Watch Pantera cowl Black Sabbath, ship ‘Vulgar Show’ hits at first present in 11 years

Pantera headlined the Heaven & Hell pageant in Mexico yesterday (December 2), marking their first reside efficiency in additional than 11 years.

The groove-metal pioneers’ comeback was introduced in July, when surviving members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) signed a deal to reunite the band for a tour. Becoming a member of them on guitars and drums, respectively, could be Zakk Wylde (finest generally known as the frontman of Black Label Society and longtime bandmate of Ozzy Osbourne) and Charlie Benante (of Anthrax).

With their entrance soundtracked by the David Lynch and Alan R. Splet tune ‘In Heaven’, the band kicked their set off with two fan-favourites from their 1992 album, ‘Vulgar Show Of Energy’ – ‘A New Degree’ and ‘Mouth For Battle’ – earlier than slamming by means of greater than a dozen different selection cuts from their catalogue, in addition to a canopy of Black Sabbath’s 1970 tune ‘Planet Caravan’.

Six of the 16 songs in Pantera’s set have been pulled from ‘Vulgar Show Of Energy’, whereas 5 got here from 1994’s ‘Far Past Pushed’ album. ‘Cowboys From Hell’ (1990) was represented with two songs – ‘Domination’ and the title monitor – whereas ‘The Nice Southern Trendkill’ (1996) and ‘Reinventing The Metal’ (2000) every had one tune showcased: ‘Drag The Waters’ and ‘Yesterday Don’t Imply Shit’, respectively.

Take a look at some crowd-shot footage of the gig beneath, then see the total setlist (by way of setlist.fm): 

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Pantera performed:

1. ‘A New Degree’
2. ‘Mouth For Battle’
3. ‘Energy Past Energy’
4. ‘Turning into’ (w/ snippet of ‘Throes Of Rejection’)
5. ‘I’m Damaged’ (w/ snippet of ‘By Demons Be Pushed’)
6. ‘Use My Third Arm’
7. ‘Drag The Waters’
8. ‘This Love’
9. ‘Yesterday Don’t Imply Shit’
10. ‘Fucking Hostile’
11. ‘Planet Caravan’ (Black Sabbath cowl)
12. ‘5 Minutes Alone’
13. ‘Stroll’
14. ‘Cowboys From Hell’
15. ‘Domination’
16. ‘Hole’

Pantera’s subsequent reside efficiency will come subsequent Friday (December 9) once they carry out at Knotfest in Colombia. From there, they’ll co-headline Knotfest Chile on Sunday December 11, and Knotfest Brasil precisely per week after that (December 18). Then, subsequent Could, the band will embark on a nine-date headlining tour of Europe. 

The reunion comes simply shy of 20 years after Pantera first broke up in 2003. For its present iteration, Wylde fills the position of late guitarist Dimebag Darrell, who was shot useless throughout a 2004 efficiency together with his band Damageplan. Benante, in the meantime, fills the position left by the late Vinnie Paul – Dimebag Darrell’s brother – who died from medical problems in 2018.