The preeminent metal band of the early to mid-'90s, Pantera put to rest any and all remnants of the '80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. Loathe to admit it, the Texas band had in fact been one of those '80s metal bands, releasing fairly unsuccessful (and later disowned) glam-inspired music throughout much of the decade. The about-face came with the addition of vocalist Phil Anselmo, and the key turning point was the band's major-label debut, Cowboys from Hell (1990). Pantera's mainstream breakthrough came next with Vulgar Display of Power (1992), their second major-label album, which thrust the band to the forefront of the metal scene, alongside such veteran bands as Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax, as well as fellow up-and-comers Sepultura and White Zombie. By the time Pantera unleashed Far Beyond Driven (1994), after two long years of touring, they were the most popular metal band in the land: the new album debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 as its lead single, "I'm Broken," was getting massive airplay.
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Sometimes I know
I feel untouchable
Drowning in life
Caught up in the accessible
Back down the ground
I hear the sound
Theres no escape
The concrete cloud
Spilling on me
Drenching me with
Laymens sins
I hear the sirens
From the back of me
Im crashing face first
Into the glass eye
Clash with reality
It rears its ugly head
Clash with reality
The indescribable
Let the dogs lie
Where we sleep
Irrelevant theme
A situation and theres
Nothing but right
In kicks the door
Nobody moves
cause in walks the problem
Dictates your fate
Evicts, convicts
Wholl sign the writ of life?
This now becomes
Their morbid game
Whos piss poor excuse
Is this for a world?
It swells my hatred
Day by day
Clash with reality
It rears its ugly head
Clash with reality
The indescribable
Let the dogs lie
Where we sleep
Irrelevant theme
No matter how much a Pantera-song is praised, it's always underrated
iNeedPhone 4 months ago 4
the drums from 0:04 untilll 0:08 sound like a harley engine
bogdanvladu 1 month ago 2