Vulgar Display of Power

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Vulgar Display of Power
Studio album by Pantera
Released	February 25, 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Groove metal
Length	52:50
Label	Eastwest Records
Producer(s)	Terry Date
Professional reviews
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Pantera chronology
Cowboys from Hell (1990)	Vulgar Display of Power (1992)	Far Beyond Driven (1994)

Vulgar Display of Power is a groove metal album by heavy metal band Pantera, released on February 25, 1992 (see 1992 in music). Perhaps one of the most influential metal albums of the 1990s, Vulgar Display of Power is said to have revitalized thrash metal, speeding up the riffs and rhythms and adding a harder-edged, grinding vocal flourish. Several songs from this release have become some of the band's best known, such as "Fucking Hostile", "Mouth for War", "This Love", and "Walk", the latter of which reached #35 on the UK Singles Chart.

Vulgar Display of Power peaked at #44 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

In 2001 Q magazine named it one of the "50 Heaviest Albums of All-Time."

During the 90s, MTV's Headbangers Ball used excerpts from the album's songs for the show's opening theme, bumpers, and closing theme. Perhaps the most prominent sample is that of Anselmo screaming "hostile," taken from the end of the song "Fucking Hostile".

[edit] Track listing

• All tracks by Pantera.

1. "Mouth for War" – 3:56
2. "A New Level" – 3:57
3. "Walk" – 5:15
4. "Fucking Hostile" – 2:49
5. "This Love" – 6:32
6. "Rise" – 4:36
7. "No Good (Attack the Radical)" – 4:50
8. "Live in a Hole" – 4:59
9. "Regular People (Conceit)" – 5:27
10. "By Demons Be Driven" – 4:39
11. "Hollow" – 5:45

[edit] Credits

• Pantera – Arranger, Producer
• Terry Date – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Vinnie Paul – Drums, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Philip Anselmo – Vocals
• Dimebag Darrell – Guitar
• Rex "Rocker" Brown – Bass
• Howie Weinberg – Mastering
• Bob Defrin – Art direction
• Larry Freemantle – Design
• Brad Guice – Photography
• Aaron "Ajax" Maclarin – Engineer
• Grady Champion – Guitar

Pantera
Members
Phil Anselmo | Dimebag Darrell | Rex Brown | Vinnie Paul
Terry Glaze
Discography
Albums: Metal Magic | Projects in the Jungle | I Am the Night | Power Metal | Cowboys from Hell | Vulgar Display of Power | Far Beyond Driven | The Great Southern Trendkill | Reinventing the Steel
Live and compilation albums: Official Live: 101 Proof | The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
Songs
"Cowboys from Hell" | "Cemetery Gates" | "Walk" | "This Love" | "Becoming" | "Drag the Waters" | "Floods"
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