On December 8, 2004, Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed on stage by a mentally unstable fan during a Damageplan concert in Columbus, Ohio. The Abbott brothers went on to form Damageplan while Anselmo continued to work on several side projects, including Down, which Brown joined as well. Pantera went on hiatus in 2001 but lingering disputes led to the band breaking up in 2003. The ongoing tension lasted for another seven years, during which only one studio album, Reinventing the Steel (2000), was recorded. These tensions resulted in the recording sessions for The Great Southern Trendkill (1996) being held separately. Tensions began to surface among the band members when Anselmo became addicted to heroin in 1995 he almost died from an overdose in 1996. The subsequent album Far Beyond Driven (1994) then debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Their fifth album (in which the band has since referred to as 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. They secured a record deal with major label Atco the following year. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera hired Anselmo in 1986 and released Power Metal in 1988. 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. Pantera is regarded as one of the most successful and influential bands in heavy metal history, having sold around 20 million records worldwide and having received four Grammy nominations. In addition to their development and popularization of the groove metal subgenre, Pantera is credited (along with others, such as Testament, Sepultura, and Machine Head) for being part of the second wave of thrash metal scene from the late 1980s to early-to-mid 1990s. The group's best-known lineup consisted of the Abbott brothers (drummer Vinnie Paul and guitarist Dimebag Darrell), along with bassist Rex Brown and lead vocalist Phil Anselmo the former, who joined in 1982, is the sole constant member of Pantera. Pantera ( / p æ n ˈ t ɛr ə/) is an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981.
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