Origin: Arlington, Texas, United States
Years active: 1981 – 2003
Former members:Dimebag Darrell Abbott, Vinnie Paul Abbott, Terry Glaze, Tommy Bradford, Donnie Hart,
Rex Brown, Matt L'Amour, David Peacock, Phil Anselmo
Pantera was an influential American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981.
Although initially influenced by 1980s glam metal/hard rock bands, thrash metal acts such as
Slayer and Metallica as well as traditional metal bands such as Black Sabbath would prove
To be influential in the band's...
Origin: Arlington, Texas, United States
Years active: 1981 – 2003
Former members:Dimebag Darrell Abbott, Vinnie Paul Abbott, Terry Glaze, Tommy Bradford, Donnie Hart,
Rex Brown, Matt L'Amour, David Peacock, Phil Anselmo
Pantera was an influential American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981.
Although initially influenced by 1980s glam metal/hard rock bands, thrash metal acts such as
Slayer and Metallica as well as traditional metal bands such as Black Sabbath would prove
To be influential in the band's significant change in musical direction at the end of the 1980s.
Pantera subsequently became a key formulator of the groove metal (post-thrash) subgenre
Of heavy metal music.