Sold Date: December 22, 2023
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One of the most influential heavy metal albums of the 1990s, Vulgar Display of Power is just what it says: a raw, pulverizing, insanely intense depiction of naked rage and hostility that drains its listeners and pounds them into submission. Even the "ballads," "This Love" and "Hollow," have thunderingly loud, aggressive chorus sections. Preaching power through strength and integrity, Phil Anselmo discards any further attempts at singing in favor of a militaristic bark and an unhinged roar, while the crystal-clear production sets Diamond Darrell's pummeling riffs against a rhythmic backdrop so thunderously supportive that

Darrell often solos without underlying rhythm guitar parts. The album again follows Cowboys from Hell's strategy of stacking the best songs at the beginning and letting their momentum carry the listener through the rest, but the riffs and sonic textures are more consistently interesting this time around. Pantera's thick-sounding, post-hardcore power metal and outraged intensity would pave the way for many who tried but just have the balls son.

Track list

A1  Mouth For War  03:56

A2  A New Level  03:57

A3  Walk  05:15

B1  Fucking Hostile  02:49

B2  This Love  06:32

B3  Rise  04:36

C1  No Good (Attack The Radical)  04:50

C2  Live In A Hole  04:59

C3  Regular People (Conceit)  05:27

D1  By Demons Be Driven  04:39

D2  Hollow  05:45