Pantera reached a major milestone in 1994 when the legendary metal band’s seventh studio album, Far Beyond Driven, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, becoming the fastest-selling album of the group’s career and its second consecutive platinum release. Not only a commercial success, the album also earned positive reviews around the world for the beautiful brutality of its all-out sonic assault.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of that landmark album and Rhino is celebrating with a special two-disc version that includes a newly remastered version of the album, along with a live performance from the 1994 Monsters of Rock Festival.
Following its #1 debut, Far Beyond Driven remained on the Billboard album chart for seven months and many still regard it as the heaviest album to ever top the chart. Its 12 tracks represented a continuation of their previous album – Vulgar Display Of Power – with its relentless musical onslaught and hard-hitting tracks like the first single ‘I’m Broken’ as well as classics ‘5 Minutes Alone’ and ‘Slaughtered’. Another standout track was the group’s swirling acoustic cover of Black Sabbath’s ‘Planet Caravan’, which became a live favourite when Pantera hit the road to support the album later that year.
Fans already familiar with Far Beyond Driven are in for a treat with the second disc of the 20th Anniversary Edition. Dubbed Far Beyond Bootleg – Live From Donington ’94, the disc contains Pantera full live set recorded at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Donington, England on June 4, 1994. The 40-minute show comprises nine tracks taken from the band’s three most recent albums including: ‘Use My Third Arm’ and ‘Strength Beyond Strength’ from Far Beyond Driven, ‘Walk’, ‘Mouth For War’, and ‘This Love’ off of Vulgar Display of Power, plus the title track from Cowboys from Hell as well as the live staple melding ‘Domination’ and ‘Hollow’.
FAR BEYOND DRIVEN: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Track Listing
Disc One – Original Album Remastered
01: Strength Beyond Strength
02: Becoming
03: 5 Minutes Alone
04: I’m Broken
05: Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills
06: Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks
07: Slaughtered
08: 25 Years
08: Shedding Skin
10: Use My Third Arm
11: Throes Of Rejection
12: Planet Caravan
Disc Two – Far Beyond Bootleg – Live From Donington ‘94
01: Use My Third Arm
02: Walk
03: Strength Beyond Strength
04: Domination/Hollow
05: Slaughtered
06: Fucking Hostile
07: This Love
08: Mouth For War
09: Cowboys From Hell
