LABEL: Atlantic
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 04/17/2010
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1992
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

After rebranding themselves as the Cowboys from Hell at the dawn of the Nineties, Pantera got even nastier with their sixth full-length release. Theres no foolin with that album title, either Vulgar Display of Power was the Texas quartets most violently thrashed-and-grooved release yet, by far.

Driven by the famously mid-scooped tone of Dimebag Darrell Abbott and the bulldog menace of lead barker Phil Anselmo, Vulgar is a vicious mix of lean-and-mean stadium stomp-outs (Walk), sawed-off thrash blasts (Mouth for War) and dejected ballads (This Love). Its the sound of a band taking their heaviness to a whole new level, and changing metal forevermore.