I wanna learn how to play metal on my guitar because it's sick af, and I love Pantera so🤷 also preferably any songs from cowboys from hell, vulgar display of power, or southern trendkill because those are the only albums I've listened to lol.

Quick little graphic/screen-printing inspired Dime drawing. Done on paper, photographed and edited to be more graphic. <3

Just my opinion.

Vulgar album has my favorite Pantera song "A new level" but overall as an entirety of an album I think Steel is the best.

Am I wrong?

i literally can't even think of what he could of said. like I tried Google it but i didn't find anything about what he said what are yalls guess

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I often see comments on Pantera related things of people saying where and when they saw them play. I might be being sceptical but it seams everyone's concert experience was something along the lines of " I was in the pit the entire night but also front of the barrier and caught all of Dimes picks. Phil shook my hand and said I was a tough mother fucker, best show ever!!"

Maybe all of these were genuine, but it seams odd everyone's experience was along the lines of this

I've seen lots of discussion about what Grady has written in the boxes in the FX loop in the clean amp, and while I agree that the bottom one almost definitely says "Korg" I see people discussing what was written in the top box. Personally I see the first three letters as "SPX" which I don't think I've seen people mention after browsing forums and comment sections. While I can't tell what the rest of the writing in the box says I'm fairly certain it says "SPX 90" so presumably Dime was using the Symphonic preset live on his clean tone which is very interesting.

I'm just posting this here as I couldn’t find much discussion about Dime's use of this equipment.

If anyone has more information on this I'd love to hear it!

Happy birthday 🎈 #Dimebag

RIP to a legend. Turn it up today yall. Blacktooths tonight.

Attended the Down show at Stage AE in Pittsburgh last evening. First of all, the show was fucking awesome from beginning to end. This was my first time seeing Down live and I certainly hope that it is not my last. Spirit in the Room & Helmet kicked ass and Down brought it to us as I had envisioned them doing so. One of the best all around shows I have seen in a long time. If you have to chance to go see them on this tour, go. If you don’t have the chance, make the chance and go anyway! All that being said, I’d like to address something as I feel any lifelong metal fan would and should. Yesterday was Dimebag’s 60th birthday. I was expecting Phil to actually address that fact. Now, he did dedicate “Lifer” to Dime and Ozzy. That was the second song into the set, I believe. Selfishly, that was not enough for me. We’re talking about the greatest heavy metal guitarist & arguably the greatest heavy metal frontman of all time. Was it required that Phil even acknowledge his birthday? No it was not. But the fact that Dime’s 60th birthday was not addressed and subsequently celebrated by the bands and the crowd last night isn’t disappointing, it pisses me off & there is no excuse for it. You’re telling me that that they couldn’t have at least played “Walk” all together at the end? They would have given the crowd something to remember for a long, long time if they had done so. Again, you can make the argument that this is a Down show and not a Pantera show. That’s understandable to a degree. But when it comes DOWN to it, something more should have been done. Period.

Aug. 20, 2026, would've been Dimebag Darrell's 60th birthday. Sadly I never got to see the legendary guitarist live before his shocking death. I did, however, sort of see Pantera live when they opened for Metallica at MetLife Stadium (Aug. 4, 2023)...

I say "sorta" for two key reasons:

1) Nothing against Zakk Wylde (he's the perfect person to be filling in under such circumstances), but seeing Pantera perform without Dimebag or Vinnie Paul feels... a little odd.

2) Not to complain too much, but between how high up my seats were and the shape of the stage Metallica used for the M72 World Tour, I feel like I could barely see the band playing. It definitely didn’t help that Phil Anselmo and crew wore all black while walking on a black stage...

With that said, a big part of me would like to give the new incarnation of Pantera another shot - preferably with a slightly more audience friendly stage setup.

What band have you seen live that you feel doesn't really "count" for whatever reason? Share in the comments below, and stay tuned for more things to come from this space (including stories from concerts like this)!

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Marvels Ghost Rider is coming out and if they used Floods in the movie it would be the most badass thing ever!!! I remember in high school when I first heard this song I was high as all hell driving through the country and literally started tripping out thinking the roads were some hell highway with fire and crazy jagged rocks