POV: you’re watching Pantera play Monsters Of Rock 1992 in Italy. Playing This Love in front of over 50,000 people must’ve been surreal. Monsters of Rock 1992 helped cement Pantera as the bridge between classic metal festivals and the heavier 1990s era. They proved that groove metal could not only survive but thrive on stages once dominated by traditional metal royalty. After these shows, Pantera were no longer just Texas outsiders… they were festival-level headliners in waiting, and the metal l

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THIS CROWD DIDN’T DESERVE THIS SET Pantera — “Domination” • Monsters of Rock • Reggio Emilia, Italy • 12/09/1992 “Domination” was already established by this point. Sixth track on their INCREDIBLE debut Cowboys from Hell. Used as a live opener in ’90–’91. That breakdown already had a humongous reputation. E standard, fast tempo, built to hit hard and then hit harder. Monsters of Rock in ’92 was still very much an older heavy metal crowd. Hard rock, glam holdovers, legacy bands. Pantera were comi

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