Pantera headlined the Heaven & Hell pageant in Mexico yesterday (December 2), marking their first dwell 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. Joining them on guitars and drums, respectively, can be Zakk Wylde (greatest referred to 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 music ‘In Heaven’, the band kicked their set off with two fan-favourites from their 1992 album, ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’ – ‘A New Level’ and ‘Mouth For War’ – earlier than slamming via greater than a dozen different alternative cuts from their catalogue, in addition to a canopy of Black Sabbath’s 1970 music ‘Planet Caravan’.
Six of the 16 songs in Pantera’s set have been pulled from ‘Vulgar Display Of Power’, whereas 5 got here from 1994’s ‘Far Beyond Driven’ album. ‘Cowboys From Hell’ (1990) was represented with two songs – ‘Domination’ and the title observe – whereas ‘The Great Southern Trendkill’ (1996) and ‘Reinventing The Steel’ (2000) every had one music showcased: ‘Drag The Waters’ and ‘Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit’, respectively.
Have a take a look at some crowd-shot footage of the gig beneath, then see the total setlist (by way of setlist.fm):
Pantera performed:
1. ‘A New Level’
2. ‘Mouth For War’
3. ‘Strength Beyond Strength’
4. ‘Becoming’ (w/ snippet of ‘Throes Of Rejection’)
5. ‘I’m Broken’ (w/ snippet of ‘By Demons Be Driven’)
6. ‘Use My Third Arm’
7. ‘Drag The Waters’
8. ‘This Love’
9. ‘Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit’
10. ‘Fucking Hostile’
11. ‘Planet Caravan’ (Black Sabbath cowl)
12. ‘5 Minutes Alone’
13. ‘Walk’
14. ‘Cowboys From Hell’
15. ‘Domination’
16. ‘Hollow’
Pantera’s subsequent dwell efficiency will come subsequent Friday (December 9) after 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 May, 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 along 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.