Album: Far Beyond Driven by Pantera (1994)
Genre: Thrash Metal | Style: Metal | Mood: Boisterous
Format: Album

Description: Far Beyond Driven is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released on March 22, 1994 through East West Records. Upon its release, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it the first extreme metal album to top the chart. It is also the first album where Darrell Abbott is credited as "Dimebag Darrell".

Artist Background: No band affected the metal world more so than Pantera during the early to mid-'90s. Beginning with its 1990 album Cowboys From Hell, the post-thrash band put to rest any and all remnants of the '80s metal scene, almost single-handedly demolishing any notion that hair metal, speed metal, power metal, et al., were anything but passé. Sure, a lot of critics point toward Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the subsequent alternative rock explosion as the death knell of '80s-style metal, but ... Part of the Arlington, Texas, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Thrash Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Related Artists: Damageplan, Slayer, Metallica, Sepultura

Music Scene: Part of the Arlington, Texas, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1980s era. Associated with Thrash Metal movement. Known for Metal style.

Tags: Thrash Metal, Metal, Boisterous, 1990s, Album

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Far Beyond Driven is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released on March 22, 1994 through East West Records. Upon its release, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it the first extreme metal album to top the chart. It is also the first album where Darrell Abbott is credited as "Dimebag Darrell".

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