The first of Pantera’s reunion shows have officially been announced.
The legendary metal act will take the stage at Knotfest Columbia, Knotfest Chile, and Knotfest Brasil, all of which will take place in December. Pantera will join headliners Slipknot and Judas Preist, as well as Bring Me The Horizon, Trivium, Sepultura, and many more acts across all three festivals.
Last month it was announced that the surviving members of Pantera, vocalist Phillip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, will unite with Black Label Society guitarist Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante to bring Pantera’s music back to the stage for the first time since 2001. According to Billboard, the lineup has been given a green light by the estates of the band’s founders, drummer Vincent “Vinnie Paul” Abbott and guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. Charlie Benante spoke on how he plans to approach the upcoming shows from a drumming standpoint.
“I can’t go do this as the drummer from Anthrax because it would be a different sound completely. So the way I’m gonna do that is if you close your eyes, it’s gonna sound like it’s Vinnie, basically. And that’s how it’s gonna be. The sound is gonna sound exactly like him.”
Zakk Wylde had similar comments.
“You approach it the same way as you do when I’m playing with Ozzy. Obviously I’ve gotta learn [Randy] Rhoads’s stuff and I’ve gotta learn Jake’s [E. Lee] stuff, and when I was doing the [Black] Sabbath stuff, you learn it and do it as faithful as you can. Charlie’s gotta learn all of Vinnie’s parts. You approach it as if you’re in a cover band. When we do the Zakk Sabbath stuff I don’t start changing lyrics midway through ‘War Pigs’. You learn the songs — so that’s what you do.”
Pantera will officially hit the stage on December 9th, 2022 at Knotfest Columbia.
