Pantera byla založena v roce 1981 bratry Diamondem Darrellem a Vincentem Paulem Abbottovými, kteří se rozhodli hrát hudbu, jakou mají rádi, tudíž tehdy ještě glam metal, spolu s baskytaristou Tommym Bradfordem, kytaristou Terrym Glazem a zpěvákem...
It's storming broken glass, corpses left in piles
Ungracious bludgeonment that breaks the earth for miles
Nothing can stop it, the day has come, from below it's catastrophic
Freezing, there's no healing
Families are dying
This world is shattered
All shattered
Life crushing turbulence,
This wrath can't be denied
Wishing you could help your friends,
Standing where they died
Echoes haunting, a hollow planet, lacerations,
Dissected nation
Freezing, there's no healing
Everyone is dying
This world is shattered
All shattered
Freezing, there's no healing
Everyone is dying
This world is shattered
All shattered
All shattered
All shattered