What Is Pantera's Greatest Song? Halestorm, GWAR, Spiritbox, More React

Pantera are one of the most fervently admired bands in metal history. Headbangers don't just like the Texas wrecking crew, they love their run of untouchable records that Pantera made with core lineup Philip Anselmo, Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie Paul and Rex Brown. But what's the single greatest song in the entire Pantera catalog? It's a hard-ass question, so we turned to bigwig metal and rock musicians - including members of Spiritbox, GWAR, In Flames, Halestorm, and more - to pick their choice cuts from one of metal's all-time best discographies.
Watch above and let us know what you think is the greatest Pantera song in the comments below!
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[@Redforsberg]

Floods. One of the best solos, and the feel of the song is so dark and heavy

[@BigDemz]

The outro solo gets me everytime.

[@BigMacAttack83]

@@BigDemz same here

[@dirtyboy601]

@@BigDemz is crazy to think, but he had that in his back pocket since he was a teenager

[@Musicavenger69]

I agree

[@iamfrickincool]

Yes bro

[@lakotayaguy8032]

The Sleep. That was probably Dime’s best solo and a criminally underrated song that most Pantera fans don’t know

[@joesmith9216]

THANK YOU, MINE AS WELL.

[@leeroden7900]

Killer solo. Check out the live versions pre Cowboys releas

[@theskinner8763]

My favorite dime solo is the one off of cowboys do more dope on the rebel meets rebel album. The whole album kicks ass but that solo is fucking sick.

[@1TYSL]

Beat me to it. The Sleep my #1 favorite, hands down.

[@romandevengenzo4267]

I came to the comments to say this, glad someone beat me to it! Such a classic verse riff too 🤘🏻

[@johnpyle1268]

Domination. It's got everything: speed, groove, killer Dime solos, Phil's developing hardcore vocals, and the classic rhythm section of just Vinney and Rex playing under a solo with no other guitar tracks. And the outro jam is just phenomenal.

[@majipon7747]

Thanks that is the correct answer

[@guitarbyniko]

Thanks for the correct answer

[@AngloCelt88]

Goddamn right!

[@rileylynch8368]

yea I was like THERE WE GO JOSE ding ding ding!!!

[@JohnnyGingy]

Greatest Breakdown of all time.

[@theunusualdispenser9474]

Hollow is like the underrated version of cemetery gates. It has everything great about pantera in it: Emotional ballad with deep vocals, great riffs with a heavy breakdown.

[@stephenm8725]

Hollow is so underrated fr

[@michaelshannon5032]

How bout the Dom/Hallow combo off their live album?? Love it!

[@Truelies0630]

i always thought hollow was a better song.. i also think new level is better than walk

[@theunusualdispenser9474]

@@Truelies0630 Tell me how do you rate suicide note pt1?

[@stewiew1151]

Hollow is dooooooope

[@fathermozgus6743]

i Can't believe no one mentioned ''I'm broken'' or ''Slaughterd''

[@MigueUgartechea]

I was waiting the whole time for someone to say Im broken

[@seanmcd6245]

My two favorite Pantera songs

[@HerkulesRS]

Im broken is my favorite.

[@prepperandson1399]

Thank you slaughtered and use my third arm

[@MetalBaller83]

No kidding dude, those two songs are right there in my top favs. Especially Slaughtered. That song hits so fuckin’ hard. That was the first song I ever heard with that machine gun groove, and the riff just kicks you in the teeth.

[@vincenttalley5938]

“Revolution is my Name” is underrated.

[@DoctorPretorious616]

Cemetery Gates, that call-and-response at the end with Phil's screams and Dimebag's squealing guitar riff gives me chills to this day.

[@jrock8233]

Yesss 🤘🤘

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

the call and answer is fucking epic ya with that whammy pedal to the moon yup!

[@bikromshill7260]

Cemetery gates my favorite pantera song of all the

[@tattooedgirl1000]

For sure ,that song really stops everything going on around me

[@theguynextdoor4978]

Definitely. Cemetery gates. Five minutes alone is also high on the list here.

[@matthowe768]

Strength beyond strength. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@joesmith9216]

Ties with the sleep for me, best riffs ever in SBS.

[@brando81]

Phil's scream/growl on that track is likely the most clenched teeth aggression ever recorded.

[@profilen5181]

Yeah dude! I fucking love the riff that comes at about 40 seconds in

[@TheNothing6]

1. Cemetery Gates 2. 10's 3. Floods 4. Domination 5. The Sleep

[@toctheyounger]

Shedding Skin is sick. The opening riff is brutal. GSTK is amazing too - the blues breakdown ending the song is fuckin everything.

[@mprior93]

People sleep on shedding skin! I love the range that Dime shows off

[@Uldy]

Definitely best metal intro ever..

[@metalmike4203]

Shedding skin fuck yes

[@youngunzvt]

"Mouth For War" or "Slaughtered". Not much nuance between the styles but they both crush.

[@craighenry9512]

Isn’t Mouth For War a great way to start a great cd like Vulgar Display of Power?

[@dasnutnock6408]

@@craighenry9512 When I first loaded that CD back in 1992, and heard the opening bars of Mouth For War, I distinctly remember thinking "Yup, this is EXACTLY what music is supposed to sound like".

[@jsstolensalad9698]

Drag the waters, the groove is undeniable and the solo is a masterpiece

[@baunchus3479]

TGST is my favorite pantera album it’s really the best of dime’s guitar playing imo. Floods, Drag the Waters, 10’s, Hell’s wrath, Sandblasted skin, etc i could list the whole album lol

[@RDB93]

@@baunchus3479 I agree. 16 year old me would’ve probably said ‘Vulgar’, but these days I listen to ‘Trendkill’ more than any other Pantera album. They were at their most brutal in ‘96.

[@bravo6721]

It makes them disappear is on A New Level (pun intended). But fr, the intro that sounds goofy but grows on you followed by some of the baddest riffs ever made and then ofc a dimebag solo that gives you the chills. Literally perfection

[@charliecooper5354]

One of my favourite tracks. Reinventing The Steel doesn't get enough love at all

[@Lulustucru2393]

One of my favorite Pantera song with Psycho Holiday

[@SteelJM1]

@@charliecooper5354 Hell yeah, it's one hell of an album to go out on, I love it.

[@Shadow_onpawz-v2t]

10’s is my absolute favorite pantera song. The pain in that song is palpable

[@octavia458]

My favorite as well.

[@ghostdog2041]

Same here.

[@PMiller3425]

Yep same

[@eyehatepantera403]

Same here. 10s and Floods both hold 2 of my favorite solos...of all time

[@tabascopuffen2905]

Fuck yeah

[@STS4747]

Top 5 pantera songs imo in no particular order : 1. Slaughtered 2. I’ll cast a shadow 3. Mouth for war 4. It makes them disappear 5. 10s

[@neugey]

"Becoming". Love the stop-start double bass drumming and Phil's lyrics/delivery resonated with me.

[@duaneanderson6198]

I'm born again...with snakes eyes!!!!

[@owl509]

My current top five would be: Cemetery Gates, Floods, Suicide Note Part 2, Slaughtered, and Hard Ride. Nearly every other Pantera song is an honorable mention

[@Catywampus_Kerfuffle]

That is about the most succinct way of stating that.

[@victherattlehead5099]

For me it has to be cemetery gates, i think it's the greatest song ever made period. However i would put Im Broken as 2nd, The Great Southern Trendkill 3rd, and Piss at 4th

[@jacee8094]

Huge W on Slaughtered. FBD is the so god damn heavy, groovy and catchy. It’s when they truly because a “groove” band to me. Strength Beyond Strength mad underrated within their discography.

[@btbamdep]

Solid choices, my friend. Ah yes Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks is so underrated. That song was on repeat a lot whenever I’d throw on FBD. Living Through Me off TGSTK is another highly underrated and overlooked song, imho.

[@oliverhayesthecreator4988]

I always froget about hard ride

[@jeffh123]

There's no wrong answer. They're all phenomenal!!! 🤘🤘

[@jeffh123]

@massage me on tellegram I won a prize?? A guitar? Bring it on 🤘🤘

[@johnsoptelean3080]

For me, Use My Third Arm is a song that you could put out today,and it would sound so fresh and original that it would make you rethink the mechanics,groove,and crush of today's metal.

[@admiralackbar6586]

Hell yeah dude, I feel like people don’t talk about that one enough

[@mudskipper0075]

Savage tune…👍

[@gilmourdimegates]

That and 25 Years.

[@kevindrums1]

The whole b-side of Far beyond driven is still one of the heaviest entries ever into modern music

[@spike7038]

This is correct……never heard anything that quite crushes live like it

[@denguebu]

• Domination • Concrete Primal Sledge • This Love • Mouth for War

[@danluberto91]

Scrolled until I finally saw This Love. Fucking killer groove

[@JG-3-17]

I'm Broken is my favorite Pantera song. 🤘🔥

[@atvena]

Same

[@randommetalhead7]

Cowboys From Hell, Cemetery Gates, Domination, Mouth For War, Hollow, 5 Minutes Alone, I'm Broken... so many great songs, so hard to choose... Fuck it. *I'm Broken.*

[@sheldonmacdonald3602]

I’m broken is insane

[@groovefiend25]

shedding skin is my personal favorite. i still remember hearing that first riff and being like absolutely sucked in and blown away at the same time

[@CidicVicious]

Its MOUTH FOR WAR for me! Its the song that brought me to the party. ✊🏿😝🤘🏿🤪

[@michapieniazek8415]

It Makes Them Dissapear is Panteras most underrated song, and definitely their heaviest one

[@implayingsomebass4753]

Hell yeah.

[@vegancrue13]

I’ll Cast A Shadow is my favorite. Strength Beyond Strength is a close second.

[@vegancrue13]

Sandblasted Skin get an honorable mention from me. Both album & live version off 101 Proof.

[@AlexLeafy]

I was surprised more people didn't say Domination and Floods. To many of my musician friends these are the top two songs. To me, CFH and 5 minutes. There's so much energy in these two songs, but pretty much all of them are good. Even Glamtera is good. There's a few songs that I don't like from their glam period, but most of them are pretty good as well.

[@dillonmacpherson3350]

Every story you hear about dime and big vin sounds like they were the funnest dudes to have as friends

[@rememberbeginning]

Unless you were trying to sleep, 🤣😂🤣🤣🍻🍻🍻

[@integrity101]

Revolution Is My Name easily. It has it all. Dimes intro, its heavy, groovy, catchy without being too catchy, singing, screaming, positive lyrics, has a great breakdown, great leads. Its perfect. I'll Cast A Shadow is fighting it's way up to the top though too. That one is like a modern BECOMING with a Domination type outro added to to the end. Fantastic song off their best album. Honestly I'm so sick of hearing about CFH, Walk & Cemetery Gates. All great songs and people can like whatever they like but CEMETERY GATES is a poor representation of the band they became as Philip never even sang like that again. Its Pantera before they TRULY found their sound. The whole CFH album is a classic but its Pantera before Philip found his voice and before Dimebag started with the digitech pedal.

[@uniservicemann3186]

THANK YOU!

[@ErebosTalia]

so true...I personally think the RTS Album is so damn underrated. it has such gooooood songs on it. and you´re also right about everyone picking the "standard" songs....boring

[@ryanpitcher64]

It's definitely between this and It Makes Them Disappear for me. Such a heavy album.

[@calebsims7645]

Cemetery gates is one of my favorite songs ever but I completely agree with everything you said and how you said it!

[@integrity101]

@@calebsims7645 Cheers

[@klintburns7230]

Message in Blood. The transition leads to one of the sickest groove riffs I've ever heard🤘

[@tomspring213]

My favorite is Living Through Me (Hell’s Wrath). The chorus riff gets me every time.

[@AlexJohnson-vv9gv]

YES DUDE 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Ninjametal]

That song was my first thought as well

[@jessop-]

Strength beyond strength

[@isopropyltoxicity]

Idk how more of them didn't mention it

[@jessop-]

@@isopropyltoxicity such a good song

[@noneofyourbusiness910]

Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit is one of my go tos. Same with Primal Concrete Sledge. All their songs are awesome.

[@d.klotzzz1383]

Yes.

[@matthewmazzoni423]

Yes

[@tintobrassimo2711]

Yes man, what is wrong with these people and Mojo?

[@rafaelribasvieira5248]

Revolution is my name.

[@wiglal]

Too hard to pick a favorite but the song that first comes to mind when Pantera is mentioned is "the great southern trendkill." That outro is pure southern-styled groove metal.

[@deadworld101]

That song dude from that opening to the ending is so fucking brutal

[@EmrahUncu]

First time I hear a Pantera song when they released Far Beyond Driven. When I saw "I'm Broken" on TV as a young metalhead I was like "WTF is that? This is magnificient". Still my favorite Pantera song.

[@House.Of.Pain.]

“I’m Broken” is my favorite song by them and I believe it’s one of their greatest songs of all time in my opinion.

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

*Best PANTERA song?* It's *"Jelly Fishing"* for me!

[@VampireA1056]

Mine is Broly.

[@islas357]

Idk about favorite but the riffs about halfway through Goddamn Electric are so groovy and bluesy its perfect. The fast riff in this love is also so good. Impossible to pick a best song.

[@CodyTyler94]

Floods was their greatest piece but my favorite song always changes as years go by.

[@RCE-gn6cq]

It’s 25 Years for me, the groove, the riff, the bass, the lyrical content. All amazing!

[@michaeltibbits9321]

Underground in America is my favorite. Lyrics and riffs capture the spirit of the 90s metal scene. Way under rated.

[@cobmister]

One of my personal favourites is 13 steps to nowhere

[@denisn8336]

I love that song so much. Vinnie went crazy on that song

[@Proglove85]

For me it's The Underground In America/Reprise package at the end of TGST. Phil sounds mean as hell, the riffage is rifftastic, Dimes guitar sounds like it had been laying in a rusty shed for a few years, Vinny Paul is smashing the hell out of his kit and Rex is just keeping the whole thing anchored. I love the four classic Pantera albums almost equally, but in my view TGST just pips the other three, if only for the bravery of the thing.

[@VortexDnB]

The best PanterA song is their full album TGSTK and period.

[@JustinGoldsmith]

Shout out to the dude that said Strength Beyond Strength. I was bummed that no one said Becoming - THE song that cemented Vinnie as a legend.

[@Dharmicaction]

Becoming - the best live song and Primal Concrete sledge moscow was their best performance live.

[@goldiebackwash]

Primal Concrete Sledge, Regular People (Conceit), Throes of Rejection, Living Through Me (Hells' Wrath) and Yesterday Don't Mean Shit are top tracks

[@AlecBridges]

I may have to go with Mouth For War because it was the first of their songs I heard and it instantly singed the hair off my nuts.

[@jamiecunningham1565]

Same 92 I think.......Phil was enormous in that video and spoke to me and my life in so many ways. And the band!!!!!Soooo fuckin HEAVY!!!!!! Me and my son tear it up in my house to Pantera🤟🤟⚡️⚡️🔥

[@gbrooks2]

No Good (Attack the Radical) is my jam, any day, even if I haven’t heard Pantera for months.

[@justinh.1290]

For an iconic riff, I’m Broken. For lyrics, 5 Minutes Alone. “You’ve waged a war of nerves but you can’t crush the kingdom!”

[@walkingdirt138]

Walk is the simplest riff that pretty much nobody but Dime could play right.😂😂

[@jaimeecherivel2927]

I’m Broken is mine. Just so raw sounding and to me is everything that Pantera was. It’s usually one of my playlist songs for working out

[@lchaney]

As a HUGE lifelong Pantera fan, and a newer Spiritbox fan, I like that Courtney likes 5 Minutes Alone. Far Beyond Driven is my favorite album. Not quite as hook-laden as Vulgar, not quite as heavy as Trendkill, the perfect sweet spot.

[@adamwood87]

FBD > VDoP. hands down.

[@christelledarazi3606]

The love and appreciation for walk warms my heart

[@matebarta]

I'll go with The Underground In America & (Reprise) Sandblasted Skin. Got me through hard times during teenage years.

[@williamcronk3234]

🤘💀🤘

[@vorhese]

Vulgar Display of Power was one of 4 or 5 albums that defined my high school years. I remember having my friends over for AD&D and turning down the stereo for every "FUCKING" in Fucking Hostile so my parents wouldn't hear... Ah, Memories.

[@rxstarscream]

Diamond, Courtney and Vended with some really solid picks. It's effortless to say "Walk", but with a catalogue of absolute bangers like Pantera has... come on y'all. Easy to tell who actually listens to Pantera.

[@LumpyAdams]

Lol stfu. Walk is a great song so it's not surprising. Yeah, you can tell a few of the younger people on here don't listen to them that much but it's not a knock on Walk. I know the whole discography and it's probably in my top 10. "tHe mOrE unKnOwN sOngS aRe a gOod cHoiCe." Music snob bullshit.

[@jesterdk]

"Domination" -- that song blew my mind when I first heard it, and never lost it's power! I was hoping to see it picked more, but it was there at all so it's a victory. Hahaha But there aren't really any bad answers

[@tonyziporlin4240]

Psycho Holiday was the first song I heard and I still love it

[@zach4058]

I finally found someone mention psycho holiday respect

[@H0MEW0RKtm]

Man that's hard, my favorites are walk/this love/cemetery gates/floods/broken/cowboys from hell

[@RDB93]

I might be the only one to say it, but Suicide Note Parts 1 & 2 are untouchable. The songwriting on ‘Trendkill’ was their best imo.

[@stevenfudgemallet8425]

Mouth For War, The Underground In America and Revolution Is My Name🔥🔥🔥. Just about every other song is an honourable mention but those three are just moshtastic🤘👹🤘.

[@krisgilstrap2214]

for my money, reinventing the steel is the top of the stack and we'll grind that axe is the song that tells me everything i need to know about pantera. it's so damn good. that one, followed closely by yesterday don't mean shit and it makes them disappear. that album is perfect.

[@Jerahzz]

Domination. Greatest breakdown in the history of metal.

[@jflo1532]

Domination...hands down, the sickest song ever

[@bazansak7007]

It's DOMINATION!

[@DavidSGrop]

10's. Next question!

[@RaspySquares]

Bruh, that solo.

[@Pantera_Fan]

the only solo makes this song the greatest not including other parts

[@VampireA1056]

You Kakarot!! I choose you to be the first of my victims!!

[@isopropyltoxicity]

It's probably mouth for war dude, the solo and breakdown plus the riffs perfectly summarize Panteras sound

[@Qliphirot]

It's the epitome of groove metal

[@panoskoko9]

"The sleep" & "Floods" is the top of all metal time songs. Obviously the greatest metal band till now. CFH till i die

[@brucelevy5226]

primal concrete sledge

[@b6eunos]

Shattered. Never really played live but what a solo and ending

[@permafrostprod1]

The great southern trendkill and Suicide note part 2 are my favorites. And I guess it makes me a weirdo but boy do I hate Walk. The tamest, simplest, cheezyest, most pop song they did. A basic radio friendly song that could have been in the Metallica catalogue and I wouldn't've been surprised. No grit, No emotions, not what I was looking for when I was listening to Pantera.

[@filipdzero8739]

There's so many, but the first one that blew my mind was Domination. One of the coolest breakdowns ever!

[@andysixxlett2632]

It’s kinda sad how the first half of their discography is ignored… The solo on We’ll meet again is by far the greatest Dimebag solo, and the entire vibe of PowerMetal just hits that sweet spot between thrash and glam years before Judas Priest released Painkiller.

[@shane727]

Power Metal is definitely up there

[@markcavich1871]

Power Metal is my favorite Pantera album.

[@bauerca3263]

This Love is my favourite song of all time, fuckin’ killer 🔥

[@TheDude044]

6:52 I'm glad to see Rise get recognition. That song fucking slaps and it's got one of Dime's best solos on it. I love that song.

[@mudskipper0075]

Hollow,the breakdown at the end…..🔥🔥🔥

[@Nichole-440HP]

love them all but Floods has to be my favorite , Dime's haunting lead just moves me .

[@jayg24]

Floods might be my favorite solo of all time, so maybe that one. Domination, Suicide Note Pt 1, Becoming, A New Level. They all slap.

[@bazansak7007]

For me gotta be Domination. The energy, the solo.. come on

[@warrenwilliams9016]

It's Slaughtered for me. The riff is groovy but has a good chunk to it. Phil is on point. Dime and Vince are linked, and the bass is great. It's just a great song. It's hard to pick just one though.

[@Jeffthedude15]

Regular people is my favorite. Lyrically as well as musically. So many great songs it's hard some people would say! 🤔🤘

[@Uldy]

This was always one of my favorites too

[@spike7038]

As an opener strength beyond strength takes some beating..

[@1295antonio]

It's gotta be 10's for me. When Broly turned Super Saiyan was amazing. I was a little kid when I saw the movie and that was the first time I ever heard Pantera.

[@dannydanumba]

Fuckin same. DBZ dubs were the shit back then. MY SKIN IS COLD 🤘

[@foxfire204]

Nobody mention nothing from The Great Southern Trendkill. Killer album

[@sheldonmacdonald3602]

Becoming

[@RaspySquares]

If I was stuck on an island with one Pantera song, that would prob be it.

[@stubpadoka]

Same! That is one of the sickest rifs ever written. Match that with the double kick thing Vinny is doing...BOOM!!!! Slaughtered is a close second. That whole album is a metal master piece!

[@integrity101]

if BECOMING & DOMINATION had a baby, itd be I'll Cast A Shadow.

[@jasonventura449]

10's is such an amazing song in my opinion. I could list a bunch that are great for so many different reasons.

[@leaguespork5146]

They are all 10’s every song they made they put 100 percent in to every album they made.

[@brandonp.9371]

The Great Southern Trendkill I’m broken

[@thetrinity69]

13 Steps to Nowhere! A song no one really talks about (?) Its very simple but very fucking heavy! LOVE

[@hollyhayes9640]

For me, personally, it's "Cemetery Gates", but I do understand why people give other answers. Pretty much their whole catalogue is good. 🤟

[@TxGnomeAF]

5 minutes alone, This Love, I'm Broken, The Sleep, CFH still has to be cranked to 11! Like so many have said, there is just so many great songs to choose from. Lizzy must be talking about going to The Clubhouse in Dallas. Vinny's club right off of 35E. I met them when Metal Magic came out in the 80's. I put the bar tops in Joe's Garage on the west side of Fort Worth, where they used to play. Good times.

[@robmarsh6668]

All 'early' stuff. Surprising. Strength beyond strength forever.

[@bullsheets6151]

Absolutely love the Strength Beyond Strength answer. Underrated

[@shanecovey1901]

I'm Broken. Pantera was on top of the world at that time and MTV debut this video and of course we all watched it with the volume at eleventeen and it delivered! That was a brief moment in time when the world was ours and everyone had to accept that Pantera ruled it!!! Without a doubt. I remember the Beavis and Butthead episode where they watched and couldn't get the TV loud enough!! Good Times.

[@KattMurr]

"Cemetery Gates" will always be my top fav Pantera songs....

[@firstpogo]

Primal concrete sledge for me. Was the heaviest thing I had ever heard when I was a kid

[@jayfabe620]

No love for I'm Broken? Grooviest prog metal song ever.

[@sucornisnotahorse]

When I'm walking I'll just play "New Level" and it just instantly effects how I walk, EVERY TIME. More than "Walk" does to me.

[@dmitryowens]

Too many to mention, but I love Revolution Is My Name. Mouth For War and Becoming are also godsize. And why did they pick so many lame trendy new school hipster metal musicians for this?