Phil = Anton Crowley
Here's a good explanation I got from Fred Syer.
Phil Anselmo is Anton Crowley. He played lead guitar for Necrophagia on their reunion album (if you can call it that) in 1998. Back in 1995 or 1994, something like that, he came out with Viking Crown where he also used the name Anton Crowley. In Necrophagia publicity photos and stuff, he had mask his face due to some contract stipulations with Elektra.
1.10.00

Opening Act for Pantera US Tour
Big rumors from Norway: Norwegian black metal band Satyricon might open for Pantera on their US tour in April. This was reported in the 2nd biggest newspaper in Norway. Mad props to Vegard for the hot tip.
1.9.00

More Explanation on Anton Crowley and Phil
Now that I've done some more research, Anton Crowley might just be Phil. All the pictures of him show someone resembling Phil. Anton is in the band Necrophagia. He's the lead guitarist. Phil is also officially in the band Eibon. He's the lead guitarist in that.
1.9.00

Slayer Guests
Kerry King from Slayer will appear on a song on Pantera's new album called "Goddamn Electric". He'll play a solo.
1.8.00

Viking Crown
I was really confused on this issue and thanks to Nyles1644, I am now clear. Phil Anselmo is not Anton Crowley. Viking Crown has no connection with Pantera.
1.8.00

Tribute Album Tracklisting
Here is the tracklisting for the tribute album due on Feb. 1st.

  1. PISSING RAZORS- "Domination" (courtesy of Noise / Modern Music GmbH)
  2. BOILER- "Mouth For War" (courtesy of Mayhem Records)
  3. THE STEP KINGS- "Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills" (courtesy of Fantastic Plastic Records)
  4. ANAL CUNT- "The Great Southern Trendkill" (courtesy of Earache Records)
  5. MURDER 1- "I'm Broken" (courtesy of Pavement Records)
  6. DISARRAY- "Cowboys From Hell" (courtesy of Eclipse Records)
  7. NOK- "Fucking Hostile"
  8. HOLLOW- "Becoming"
  9. CRUSH EFEKT- "Use My Third Arm"
  10. LUNATIC- "Walk"
  11. Bone Daddy - "A New Level"
1.5.00

Tribute Album
The Pantera tribute album is set for a Feb. 1st release. I don't have a tracklisting for it yet.
1.4.00

New Album Update
Official word from Concrete Management: Pantera is finally mixing their album. The recording is totally done, all is well, and it looks like late March or early April is finally a reality.
12.25.99

Viking Crown
VIKING CROWN, featuring Anton Crowley (aka Phil Anselmo from PANTERA!) has released Unorthodox Steps Of Ritual on Hammerheart. Thanx to Noel for the crucial tip.
12.16.99

Official Release Date
The earliest possible release date is March 2000, according to Concrete Management. Thanx to Noel for the info.
12.2.99

Rumored Release Date
I have no clue how valid this is, but there's a rumor that the new album is being released on Groundhog's Day of 2000. Thanx to greg for the tip.
11.29.99

Tribute Album
Note to yourself: you know your band rocks when people make a tribute album for you. Anyways, supposedly, a Pantera tribute album is due out on Jan. 4, 2000.
11.19.99

Street Team Needed
Surprisingly, the Pantera Street Team is looking for members to promote their next album. For more details and to join, click here.
11.10.99

T-Shirts Updated
Just got done with adding all the Pantera T-Shirts in the Shirts section. Now you can look at what each one looks like and order some through CDnow. Also, anyone know of a good place online to order Pantera caps? PanteraDirect.com is out and T-Shirtnow is expensive as hell. I need some directions.
10.14.99

3 Vulgar Videos From Hell
In case you didn't know, the new DVD video came out today. It contains the past 3 videos plus more. A total of 4 hrs and 5 mins of Pantera. I now own every piece of Pantera video ever made on one CD, awesome!
10.12.99

Phil's Side Project
This weeks KERRANG!!! magazine has a small article about Phil's secret band 'VIking Crown'. The album 'Unorthodox Steps of Ritual' was single handedly recorded in 1994 by Phil ANselmo. It's out this week in UK. I have no idea what it sounds like but with song titles like 'JUDAS GOAT' and 'SATAN RULER OF EARTH' it's probably extreme death/black metal.
Thanx to Aly Jamal for the news.
10.12.99

New Album and DVD News
Pantera is wrapping up their new album right now. It's slated for a first quarter 2000 release. It is produced by Vinnie instead of Terry Date. One guest on the album will be Slayer's Kerry King.

On Oct. 12, the new DVD will be released. It's called 3 Vulgar Videos From Hell and includes all 3 of their previous videos and more. Excellent buy. You can order it here.

Also, Phil Anselmo opened his annual haunted house in Jefferson, LA. It's the 7th year in a row now that he's done it. It will Oct. 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, and 27-31.
10.2.99

Tony Iommi's Solo Record
Phil Anselmo will be one of many guests on Tony Iommi's new solo record, which is set Feb. 2000.
10.2.99

Phil's Own Label
Phil Anselmo's own label, HouseCore, is officially up. It is a division of Elektra Records. The first record to be released from it is Christ Inversion's album 13th Century Luciferion Rites. News courtesy of necrophagia.
9.22.99

Slipnot + Pantera = Bullshit
Ah, previous reports of Slipknot and Pantera touring was totally bogus. The truth is Pantera are in the studio and haven't finished their new record. They have no tour plans as off yet.
9.20.99

Phil Staring His Own Label, Part II
Rumors is that the new label started by Phil is called HouseCore. News courtesy of Panfuckingtera.
9.9.99

Phil Staring His Own Label?
Rumors have been spreading that Phil has started his own label. Haven't been able to confirm yet though.
9.7.99

DVD Release
On October 5, Pantera will release 3 Vulgar Videos From Hell, containing all of the band's previously released videos in one package plus three previously unreleased live songs recorded at the Monsters of Rock festival in Moscow, Russia. Dunno if it will be released on VHS, also.
9.4.99

Album Delayed
Word from The Great Internet Trendkill is that the new album has been delayed until January. Supposedly, this came from Phil himself.
8.13.99

Detroit Rock City
Pantera is featured on the Detroit Rock City soundtrack.
8.11.99

New Album Date
Word from Big Val of the Black Sabbath show is that new album will be out in September. Thanx to sandra@en.com for the tip.
7/27/99

Pantera on Sabbath Tribute Album
Pantera is one of the many artists featured on the new Black Sabbath tribute album named Nativity In Black – Part 2. They will play Electric Funeral. Other artists on the CD include Rob Zombie, (hed)pe, Primus, Slayer, System of A Down, Soulfly, Machine Head, and Godsmack.
7/9/99

Pantera Covers Nuggent
Pantera will have a cover song of Ted Nuggent's "Catch Scratch Fever" on the Detroit Rock City soundtrack coming out Aug 13th.
7/8/99

I'm Back
Yup, yup. I'm back from vacationing in China, I guess ahead of schedule. I know I've missed a great deal of news and shit; if you wanna help, email news to me so I can update quickly. There should be a flood of news coming around this weekend.
7/8/99

Gone Vacationing
I'm gonna be gone until July 10; so no updates for Wicked Land until then. Meanwhile, you can read up at Rocktropolis, check tourdates at PollStar, and buy stuff at CDnow.
6/8/99

New Album Update
Here's what the May issue of Metal Hammer reported on the new album:

"We're going back to being really heavy this time around," says the sticksman [Vinnie Paul], who's also producing the record at the band's own studio in Texas. "We really want to kick out again. You could say that this is a 'back to the roots album' for us."

The as-yet-untitled album will be released later this year on Atlantic. But the band - Paul, vocalist Phil Anselmo, guitarist Dimebag Darrell and bassist Rex Brown - refuse to be rushed into anything.

"We will take all the time necessary to make this the best album we can," insists Paul. "It will be released when it's ready and not before."

As far as touring plans are concerned, Pantera are committed to playing shows in the UK as soon as their schedule allows.

"We enjoyed being on the Ozzfest bill in Britain last year," enthuses the drummer/producer, "and we really wanna come back this time to do a full tour."

And it seems that vocalist Phil Anselmo isn't the only Pantera member to get involved with side-projects. Paul and Dimebag have been working on an album with cult country performer David Allen Coe. This is called 'Rebel Meets Rebel'. However, the project remains unsigned at present.

"We're concentrating fully on Pantera right now," says Paul. "Everything else is on the back burner."
5/1/99

Wicked Land Mailing List
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3/13/99

Official Album News
This is from Concrete Management:
Pantera has now finished the Black Sabbath tour since Sabbath was forced to cancel the final four dates due to Ozzy's throat problems, and are entering their home studio to start their new record! I know this is the news most of you have been waiting to hear. As soon as we have more info on this I will let you know. This is really all that I have on this, please don't E-mail me with a million ?'s! I won't have any answers for you. There won't be any more live Pantera gigs until after the recording is done for release this Fall, but we're working on a lot of really great plans once that happens, and you can be sure Pantera will hit the road hard and stay out for as long as they can stand it!
3/11/99

New Album and Down
The new album is rumored to be released in the summer. Down's new album was suppose to come out late Feb., but it was held back. No reasons to why. Thanks to IFIUIIK@aol.com for the tip.
3/8/99

Recent Happenings and Future Predications on Wicked Land
A lot has been going on both in the foreground and at the background here at Wicked Land headquarters the past few weeks. For one thing, several new affiliates have joined Wicked Land; here's all the affiliates we have now: Pulkas, Staind, Pro-Pain, Vision of Disorder, Juice, Will Haven, Kilgore, and Deviate.
If you want your site on here, fill out the application.

Also, if you haven't noticed, Wicked Land has added a few new features: Album Reviews, The Polls, and Advertising.
In addition, you voters have spoken out and said you want Soulfly as the next band on Wicked Land. I'll begin working on that this weekend and hopefully will have it done in a month or two. If you have any info or pictures on Soufly, please send them to propheci@wickedland.com.
3/5/99

Hole in the Sky
Contrary to popular belief, the Pantera cover of Hole in the Sky is actually on a CD. It can be found on a promotional disc released by Elektra called, Pantera - Unofficial Hits, which has Hole in the Sky, Cemetary Gates, This Love, I'm Broken, Drag the Waters, and a live version of Cowboys from Hell on it. Thanks Mike for bring me the tip.
2/15/99

Additions to Wicked Land
With the new affiliations program, Wicked Land has acquired 4 new bands to its lineup:

2/12/99

The Smother Cup
Hey! Vote for this site at Smother E-Zine as the best informative and music related website. Click here to fill out the form to vote. Plus, if you vote, you're entered in the contest to win some cool stuff. Thanks!
2/9/99

New Album News
Pantera is going to record after the Sabbath tour, which ends in March. The scheduled release is around summer time. Can't wait. Also, in support of the Sabbath tour, Pantera has recorded 2 Sabbath covers for radio: Hole in the Sky and Electric Funeral.
1/23/99

Pantera Going Country?
Vinnie Paul, Dimebag Darrell and Rex Brown have recorded a heavy country-flavoured album with David Allen Cole called "Rebel Meets Rebel".
1/23/99

Half Million
Half a million visitors! If you have any suggestions on how to make this site better, I'd love to hear it! Email me at propheci@wickedland.com.
12/27/98

Hole in the Sky
Pantera has done a cover of Black Sabbath's song Hole in the Sky. The single is to be radio only so don't expect to find it on some CD. Goto Panfuckingtera to download the mp3.
12/20/98

Tour Update
Just updated all the dates. There are some minor changes. Check them out.
12/10/98

More Tour Update
The Jan. 7th show is canceled. See the touring page for the newest dates.
11/24/98

Tour Update
According to the System of A Down official site, there is a new date on the tour: Jan. 6 - Los Angeles, CA - Great Western Forum (with Pantera and Black Sabbath). I haven't seen this date confirmed anywhere else, but it'd be awesome if it were true! Props to Cody for bringing this to my attention.
11/22/98

Touring Updates
One change to the dates: The Chicago show has moved to January 19, 1998. The new Venue is ROSEMONT HORIZON.
11/13/98

Touring News
Latest news for the Black Sabbath reunion tour.

11/4/98

Tour Dates
Got the dates with Black Sabbath. Check them out. The Dec. 31 show is with Soulfly, Megadeth, Slayer, and Pantera. Deftones will join Pantera from Jan. 25 and on.
10/27/98

Black Sabbath
The grand-daddy of metal, Black Sabbath whom Pantera will open for, is about to release their "Reunion" 2-CD set. It'll have all new songs plus old ones. Click here to advance order the CD from CDnow at a low price. The CD comes out on Oct. 20.
Plus, speaking of new CDs, Deicide brings out their new one, When Satan Lives, Oct. 20. Order that by clicking here.
10/18/98

Tour
Pantera will open up for Black Sabbath in a 6-week tour starting in Phoenix on New Years Eve. The new record will not make it before then.
9/26/98

New Shit
Down and Pantera are going into the studio in October or something and gonna record for both a new Down and a new Pantera album.
9/18/98

Far!!
Finally, the Far page is done!...ish. Check it out right here. Give me any comments or help. I'm in desperate need for your input!!
8/30/98

StrangeLand Sountrack
Pantera, along with along with Snot, hed (p.e.), dayinthelife, Megadeth, Marilyn Manson, Sevendust, Bile, Coal Chamber, Anthrax, Soulfly, Kid Rock, Crisis, and Twisted Sister, will contribute to the StrangeLand soundtrack. The soundtrack hits stores on Sept. 22.
8/30/98

Anselmo Appearance
Phil is gonna be on the Tony Iommi (from Black Sabbath) solo album. Props to Jon Saffo for the news.
8/20/98

The Future of Wicked Land
As most of you have noticed, the Deftones section is totally different now. I got rid of the frames and made a cooler front page. Anywayz, that's just the start. Here is what I plan to do in the next couple of weeks, months...

Enjoy,
7/24/98

New Down?
Just heard from jef that Phil is working on a new Down album. Of course, Down is the side-project Phil started with Pepper Keenan(Corrosion of Conformity), Kirk Windstein, Todd Strange, Todd Jimmy. Check out their first album. It rules.
7/16/98

Live Ozzfest & Warped Shows
LiveConcerts will be bringing 2 live Ozzfest shows and 1 live Warped Tour show this summer. Here is the schedule. Check the site for more information as to when each band plays.

6/30/98

New Face
If the new Pantera section wasn't exciting enough for ya, here is the newly organized Underground Music Scene. Please visit and tell me what you think.
6/21/98

New Face
Well, the Pantera section got a face-lift. Hope you guys like it. Next up, the Underground section.

Summer Tours
I've had a bunch of people asking me for Ozzfest and Warped, and I myself have had some confusion on the lineup. But anywayz, here is the official lineup from the official sites.

Ozzfest (U.S. Only) - Tour Dates
1st Stage:
Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit, Sevendust, Coal Chamber
2nd Stage:
Incubus, the Melvins, Snot, Ultraspank, Kilgore, Life Of Agony, System of a Down, Monster Voodoo Machine

Ozzfest (Europe Only) - Tour Dates
1st Stage:
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath (Ozzy, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward), Foo Fighters, Pantera, Slayer, Soulfly, Fear Factory
2nd Stage:
Coal Chamber, Life Of Agony, Limp Bizkit, Neurosis, Human Waste Project, Entombed

Warped Tour - Tour Dates
This tour has tons of bands. I could list all of them for you; however, the lineup for each date is different. To check out which band is coming to your concert, visit this page, and click on the date to see the lineup for that particular concert.
6/20/98

Vision of Disorder
Phil will make a guest appearance on the new Vision of Disorder album. It will be released before the end of the year.
5/23/98

Tid-bits
Pantera canceled their 3 dates in Brazil early this month due to some unavoidable problems. Anywayz, click on tourdates in the menu for their European dates.
5/20/98

Vinny Paul and Dimebag Darrell were at chat.yahoo.com on Feb. 4. Transcripts can be seen here.

Tool's Aenema beat out Pantera's Cemetary Gates for "Best Metal Performance" at the Grammys.

The home video named "3 Watch It Go" is out. Better go get it and party with Pantera.

If you haven't heard it already, the new CD kicks major ASS!! Live concert songs, including a rare live version of Suicide Note Part II!! Plus 2 previously unreleased songs. Once again, Pantera proves to be the best metal band in the world. Songs featured on the CD includes Becoming, 5 Minutes Alone, This Love, Sandblasted Skin, I'm Broken, Drag the Waters, A New Level, Walk, and more! 74 minutes of pure adrenaline rush. And, the inside cover has a little Pantera history thingie. Go get it!!

Well, here is what Phil had to say about a Heroin overdose a long, long, long time ago. This was released from Concrete Management.

I, Philip H. Anselmo, immediately after a very successful show in Dallas injected a lethal dose of Heroin into my arm, and died for 4 to 5 minutes. There was no lights, no beautiful music, just nothing. And then after 20 minutes (from what I heard later) my friends slapped me and poured water over my head all basically trying to revive me. The paramedics finally arrived and all I remember is waking up in the back of an ambulance. From that point on I knew all I wanted was to be back on the tour bus, going to the next gig. Instead I was going to the hospital where I was released very shortly. You see, I'm not a Heroin Addict. But I am (was) an intravenous drug abuser. The lesson learned here is that every nightmare ever heard about O.D.ing, and or, Heroin is terribly true. And for my friends and family as well as myself and our fans. (Pantera, Down Etc.), I since then have recovered completely, the Pantera Tour uninterrupted. I intend to keep it that way! Special Thanks to my Family and Friends who supported me, and the fans who pump me up to the hilt. One message to everyone in this fucking world. I am not a weakling groping for sympathy. I WILL NOT DIE SO EASILY! I'm here to piss off the music press for a long time to come.

Very Sincerely,

Philip Anselmo