music Hall
7/25 — Shreveport, La. — Warehouse
7/26 – New Orleans, La. — House Of Blues

Hellyeah and Down are co-headliners of Dirtfest 2015!

Hellyeah will headline on Friday Aug 7 and Down will headline on Saturday Aug 8. The show takes place at the Birch Run Expo Center in Birch Run, Michigan.

Tickets can be purchased here: http://www.dirtfest.com/2015/tickets.html

For up to date info on what bands are performing on what days, check out the Dirtfest website here: http://www.dirtfest.com/2015/

Vinnie’s band Hellyeah is on tour with Slayer and King Diamond right now! Check out dates, locations, ticket links, and videos from the tour here.

Asked by Simon the WRRV Interview Series if he was looking forward to HELLYEAH’s participation in this summer’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival with SLAYER, Vinnie said: “Oh yeah, man. SLAYER is one of my favorite bands of all time, and to be on a tour with them is absolutely a dream come true. In 1999, we did a thing called the ‘Reinventing The Steel’ tour with PANTERA, when I was still with them, and SLAYER was part of that, and it was a great tour. And we’ve just been killer friends for a long time. So playing with them, and also the mighty KING DIAMOND, is gonna be a dream come true, man. It’s gonna be something I’m really looking forward to, and every metalhead needs to be there this summer.”

Some videos from the festival so far:

Remaining dates and ticket links to see Slayer, King Diamond, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, and many more on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. Click on the date for tickes and more info:
July 03 Phoenix, AZAk-Chin Pavilion

July 04 Albuquerque, NMIsleta Amphitheatre

July 05 Morrison, CORed Rocks Amphitheatre

July 07 Council Bluffs, IAHarrah’s Council Bluffs

July 08 Milwaukee, WIEagle’s Ballroom

July 10 Noblesville, INKlipsch Music Center

July 11 Clarkston, MIDTE Energy Music Theatre

July 12 Tinley Park, ILFirst Midwest Bank Ampitheatre

July 15 Toronto, ONTD Echo Beach

July 17 Camden, NJSusquehanna Bank Center

July 18 Burgettstown, PAFirst Niagara Bank Amphitheater

July 19 Hartford, CTXfinity Theatre

July 21 Holmdel, NJPNC Bank Arts Center

July 22 Gilford, NHBank Of New Hampshire Pavillion

July 24 Bristow, VAJiffy Lube Live

July 25 Mansfield, MAXfinity Center

July 26 Wantagh, NYNikon Theater at Jones Beach

July 29 Atlanta, GAAaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood

July 31 New Braunfels, TXWhiteWater Amphitheater

August 01 The Woodlands, TXCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

August 02 Dallas, TXGexa Energy Pavilion…

Philip sends out a video “Thank you” for all the birthday wishes and a quick rundown of his upcoming plans.

Superjoint Summer 2015 Tour Dates:
Click on the date/venue to purchase tickets!
7/10 — Oklahoma City, Okla. — Diamond Ballroom
7/11 — Houston, Texas — Fitzgerald’s
7/12 — Dallas, Texas — Gas Monkey
7/14 — Cincinnati, Ohio — Bogart’s
7/15 — Flint, Mich. — Machine Shop
7/17 — Poughkeepsie, N.Y. — The Chance
7/18 — Lancaster, Pa. — Chameleon Club
7/19 — Huntington, W.Va. — V Club
7/21 — Greensboro, N.C. — Greene Street
7/23 — Clarksville, Tenn. — Warehouse Live
7/24 — Pensacola, Fla. — Vinyl Music Hall
7/25 — Shreveport, La. — Warehouse

7/26 – New Orleans, La. — House Of Blues