• Pantera Drummer Vinnie Paul Passes Away At 54

    Fans and heavy metal rock icons paid tribute to Pantera and Hellyeah drummer Vinnie Paul after he died in his sleep this weekend. The band revealed the news of his death on Saturday, June 23.

  • Phil Anselmo Offers to Quit Down After Nazi Salute and "White Power" Shout Out Scandal

    If there’s one thing that you should never joke about onstage, it’s Nazis and “White Power.” Unfortunately for Phil Anselmo, he did both at a performance at Dimebash 2016 last month. Anselmo came under fire for what he claimed was a joke after a fan video surfaced online of Anselmo performing a Nazi salute and shouting “White Power.” In the wake of the scandal, he has gone as far as offering to quit his band Down.

  • Pantera's Phil Anselmo Apologizes for Nazi Salute at Dimebash Festival in Video [WATCH]

    Phil Anselmo has formally apologized for the reported Nazi salute at Dimebash festival in a new video, uploaded today. He had already explained away his actions as being a joke, when he gave the salute and shouted “White Power!” at the show, but it appears that with all of the flak he’s been taking for it, the Pantera band member thought it pertinent to apologize.

  • Christian Bale Listened to Pantera & Mastodon for 2 Weeks to Learn Drums for 'The Big Short'

    Christian Bale proves once again that he is one of the best method actors of our time; claiming that he learned to play drums by listening to the heavy metal band Pantera's "By Demons Be Driven" for two weeks to prepare for his role as 'The Big Short's' Mike Bury. In the movie, and apparently in real life, Bury unwinds at the end of his days as a hedge fund manager (one of the first to invest in the subprime mortgage crisis), by listening and playing double kick drum along to metal bands such as Pantera and Mastodon.

  • Young Thug, Lil Wayne, Travis Barker and More: Face and Head Tattoos in Music

    Young Thug shocked the world when he revealed that he had gotten an ice cream cone tattooed on his face in tribute to Gucci Mane. "Shocked" might be a bit of a stretch, considering that the rapper has been on a tear of unpredictable behavior since the release of his Barter 6 album. First he tried to cop the name Tha Carter 6 from Lil Wayne (and in an "unrelated" incident, his road manager was just arrested for allegedly shooting at Weezy's tour bus). The he got the "tribute" tattoo. What next? Will he start wearing clocks on chains as a "tribute" to Flava Flav? Anyway, all we have right now is that Young Thug got some fresh ink, and it's on his face. Here are six other prominent musicians that have used their heads as showcases for questionable art installations.

  • Dimebag Darrell's Grave Vandalized With Homophobic Slur

    The man who vandalized the grave site of Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell has issued an apology. Reece Eber, the former lead singer for rising metal act Nuclear Hellfrost, owned up to the disrespectful prank of writing a homophobic slur and placing it on the grave of the beloved axeman. The singer sent out an Instagram post claiming to have spit on the grave and stolen some cowboy boots, but he explained in his apology that those actions never occurred, 'Metal Injection' noted.

  • Zakk Wylde Wants Pantera Reunion: 'I'm Just a Phone Call Away'

    Since guitarist Dimebag Darrell passed away a little more than 10 years ago, Pantera has remained off the touring circuit. Singer Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown and drummer Vinnie Paul survived Darrell, whose guitar work was key in the development of '80s and '90s heavy metal.

  • Unreleased Song 'Whiskey Road' Surfaces from Late Pantera Guitarist [LISTEN]

    Guitar magazine "GuitarWorld" has unearthed a previously unreleased song by late Pantera/Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott titled "Whiskey Road", which you can check out below. According to "Rolling Stone," "Whiskey Road" was recorded back in 2001 as Pantera was finishing up their final U.S. tour, with Dimebag playing every instrument on the recording himself. The song has been pressed to a special vinyl flexi-disc by GuitarWorld as a part of their upcoming Dimebag tribute issue, and have even shared the song's guitar tabs. Although Dimebag's work with Pantera and Damageplan was pretty riff-heavy and brutal, "Whiskey Road" is more mellow and country-tinged, with acoustic guitar being the primary instrument, though Dimebag still makes room for some bluesy, distorted guitar solos. You can check out Dimebag Darrell's "Whiskey Road" here:
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