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Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera
Vulgar Display of Power is an album by Pantera, released in 1992. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Walk”, on 25 lists with a best position of #4.
Vulgar Display of Power, Pantera's sixth studio album, arrived on Atco in February 1992, and it lands like a steel-toed boot to the chest. Reunited with producer Terry Date after Cowboys from Hell, the Arlington, Texas, crew set out to make something heavier than that breakthrough, spurred on by the slicker, more commercial turn Metallica had taken on their self-titled album, which came out while these sessions were under way.
Phil Anselmo barks and bellows, Dimebag Darrell's riffs grind and squeal, Rex Brown's bass rumbles underneath, and Vinnie Paul drives it all like a pile driver. It's groove metal stripped to muscle and menace. "Mouth for War", "A New Level", "Walk", "Fucking Hostile" and "This Love" became cornerstones of the band's catalog, and it remains Pantera's best-selling album, going double platinum and cracking the top 50 of the Billboard 200. A 2012 expanded edition added the unreleased track "Piss".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Vulgar Display of Power on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | 25 | #4 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 2 | This Love | 6 | #30 | – | 1994–2023 | |
| 3 | Fucking Hostile | 3 | #41 | – | 2009–2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.