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1992 | Atlantic Records

Pantera, Vulgar Display of Power

1992 | Label: Atlantic Records
Jon Wiederhorn By Jon Wiederhorn eMusic Contributor

The early '90s were a bleak time for metal, especially thrash. Many bands either conformed to the popularity of grunge and alternative or packed it in. Then, in February 1992, Texas ragers Pantera released their second major label album, Vulgar Display of Power, and almost single-handedly regained the thrash metal reigns. Slower than both Slayer and early Metallica, Pantera were propelled by a trenchant groove that empowered their music and gave them a more contemporary sound than their peers had. If their 1990 album Cowboys From Hell was a bolt from the blue, Vulgar Display of Power was a finely crafted precision attack that capitalized on the strengths of its predecessor and gave Pantera a clearly defined voice that would… more »

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2012 | Rhino Atlantic

Pantera, Vulgar Display of Power (Expanded Edition)

2012 | Label: Rhino Atlantic
Jon Wiederhorn By Jon Wiederhorn eMusic Contributor

The early '90s were a bleak time for metal, especially thrash. Many bands either conformed to the popularity of grunge and alternative or packed it in. Then, in February 1992, Texas ragers Pantera released their second major label album, Vulgar Display of Power, and almost single-handedly regained the thrash metal reigns. Slower than both Slayer and early Metallica, Pantera were propelled by a trenchant groove that empowered their music and gave them a more contemporary sound than their peers had. If their 1990 album Cowboys From Hell was a bolt from the blue, Vulgar Display of Power was a finely crafted precision attack that capitalized on the strengths of its predecessor and gave Pantera a clearly defined voice that would… more »

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2012 | Columbia

Tenacious D, Rize of the Fenix (Clean Version)

2012 | Label: Columbia
Evan Minsker By Evan Minsker eMusic Contributor

The album art for Tenacious D's latest is disgustingly appropriate — a veiny penis in the shape of a phoenix. So the theme here is that the Jack Black and Kyle Gass will rise from the ashes and do so with too many dick jokes. And that's what you should expect from a Tenacious D album — dick jokes, meta jokes about the band's career to date ("When The Pick of Destiny was released, it was a bomb/ and all the critics said that the D was done"), Dave Grohl on the drums, and of course, lots of acoustic metal. So while the content should be expected for a joke band's third album, for Tenacious D fans, this thing is… more »

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2012 | Columbia

Tenacious D, Rize of the Fenix

2012 | Label: Columbia
Evan Minsker By Evan Minsker eMusic Contributor

The album art for Tenacious D's latest is disgustingly appropriate — a veiny penis in the shape of a phoenix. So the theme here is that the Jack Black and Kyle Gass will rise from the ashes and do so with too many dick jokes. And that's what you should expect from a Tenacious D album — dick jokes, meta jokes about the band's career to date ("When The Pick of Destiny was released, it was a bomb/ and all the critics said that the D was done"), Dave Grohl on the drums, and of course, lots of acoustic metal. So while the content should be expected for a joke band's third album, for Tenacious D fans, this thing is… more »

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