Subgenres: crossover funk metal alt metal hard rock
After the breakup of Chinga Monkey, the band felt it was a time to change, to take things into a new direction. And with the help of there new singer's Chris and Mahina, they do just that.
Although they reinvented themselves as a lethal thrash metal band in the '90s, Pantera were originally glam/pop metallists — as proven by their '80s albums Metal Magic, Projects in the Jungle, and I Am the Night, as well as the stage names the members used during this period (bassist Rex Smith was known as Rex Rocker and guitarist Dimebag Darrell was known as Diamond Darrell).