Pantera

Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 1982. Specifically, some fans consider them power metal, groove metal (post-thrash), or an amalgamation of both (so called "power groove," a term the band d

Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 1982. Specifically, some fans consider them power metal, groove metal (post-thrash), or an amalgamation of both (so called "power groove," a term the band devised themselves). Emerging from the influences of classic thrash metal acts such as Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax, Pantera was a key formulator of the post-thrash subgenre of heavy metal music.

On VH1's list of 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, Pantera ranked forty-fifth. Despite the generally cold reception of their first four albums, critics have lauded Pantera's style; Jason Birchmeier of the All Music Guide considers Pantera to be "arguably the greatest metal band of '90s and ... one of the greatest and most influential metal bands ever."