The American heavy metal band known for the album Vulgar Display of Power is Pantera. Released in 1992, it was the band’s sixth studio album and a landmark release in the development of groove metal.
Recorded in 1991 with producer Terry Date, the album followed Pantera’s breakthrough Cowboys from Hell. Its heavy, sharply rhythmic guitar riffs, forceful vocals from Phil Anselmo, and tight rhythm section of Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul gave the band a distinctive sound. Songs such as “Walk,” “Mouth for War,” “Fucking Hostile,” and “This Love” became staples of the group’s catalog.
The title comes from a line in the 1973 film The Exorcist, while the famous cover shows a man being punched in the face. Vulgar Display of Power eventually earned double-platinum certification in the United States. It is sometimes mistaken for a thrash metal album, but Pantera is more commonly associated with groove metal, a style built around slower, weightier rhythmic patterns.