Vulgar Display Of Power  by Pantera

The Pantera from Texas with their sixth album in their career, Vulgar Display Of Power from 1992, and the second after the 180-degree musical shift they had undertaken in 1990, come to fill a gap in heavy metal music, which seemed to be in decline.

The Pantera, without penetrating the extreme metal scene with Vulgar Display Of Power, lay the foundations for the creation of yet another category of heavy music, groove metal. The compositions of the album are the result of the collective work of all the members of the band. The lyrics of the songs compete in intensity and aggressiveness with the music of the songs themselves. The commercial impact it had as an album showed where things would be heading in the heavy metal scene in the coming years, at least in the United States.

Despite the fact that Vulgar Display Of Power only reached No. 44 on the Billboard, the 2,350,000 copies sold prove that the album continued to sell slowly and steadily over time and thus continued to influence musical trends in the following years.