So while Anselmo has had his detractors and still – amazingly – gets criticism for his part in the downfall of Pantera, in the decade or so since everything fell apart, he's matured both as musician and as a human being. Hell if he'd never sung another note after Pantera's last gig in 2001, he'd have still gone down in history as one of heavy music's most compelling figures. But does that common touch a great record make?įirst of all let's say that the man has nothing whatsoever to prove to anyone. He's a fan, first and foremost, and that ability to offload his ego and bond with other fans on a simplistic heavy metal level, completely separates him from almost all of his peers. ![]() ![]() ![]() Where Philip H Anselmo differs from almost every other metal front man is that if he wasn't singing in Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual etc or, in this case, with The Illegals on his first genuinely solo record, he'd be down in the pit, cracking heads with the rest of us.
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