30 years ago today (7/24/90), Pantera released their breakthrough LP Cowboys From Hell. This fifth album and major-label debut featured a tirade of grinding riffs and fearsome vocals courtesy of Diamond Darrell and Phil Anselmo – a departure from their more glam rock offerings prior to 1990. This along with 1992’s Vulgar Display of Power, catapulted Pantera as the ’90s most influential and biggest metal act. Check out the official video for “Cemetary Gates” – perhaps the heaviest power ballad of the last 30 years.
