Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Pantera albums, Pantera members, Pantera songs, Cowboys from Hell, Dimebag Darrell, Phil Anselmo, Pantera discography, Far Beyond Driven, Rex Brown, Vinnie Paul, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!, Dimebag Darrell discography and filmography, Vulgar Display of Power, Vulgar Video, Reinventing the Steel, The Great Southern Trendkill, Cowboys from Hell: The Videos, Walk, Official Live: 101 Proof, Power Metal, I'm Broken, 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell, Cemetery Gates, Tommy D. Bradford, Terry Glaze, Cowboys from Hell: The Demos, This Love, 5 Minutes Alone, The Singles 1991-1996, Mouth for War, Metal Magic, Floods, Revolution Is My Name, Driven Downunder Tour '94 - Souvenir Collection, Drag the Waters, Becoming, Projects in the Jungle, Hollow, I Am the Night, Alive and Hostile E.P., 3 Watch It Go, Psycho Holiday, A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa, I'll Cast a Shadow, War Nerve. Excerpt: Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul (drums) and Dimebag Darrell (guitar) in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as the new vocalist. Pantera has been dubbed one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time, and has sold around 20 million albums. Starting as a glam metal band, Pantera became famous for a heavier groove and thrash sound when they released Cowboys from Hell in 1990. Their second album Vulgar Display of Power, released in 1992, revealed a heavier sound than Cowboys from Hell and their 1994 release of Far Beyond Driven debuted at No.1 in the Billboard 200. Tensions began to surface amongst the band members when Phil Anselmo became addicted to heroin in 1995....