


Pantera is currently made up of original members Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown, along with guitarist Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society and drummer Charlie Benante of Anthrax. The band's other upcoming California performances include August concerts at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium and San Diego's North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. Pantera's upcoming performance in Vienna was also canceled, Musicfeeds reported, though organizers gave no reason for the cancelation.Īftershock, a Sacramento music festival set to take place in October, announced Pantera as one of its headliners in January. Organizers of the festivals said the decision came after "many intensive conversations" with artists, sponsors and fans. The band is now attempting to make a comeback, but the organizers of several of this year's planned performances have removed the band from festival lineups, presumably due to the controversy surrounding them.Ĭonsequence reported that the band was removed from two German music festivals and replaced by Foo Fighters as headliners. I f–ing love everyone, I f–ing loathe everyone, and that's that. On March 16, 2009, former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo spoke passionately and candidly about his music career and his history with and the dangers of drugs, particularly. As the Pantera juggernaut steamed ever onward, with Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell ringleaders of the biggest booze-fulled party in metal, Phil began to use anything he could to try and alleviate the pain.

There's plenty of f–ers to pick on with a more realistic agenda. According to Loudwire, Anselmo then commented in response to the incident: "Some of y'all need to thicken up your skin.
