Metalsucks — For me, the foundation of metal is a five-sided structure (A pentagram? Nah, too obvious. A pentagon!), with each side being represented by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Pantera, and Slayer, respectively. Though the last two are debatable... more info

Altsounds — Pantera found its growl and groove on COWBOYS FROM HELL, a landmark album whose bone-powdering intensity, razor-sharp riffing and pummeling rhythmic assault represented a turning point in modern metal when it was released in 1990. More than just Pant... more info

411 Mania — New Limp Bizkit's tour edges closer, new details on the deluxe Pantera release, full details for Santana's new guitar album, the Foo Fighters name producer, tour dates from Avenged Sevenfold/Stone Sour, Apocalyptica, Deftones, CKY, and more. more info

The Music Fix — as the Pantera classic gets the reissue treatment more info

411 Mania — Did Breaking Benjamin really break up? Evanescence delayed. Disturbed's new track listing. Aaron Lewis of Staind goes country. Pantera readying re-release. Dimmu Borgir divulge new album details. Linkin Park announce title, release date for new album... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: British singer Cheryl Cole (1983) Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps (1985) "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino (1984) Pantera singer Phil Anselmo (1968) Boxer Mike Tys... more info

ContactMusic — Former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN rocker VINNIE PAUL has written a new cookbook.The heavy metal drummer will share his favourite recipes with fans in Drumming Up An Appetite... more info

Totally Fuzzy — 004 said... Cream - Goodbye Grateful Dead - Go to Heaven Pantera - Cowboys from Hell http://zerozerofour.blogspot.com simon2307 said... Truth and Salvage Co - s/T Pure Mountain Angel - mp3 http://beat-surrender.blogspot.com YoungMossTongue said... ... more info

411 Mania — From Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Pantera and Led Zeppelin to Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, The Beatles, and The Smiths, 411Music staffers rank the top 5 favorite bands they'd go back in time to see. Check out the full article to see which bands made the list ... more info

Guardian Music — The bassist with the masked metalheads, who died suddenly yesterday, was integral to the group's overall aestheticThe arrival of Slipknot in 1999 represented a new chapter in metal. And now the sudden death at the age of 38 of their bassist Paul Gray... more info