THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Pantera’s reunion lineup is taking the European festival circuit with a stacked triple-support bill: Trivium, Bodysnatcher, and Cavalera *. That’s three generations of heavy music on one stage, from groove metal’s architects to modern deathcore upstarts. No specific dates or venues have been announced yet, but the package alone makes this worth watching.
THE DETAILS
- European headlining tour with three support acts *
- Trivium brings technical thrash firepower to the middle slot *
- Bodysnatcher represents the deathcore generation *
- Cavalera—Max and Igor’s current project—rounds out the bill *
- Specific cities, venues, and on-sale dates have not been released
SUPPORT
Trivium, Bodysnatcher, and Cavalera will open on all European dates *.
WHY IT MATTERS
BUCKET LIST: This is the Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante version of Pantera, and every tour could be the last time you see this lineup play “Walk” and “Cemetery Gates” in a festival field. The Cavalera brothers opening for the band that helped define ’90s metal—while Dimebag and Vinnie’s chairs are filled by hired guns—is the kind of full-circle moment that only happens when legacy acts stop caring about optics.