Vulgar Display of Power
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| Studio album by Pantera | ||
| Released | February 25, 1992 | |
| Recorded | 1991 | |
| Genre | Groove metal | |
| Length | 52:50 | |
| Label | Atco 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 played a major role in defining post-thrash metal, slowing down the tempos and incorporating a harder-edged vocal style. 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." IGN named Vulgar Display of Power the 11th most influential heavy metal album of all-time.[1]
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". "Rise", "Regular People (Conceit)", and "Mouth for War" were covered by Robert Prince for the first-person shooter computer game Doom, and a cover of "This Love" appeared in Doom II: Hell on Earth.[1]
[edit] Track listing
- All tracks by Pantera.
- "Mouth for War" – 3:56
- "A New Level" – 3:57
- "Walk" – 5:15
- "Fucking Hostile" – 2:49
- "This Love" – 6:32
- "Rise" – 4:36
- "No Good (Attack the Radical)" – 4:50
- "Live in a Hole" – 4:59
- "Regular People (Conceit)" – 5:27
- "By Demons Be Driven" – 4:39
- "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
[edit] References
- ^ Doomworld Official list of songs that inspired music from Doom and Doom 2 Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
| Pantera |
| Members |
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| 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" | "Hollow" | "Becoming" | "5 Minutes Alone" | "I'm Broken" | "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks" | "Slaughtered" | "War Nerve" | "Drag the Waters" | "Suicide Note Pt. I" | "Floods" | "Revolution Is My Name" |
