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Vulgar Display of Power
Studio album by Pantera
Released	February 25, 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Groove metal
Length	52:42
Label	Atco
Producer	Terry Date
Professional reviews
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Pantera chronology
Cowboys from Hell (1990) Vulgar Display of Power (1992) Far Beyond Driven (1994)

Vulgar Display of Power is a groove metal album by heavy metal band Pantera, released on February 25, 1992 (see 1992 in music). Perhaps one of the most influential metal albums of the 1990s, Vulgar Display of Power is said to have played a major role in defining post-thrash metal, slowing down the tempos and incorporating a harder-edged vocal style. Several songs from this release have become some of the band's best known, such as "Fucking Hostile", "Mouth for War," "This Love," and "Walk," the latter of which reached #35 on the UK Singles Chart.

Vulgar Display of Power peaked at #44 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The album achieved Double Platinum status in 2004.

In 2001 Q magazine named it one of the "50 Heaviest Albums of All-Time." IGN named Vulgar Display of Power the 11th most influential heavy metal album of all-time.[1]

During the 90s, MTV's Headbangers Ball used excerpts from the album's songs for the show's opening theme, bumpers, and closing theme. Perhaps the most prominent sample is that of Anselmo screaming "hostile," taken from the end of the song "Fucking Hostile." "Rise," "Regular People (Conceit)," and "Mouth for War" were covered by Robert Prince for the first-person shooter computer game Doom, and a cover of "This Love" appeared in Doom II: Hell on Earth.^[1]

In April 2007 the title was used for the book A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa, which includes many song titles to name its chapters. The book details those involved and the details leading up to the murder of Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott.

• All tracks by Pantera.

1. "Mouth for War" – 3:56
2. "A New Level" – 3:57
3. "Walk" – 5:15
4. "Fucking Hostile" – 2:49
5. "This Love" – 6:32
6. "Rise" – 4:36
7. "No Good (Attack the Radical)" – 4:50
8. "Live in a Hole" – 4:59
9. "Regular People (Conceit)" – 5:27
10. "By Demons Be Driven" – 4:39
11. "Hollow" – 5:45

• Pantera – Arranger, Producer
• Terry Date – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Vinnie Paul – Drums, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Philip Anselmo – Vocals
• Diamond Darrell – Guitar
• Rex "Rocker" Brown – Bass
• Howie Weinberg – Mastering
• Bob Defrin – Art direction
• Larry Freemantle – Design
• Brad Guice – Photography
• Aaron "Ajax" Maclarin – Engineer
• Grady Champion – Guitar

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