Last night (December 2nd), Pantera played their first show in more than two decades, debuting the band's new lineup featuring Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) and Charlie Benante (Anthrax) playing in the place of their longtime friends, the late, great Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul.
The kickoff show of a massive tour schedule that extends through the next two years, the Hell & Heaven Metal Fest performance in Mexico saw Philip Anselmo, Rex Brown and their new bandmates ripping through an epic, career-spanning 15-song set including faves like "Walk," "5 Minutes Alone" and "This Love," as well as deeper cuts such as "Use My Third Arm" and their cover of Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan." During the latter, a tribute video to Dimebag and Vinnie Paul played on the big screens; the brothers were also memorialized through portraits on Benante's bass drums.
A lot of fan-shot video as since hit the internet, most of it terrible, some of it surprisingly high quality. We've filtered out the best of the best. Watch above and below, and check out the setlist, courtesy of setlist.fm.
Pantera setlist, 12/2/22:
A New Level
Mouth for War
Strength Beyond Strength
Becoming (with Throes of Rejection outro)
I'm Broken (with By Demons Be Driven outro)
Use My Third Arm
Drag the Waters
This Love
Yesterday Don't Mean Shit
Fucking Hostile
Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath cover)
5 Minutes Alone
Walk
Cowboys From Hell
Dom/Hollow
Below, see members of In Flames, Spiritbox, GWAR, Halestorm and more make their picks for Pantera's single greatest song.
