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Forbes
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Pantera, Amon Amarth Rock As ‘Heaviest Tour Of The Summer' Continues
Phil Anselmo performs on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre ... More in Tinley Park, IL Everything we do is for Dimebag and Vince,' said Phil Anselmo early in the set as Pantera's headlining tour continued Saturday night just outside the Windy City at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, Illinois. 'Sing it, Chicago!' he shouted midway through '5 Minutes Alone.' Following the last performance to feature the group's most prominent lineup in 2001, and after the death of co-founding guitarist Dimebag Darrell (who was assassinated on stage in Columbus, Ohio in 2004) and his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (who passed in 2018), singer Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown put Pantera back together for a pair of performances in late 2022, hitting the road with Metallica soon after in the form of a supergroup touting touring members Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) on guitar and drummer Charlie Benante (Anthrax). Pantera's place in heavy music history is hard to overstate, with the group creating some of the most catchy, melodic music in the history of heavy metal, finding their true footing upon release of their seminal fifth studio album Cowboys From Hell (1990) while pioneering the aptly-titled groove metal sound, basically creating their own genre. Rex Brown performs on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in ... More Tinley Park, IL As one of the best selling groups in metal history, Pantera sold in excess of 20 million records globally, tallying four platinum albums and one gold album, a gold live album, a platinum best of, one gold video compilation and another trio of platinum home videos (all en route to four Grammy nominations). Tinley Park marked night three of this leg of the group's American outing, a run which continues into mid-September ahead of a return to Europe with Metallica in 2026. 'A vulgar legacy,' read the screen as vintage footage of the band ran. The curtain dropped as flames erupted, with pyro shooting out from behind Benante, who was seated at an immense quadruple kick drum kit with a pair of drumheads bearing the visages of Dime and Vinnie Paul. Following opening cut 'Hellbound,' Pantera moved quickly toward 'Strength Beyond Strength' as a massive raucous crowd in the supposed 28,000 capacity outdoor venue made their presence known, with the band taking early and consistent notice of the beyond vocal crowd. Phil Anselmo (left) and Zakk Wylde (right) perform on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at ... More Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL 'Oh my goodness…' mused Anselmo on stage in Tinley Park, eschewing typical stage banter as he marveled in a seemingly genuine fashion. 'I mean, Chicago, this is an exceptional audience,' he continued, requesting the house lights be turned up for a better look. 'Chicago always, always represents. The Chicago audience, man - incredible every time,' said Anselmo. 'And there's proof of it on the first home video.' Benante's drums came pummeling into 'Mouth For War,' with Anselmo thumb to throat while pumping his right fist as Benante and Wylde played out the track. Brown rumbled on the low end as Anselmo continued to work the crowd, strapping on a guitar midway through 'Goddamn Electric' as he faced off against Wylde, with each tearing away passionately at an axe. 'Your trust is in whiskey, weed and Black Sabbath,' he sang, two weeks removed from the group's set during Black Sabbath's 'Back to the Beginning' farewell concert in Aston, Birmingham, England. 'It's god damn electric!' screamed Anselmo unknowingly, prior to the death of rock and metal legend Ozzy Osbourne just three days after the Tinley Park performance. Charlie Benante performs on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Credit Union 1 ... More Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL 'F–in' awesome,' noted Phil as the crowd did the heavy vocal lifting on 'Becoming,' with Brown nodding in apparent agreement. 'Lemme see those fists in the air - upstairs!' said the Singer, again toasting Dimebag and Vinnie Paul. Brown and Wylde chipped in on the vocals to 'I'm Broken' as red flame fountains soared with Anselmo closing his eyes as he raised both arms triumphantly over his head following a terrific take on the Far Beyond Driven hit. 'There is a song that we've added to the set that we haven't played much in the past,' said Anselmo, just two shows removed from Pantera's first ever live performance of '10's,' a standout deep cut from 1996's The Great Southern Trendkill.' Wylde seemed right at home recreating the droning opening dirge as the band slowed down into a stellar stoney groove throughout a standout moment Saturday night. Benante stood up behind his kit at the end, pumping his right fist as a deafening 'Pantera!' chant grew organically amongst the terrific Chicagoland crowd. 'Love it and appreciate it so much - so f–in' much,' said Anselmo in response. Zakk Wylde performs on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in ... More Tinley Park, IL Saturday night's crowd was almost split between old school Pantera veterans and younger kids, many of whom probably weren't born by the time the band called it a day in 2003. And, Anselmo, 57, was lucid, maintaining a powerful voice that only grew in its ferocity over the course of 90 minutes. Musically, Benante proved the lynchpin while Wylde deftly applied his own spin to Dimebag's iconic licks. 'There is a section in this song that is f–ing heavy. It's f–ing heavy,' reiterated the singer, setting up 'I'll Cast a Shadow.' 'I expect everybody to act accordingly. I'll give you a heads up when it's coming,' said the singer playfully, huddling with Brown stage right as the audience did as instructed. 'Give it up for SNAFU! And absolutely give it up for our Viking Brothers!' said Anselmo, shouting out opening acts SNAFU and Amon Amarth. Detroit rockers SNAFU, who are signed to Anselmo's Housecore Records, performed for about a half hour Saturday in Tinley Park ahead of Swedish melodic death metal vets Amon Amarth. Rex Brown performs on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in ... More Tinley Park, IL 'This tour has been amazing so far and tonight is gonna be hard to top,' said Amon Amarth singer Johan Hegg. 'Thank you for having a f–ing awesome party!' he continued, setting up 'Raise Your Horns.' 'I take this opportunity to raise my horn to you: cheers!' he continued, closing out the song with a left legged roundhouse kick shortly thereafter. Heading toward encore, Pantera went even lower and slower than on record, with the supergroup putting their own sinister spin upon 'This Love.' 'This flew by,' said Anselmo returning to the stage. 'I wanna thank you again. This could well be the best American audience,' he continued, once again commending the Windy City faithful as Wylde ripped into the buzzsaw opening guitar riff at the heart of a song that's stood as a mission statement of sorts for the Texas-born rocker over 35 years: 'Cowboys From Hell.' Anselmo, barefoot on stage throughout, paused for the first time Saturday night as Benante worked the crowd into another 'Pantera!' chant, kicking things up a notch appropriately via 'A New Level.' Phil Anselmo (left) and Zakk Wylde (right) perform on stage with Pantera. Saturday, July 19, 2025 at ... More Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park, IL 'I do believe that audience is going to peak during this next song,' said the singer with a smile looking to his right at Wylde. 'I can't think of a better audience to address,' Anselmo continued. 'I wanna see every fist and hear every voice. Zachariah… play the f–ing riff!' he commanded, as Wylde dove into arguably Dimebag's most resonant riff, with pyro criss-crossing behind the band as 'Walk' kicked off in Chicago, one of metal's true anthems. Anselmo signed an autograph for a fan in front, taking his time as Pantera soaked up the love before wrapping up with 'F–ing Hostile,' shaking hands with Brown as he returned to the center of the stage. 'Listen to the patience of Chicago,' mused the always quotable Anselmo in the show's final moments. 'I like to say it: If and when we come back to this f–ing place, who's gonna come see Pantera again?' asked the singer rhetorically. 'Sing your god damned lungs out!'
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'90s 'Metal Gods' Shock Fans With Friendly Chat After 'Pretty Ugly' Past
'90s 'Metal Gods' Shock Fans With Friendly Chat After 'Pretty Ugly' Past originally appeared on Parade. There's no question that the history of rock and roll is filled with stories of famous feuds — but as the world's most iconic musicians get older and wiser, it seems more and more former rivals are joining fans are loving every minute of it. In a video shared to Instagram this week by the official account for the iconic metal band Pantera, frontman Phil Anselmo revealed a surprising "secret" to James Hetfield, lead singer of Metallica: He apparently only recently got a phone. But the real surprise was the fact that the musicians seemed to be getting along so well — at least for commenters, many of whom recalled Pantera and Metallica's contentious past relationship. "It's the first one I ever got," Anselmo, 57, said in the clip, talking about his phone. "Cause Zakk only texts," he continued, referring to guitarist Zakk Wylde. "I'm like man, this is all new to me." "Wait, wait," Hetfield, 61, interrupted, laughing. "You're just now getting a phone? Welcome, bud! Wow. You survived a long time without it." Anselmo went on to admit he didn't know how he'd managed so long without a phone. "Yeah, my kids didn't get one till they were 16 either," Hetfield quipped before playfully grabbing Anselmo by the shoulders. Fans in the comments couldn't believe what they were seeing, "I love that Metallica and Pantera are this close now," one person wrote, adding, "Along with Ozzy Osbourne they are my top three favorite accent metal but anyone that was around in the 90s knew you would never see these two laughing together. It got pretty ugly between the two bands back in the 90s. Very happy to see this." "Two of the biggest metal gods talking together, gives me chills!" a second fan added. "Phil seems in great spirits. He must be sober now," somebody pointed out, with someone else chiming in to say, "I tell you what it's great seeing these guys you grew up listening to their music being like this." As Ultimate Classic Rock reported, back in 2003, Anselmo announced that he'd challenged Metallica to a head-to-head concert face-off between them and his band Superjoint Ritual. While Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich dismissed Anselmo's comments at the time, saying he "has a tendency to talk a lot of horses," Anselmo insisted the reason why Metallica would never accept the challenge was "because they know what would f---in' happen. We would f---in' eat them alive! That's the end of the f---in' sentence. We would crush 'em." In 2008, however, Anselmo's band Down toured with Metallica; two years later, he called his one-time adversaries the "Rolling Stones of metal."'90s 'Metal Gods' Shock Fans With Friendly Chat After 'Pretty Ugly' Past first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
