Having started as a glam metal band, Pantera released three albums in the mid-1980s with lead vocalist Terry Glaze (Metal Magic, Projects in the Jungle, and I Am the Night), with little success. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera recruited Anselmo in 1986 and released Power Metal in 1988. They secured a record deal with major label Atco the following year. Their fifth album (which the band has since declared to be their official debut album), 1990's Cowboys from Hell, popularized the groove metal genre, while its 1992 follow-up Vulgar Display of Power achieved an even heavier sound and increased their popularity. The subsequent album Far Beyond Driven (1994) then debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
Tensions began to surface among the band members when Anselmo became addicted to heroin in 1995; he almost died from an overdose in 1996. These tensions resulted in the recording sessions for The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) being held separately. The ongoing tension lasted for another seven years, during which only one studio album, Reinventing the Steel (2000), was recorded. Pantera went on hiatus in 2001 but lingering disputes led to the band breaking up in 2003. The Abbott brothers went on to form Damageplan while Anselmo continued to work on several side projects, including Down, which Brown joined as well.
On December 8, 2004, Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed on stage by a mentally unstable fan during a Damageplan concert in Columbus, Ohio. Vinnie Paul went on to form Hellyeah after his brother's death, and died of heart failure in 2018, leaving Brown and Anselmo as the only surviving members of the band's best-known lineup. In July 2022, it was announced that Brown and Anselmo were reuniting in 2023 for Pantera's first tour in 22 years, with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante filling in for the Abbott brothers on guitar and drums, respectively. The new lineup played its first show in 21 years at the Hell and Heaven festival in Mexico on December 2, 2022.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantera
Studio albums
Metal Magic (1983)
Projects in the Jungle (1984)
I Am the Night (1985)
Power Metal (1988)
Cowboys from Hell (1990)
Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
Far Beyond Driven (1994)
The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
Reinventing the Steel (2000)
Rock The World
Pantera Lyrics
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Of confusion and sin
We must redeem
Our human ways
This force that
Fights to live
Will fight
Till it dies
To save the day
We all
Rock the world
We all
Rock the world
The power grows
To destroy
This flag of hate
That waves so
High in the air
We raise our fists
In rebellion we stand
Our hungry hearts
Set the snare
We all
Rock the world
We all
Rock the world
Ageless as time
Change is revealed
We will rock for you
We all
Rock the world
We all
Rock the world
The lyrics of Pantera's "Rock the World" carry a strong message of rebellion against the destructive forces that threaten the human race. In the midst of confusion and sin, the song acknowledges the aching desire to redeem our human ways and calls for the force that fights to live to rise again and save the day. With this powerful force, we all have the power to rock the world.
The song's chorus repeats the phrase "We all rock the world," emphasizing the idea that each individual has the power to make a difference, to rebel against the flag of hate that waves so high in the air. The verses describe the powerful energy that wells up inside of us, setting the snare with our hungry hearts and fists raised in rebellion. The force that animates us is ageless as time itself, and as change is revealed, we will continue to rock the world.
Line by Line Meaning
In these times
Amidst the confusion and decadence of the present day
Of confusion and sin
A chaotic and depraved world
We must redeem
We need to save ourselves
Our human ways
Our very humanity
This force that
The strength within us
Fights to live
That strives for survival
Will fight
Will struggle on
Till it dies
Until the end
And rise again
Only to rebuild
To save the day
So as to triumph
We all
Everyone
Rock the world
Impacting the world with our power
The power grows
Our might increases
To destroy
To obliterate
This flag of hate
The symbol of intolerance and hostility
That waves so
Held up high
High in the air
For all to see
We raise our fists
We signal our defiance
In rebellion we stand
We take a stand against oppression
Our hungry hearts
Our passionate souls
Set the snare
Lay a trap for injustice
Ageless as time
Eternal
Change is revealed
Transformation is unveiled
We will rock for you
We'll make an impact for you
We all
All of us
Rock the world
Shape the world with our strength
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[Verse 1]
In these times
Of confusion and sin
We must redeem
Our human ways
This force that
Fights to live
Will fight
Till it dies
And rise again
To save the day
[Chorus]
We all
Rock the world
We all
Rock the world
[Verse 2]
The power grows
To destroy
This flag of hate
That waves so
High in the air
We raise our fists
In rebellion we stand
Our hungry hearts
Set the snare
[Chorus]
We all
Rock the world
We all
Rock the world
[Outro]
Ageless as time
Change is revealed
We will rock for you
@craigrawlinson4310
I don't know why Pantera ignored their 80s past. It's solid.
@godzillasimpson8357
Phil asselmo is responsible for that. No wonder Vinnie Paul hated him.
@craigrawlinson4310
@Godzilla Simpson rip vinnie Paul and dime
@jhkuno88
It's because many of their songs and style were total ripoffs from other bigger bands of the time, which is normal they were kids. They started over with their own thing with CFH.
@Kriegter
@Jhkuno 88 that was more of the glam metal stuff. This though is awesome. I mean it's the most cliched 80s sound ever but that's what makes it cool
@ganondorfchampin
@Godzilla Simpson I hate Phil Anselmo too. Hell of a set of pipes attached to a terrible person. Utter poser too sense he disowns the true metal album for tough guy BS.
@justinandsheba
This is seriously their best record.
@mrlynch52
👍👍
@derekgagnon1250
Not even close
@charlesottowilliamwade5328
Real