The Heaviest Album to Ever Hit #1

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Published 2022-04-27
Here's the story of Pantera's vicious and empowering 1994 album, Far Beyond Driven.

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All Comments (21)
  • @coimbralaw
    “Far Beyond Driven” isn’t an album. It’s a weapon. 🤘🏻
  • @tonygunk9896
    This album was absolute perfection. High school nostalgia.
  • @staythicc
    Just wanted to say that Phil's vocals isolated are truly insane, caught me off guard to say the least
  • @kurtemus
    I'm 55 and I've only gotten into harder and harder music as I got older. Pantera is my favorite.
  • @bigmfeagle
    Nothing but respect and love for Pantera. These guys influenced/ changed countless lives.
  • @c.f.pedraza4057
    Little did Vincent Paul realize, almost 30 years later, drummers STILL can't get "Becoming," as clean and flawless as him.
  • @TacoTot
    "Slaughtered" is probably the most underrated song on that album, or possibly in their entire discography. That song makes me go extra ape shit.
  • Pantera was my first concert. RIP Vinnie and dimebag we miss you.
  • @fmoriss
    "without significant radio or mtv play far beyond driven somehow debuted at #1 on the billboard charts" Just because it was and still is one of the greatest albums of all time
  • @davegordon6943
    Pantera wasn't just a band. They were a lifestyle to allot of us old heads. 45 year old metal head
  • Far Beyond Driven is the perfect blend of their very dark and intense sound to follow on Trendkill but keeping the ball-crushing riffs and vocals from Vulgar. 10/10 for me personally to this day.
  • @mondo2478
    I was 16 when Far Beyond Driven came out and I still have my cassette tape and I'll keep it forever. It was such a monumental album and time in my life, Pantera taught me everything I needed to know about music. Absolutely heartbroken when Dime and Vinnie passed away 😥
  • @heytoast7129
    I remember seeing them for the FBD tour, they came with Type O Negative. One of the best concerts I've been to. When they played "Third Arm", the whole main floor just exploded. It really felt like the concrete floor was moving. Planet Caravan is a kick ass cover and a perfect way to close out an album as well as the concert.
  • Far Beyond Driven debuting at number 1 was madness at the time. Never thought I'd see that happen. Pantera were something truly special. Love that band.
  • That's a HUGE accolade for a band like Pantera. No one saw that coming, but hey...WATCH IT GO!!!!!!!!
  • @guitarguru.3572
    When this album came out, the heaviest thing I’d ever heard was Metallica’s And Justice for All. A few friends and I took a few albums out on a boat for an all-nighter party when it was fresh off the press, the year it came out. It was like putting my face into the afterburner of a fighter jet. One of the greatest albums of any genre, of all time.