The New Metal

Metal was nearly declared dead in the late 1980s.It was then when it all started again.Metal had lost its popularity.There were still a few metal bands that were doing really well but they still couldn't uplift its popularity among the people like those olden times.The band that actually saved  metal was Pantera.Pantera was something that really drove people crazy.They were the best of their generation.They were somehow unstoppable.People really seemed to like them.Their tracks are considered to be some of the best in Metal History.The band was originally named Pantera's Metal Magic and was consisted of Donnie Hart on vocals, Dimebag Darrell (then known as Diamond Darell) and Pat on guitar, Tommy Bradford on bass, and Vinnie Paul on drums. In 1982, the band was renamed Pantera in order to shorten the name and to settle an agreement between all band members. Hart left the band because he didnt agree with the bands' ethics and Glaze became the group's vocalist, leaving Darrell as the sole guitarist. Later that year Bradford also departed and was replaced by Rex Brown (then known as Rexx Rocker). Pantera became an underground favorite, though its regional tours in this era never took them beyond Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana