Following on the heels of the excellent groove metal "debut" of 1990's Pantera, Cowboys From Hell, the band would soon find themselves cranking up the heavy notch by a few with the release of Vulgar Display of Power in 1992. And the "new level" of power manifested in the album does not disappoint one bit. Even more aggro, angry, and raw than its predecessor, and a continuing reminder of the late Dimebag's proficiency with an axe, the fist on the front of the record tells everything about what the album is and what makes it so great - both authoritarian and anti-authoritarian at the same time, this is the raw essence of the movie Fight Club in the form of a heavy metal record, only the ending is much better. Top picks are, "A New Level", "Walk", "Mouth for War", "F***ing Hostile." This is Pantera in their prime. A brilliant album. A
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