News Sammy Hagar Says Pantera’s Management Once Asked Him to Replace Phil Anselmo December 21, 2021 9:50pm Though absolutely legendary as a whole entity, Pantera were very much a sum of their parts. The band’s powerful presence wouldn’t be the same without their disparate influences — the virtuosic insanity of Dimebag Darrell, […]
Hell Yes Dimebag Once Bought Incubus Tight Jeans Because Their Huge Nu-Metal Pants “Fit Wrong” December 17, 2021 8:31am These days, Gen Z like to idolize the ’90s and early 2000s as a time of unbridled creativity and weirdness. Those of us who lived through it know better — the nu-metal era was an […]
Lists The 17 Greatest Dimebag Darrell Riffs of All Time December 8, 2021 9:00am It’s hard to imagine any guitarist being as important to metal’s identity as “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot. As one fourth of Texan groove metallers Pantera, Darrell changed the genre as we know it with his mixture […]
News Video: Venue Where Dimebag Darrell Was Murdered Gets Torn Down December 8, 2021 8:22am Today marks the 17th anniversary of metal’s greatest tragedy, the murder of Pantera and Damageplan guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot. On December 8th, 2004, a mentally ill fan named Nathan Gale attacked Damageplan mid-set during their […]
Lists The 30 Greatest Metal Albums of the ’90s November 10, 2021 12:18pm There’s this narrative pushed by music journalists and nostalgia series that metal died screaming in the ’90s. The idea is that the moment Kurt Cobain first played “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” metal clutched its heart, […]
News Dimebag Darrell Turned Down Joining Megadeth Because They Wouldn’t Take Vinnie Paul Too September 28, 2021 10:11am T0day, metalheads consider Dimebag Darrell to be a patron saint of the genre, a virtuosic guitarist who also happened to be the ultimate good ol’ boy. But it’s important to remember that back in the […]
Lists The 30 Greatest Hooks In Heavy Metal History September 21, 2021 11:23am Nothing takes a song to the next level quite like an amazing hook. Technical ability and lyrical poetry are always welcome, but an infectious morsel of music that gets more exciting every time you hear […]
Lists 10 ‘90s Metal Videos That’ll Make You Wonder What Was Wrong With That Decade August 24, 2021 9:52am Hindsight is always 20/20, but in the case of the ’90s, that vision is deeply impaired. Today, metal fans like the remember the ’90s as a creatively-fertile time when even the whitest of dudes could […]
News Dean Guitars CEO Call Accusations by Dimebag’s Estate “Baseless, Without Any Merit, and Not Grounded In Reality” August 18, 2021 8:51am Yesterday, we reported that the estate of legendary Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell were suing Dean Guitars, who have for some time endorsed Darrell and used his image and legacy to sell their products. The accusations […]
News Dimebag Darrell’s Estate Is Suing Dean Guitars August 17, 2021 9:00am For as long as most fans can remember, Pantera guitarist and metal legend “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott has been associated with Dean Guitars, who released Dime’s infamous Razorback model. But now, Dime’s estate, spearheaded by his girlfriend […]
