Panther achieved a milestone in 1994 when the legendary metal band's seventh studio album, 'Far beyond driven'debuted at # 200 on the Billboard Top 25 chart, becoming the best-selling album of his career. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the birth of this album, which the Rhino label celebrates by releasing on March 1994 a special edition of a double disc that includes a remastered version of the original along with a live performance of the band at the Monsters of Festival. Rock from XNUMX.
This 20th anniversary edition of 'Far beyond driven'will also be available in double vinyl format and digital download. The double vinyl edition will have as its cover image the one that was once censored for its 'irreverent and offensive' content. The songs on 'Far Beyond Driven' are 'Strength Beyond Strength', 'Becoming', '5 Minutes Alone', 'I'm Broken', 'Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills', 'Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks', 'Slaughtered', '25 Years', 'Shedding Skin', 'Use My Third Arm', 'Throes Of Rejection' and 'Planet Caravan'. Pantera was an American heavy metal band founded in 1981 by brothers Abbott Darrell and Vinnie Paul in Arlington, Dallas, Texas, United States. Bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. In 1987 Phil Anselmo would become the lead vocalist of the group. It remained active from 1981 until its dissolution in 2003.
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The style of the group was changing over the years, going through glam metal in its early years in the early and mid-80's Heavy Metal in the late 80's, to groove metal during the 90's, a marked period for the publication of the studio album Cowboys from Hell (1990), which already had these stylistic traits and which catapulted them to fame (thanks to Phil Anselmo). The RIAA certifies its sales with a Gold record on September 14, 1993 and Platinum on July 16, 1997 for 1.000.000 copies sold.
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