Listened to the new single with the same album title called Invincible Shield. These guys date back since the late 60s and I have to say that honestly they only get better as they age and still pack a good punch after so many years of playing. All of the band members are looking in good shape and health and continue to play with the high virtuosity required to play Heavy Metal. Rob Halford's voice is also aging very well. I think we are in a for a real good treat with this new album. I also believe that they owe it to this newer generation of metal listeners to show them where their roots come from and that the golden era of metal wasn't just the 80s or 70s. It is also because of bands like Judas Priest and the like such as Rainbow, Iron Maiden or Motorhead, that we are able to enjoy other kinds of metal genres that have sprung from the evolution of the Heavy Metal genre. Give their new released single Invincible Shield a listen to and let us know what your opinion is in the comments below!

P.S.

I'll be headbanging all the way well into my senior years too \m/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwMZ20ZVZeE

Assuming it is Metal. This one for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmraiHm_0fU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Iau_oik-E

Yes unfortunatley as we all know the sad news of course, Vincent Paul Abbott aka Vinnie Paul passed away yesterday on Friday night in Las Vegas. The news hit me like a bucket of ice water and I had no time to even react or write a memoir as life's daily routine can get in the way, but hey here I am finally and regretfully typing the sad news.

The circumstances of Vinnie Paul's death is still unknown and according to a facebook post the family would like to have their privacy respected.

Vinnie Paul was born in Abilene, Texas on March 11, 1964. His father was a well known country song writer and producer which is where the Abbott brothers more than likely inherited the aspiration to be musicians. Him and his brother Darrell Lance Abott aka Dimebag Darrell formed the legendary heavy metal band Pantera in 1981 in Arlington Texas. The band was foremost originally a KISS glamorous influenced band throughout the early 80's until bandmates of different bands influenced and encouraged Pantera to play faster and louder. Lured away from the bubble gum metal scene, Pantera officially changed their sound and style with a much heavier and speed metal influenced record known as Power Metal in 1988. The loud and heavy sound of Power Metal was not enough though, instead they uniquely pursued their own distinguished sound that changed and revolutionized the sound and song structure of Metal. Everything about Pantera changed with their album Vulgar Display of Power. Particularly the Abbot brothers with their song writing style is what gave Pantera that special chemistry you couldn't find in other bands. Particularly Dimebag Darrell's high use of treble to bring in that razor sharp sound to his axe and Vinnie Paul's drumming which was more technical, clean and precise for most drummers at the time is what brought more melodic harmony to Thrash aka Groove Metal. Pantera brought in a legacy of playing groovy and bringing in soul to the brash sound of Thrash Metal.

One of the first bands I ever listened to was Pantera of course and I immediatey felt the ecstacy and soulful note playing Dimebag Darrell played and for the longest Vinnie Paul had been one of my favorite drummers. To see that both brothers are resting in peace is upsetting but it is what it is and they live on through their music which will never die cause its a priceless masterpiece. All of their work and legacy is a gem and there is only one Pantera and there will never ever be one again.

Power Metal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpkhGBc7AA

Phillip Anselmo on Vinnie Paul interview 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFOHlcYzYcY

The Unforgettable moments with Vinnie Paul:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ss5rIsLow

Pantera Live in Moscow 1991:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lXXvUIEy2o

Do you like Soviet Metal, do you like 80s Metal, or All Kinds of Metal? well in fact we have the right channel for you which is the discord server that woof made to form a gathering of like minded folks of the same taste in music. Come join in the brotherhood and meet different people from the globe!

If you have a discord account then feel free to join our discord channel that spellshock and me (w00f) made, it's made for all kinds of metal so it's not only soviet metal. - From w00f

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