Vulgar Display Of Power - Pantera > Reviews

Advantages: Christ on a bike it's heavy
Disadvantages: widdly-woo guitar solos

Back when this album was released in 1992 Pantera were called 'power metal' but today I suppose it would be dumped in the category of nu-metal even though it still piss' all over most of todays nu-metal scene in terms of sheer power and aggression. I suppose it is some kind of tribute to this album that for years after it's release there were endless guitar samples from many of it's tracks appearing on virtually every heavy industrial album being ... Read review

Advantages: a face melting blinding onslaught of rage and menace for the metal head
Disadvantages: heavy but basic riffs will leave technical sophisticates unimpressed

The cover is a photo of some band members face being punched, in black and white. No colourful and artistic paintings here I'm afraid. The cover says it all. The music-when played loud, is like a hard punch to the face. The cd inlay (booklet) is typically metal inspired showing the lead vocalists tatooed topless body and his angry expression. Another photo of dimebag lashing out some riffage is also there. All the lyrics are included ... Read review

Advantages: Hard Fast Metal
Disadvantages: Not For The Family Picnic

...new breed of metal. Vulgar Display of Power is a beast of an album that back in 1992 was the cutting edge of metal and was the sort of music that your neighbours would hate. The first track says it all "mouth for war" imagine one of the scariest blokes you have ever seen screeming that at you. Great isn't it? The most popular track on thee albulm is "walk" at one time all the clubs would play it 3 or 4 times a night. A few years ago when Pantera released ... Read review

Advantages: GREAT METAL
Disadvantages: none

3 words. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING this would by far have to be my favorite album by pantera. here is a list of the tracks: 1. Mouth For War 2. A New Level 3. Walk 4. F***ing Hostile 5. This Love 6. Rise 7. No Good (Attack The Radical) 8. Live In A Hole 9. Regular People (Conceit) 10. By Demons Be Driven 11. Hollow Personally i love every one of these songs but if you're looking for some seriously good metal then you should listen to walk, ... Read review

Advantages: Fast and Thrilling
Disadvantages: Lock up your Granny!

Vulgar Display of Power. Pantera's second ground-breaking heavy metal album. Released in 1992, it features some of Pantera's heaviest songs, such as F***ing Hostile (4), a real mosh-pit track. I bought this album a couple of years ago on the off-chance that it would have been as good as their previous work (Cowboys From Hell). I feel it is one of their best-known albums because of the tracks that are on it. Walk (3) has to be one of the most imfamous ... Read review

Advantages: Pantera's unique sound at a very intense and grindable stage + dimebag darrell -nuff said
Disadvantages: its perfect, it can only be bad if you don't like the grindy style

Beautifull in the primal way that Pantera is so good at expressing. A mix of purest grinding sludgy riffage and Dimebag's trademark widdly wailage-age-age. This album is full of so many classics Walk, F*cking Hostile, Rise, A New Level they have to be experienced to be believed. A joy to listen to and a joy to play if you've got a metal band handy. If you like any of the Pantera sound this album is a must have (the beast from the pit of all Pantera ... Read review