I don`t hate them I think they`re shit

But you like Slayer?... Who are a extremely similar band to Pantera as far as i'm concerned.... Ironically enough i think Pantera are better. :p:

No offense, but sometimes your preferences seem to be a little random, but whatever floats your boat.

It`s not random at all.

I heard Slayer first, I thought Reign In Blood was a good album (although i`m not keen on the others).

Pantera however came a bit later & didn`t impress me nearly as much. In fact i`d say they were primaily the band that started the whole wave of downtuned chuggy metal bands that I loathe.

Nah, Slayer were more influencial to that movement. ;)

I love Slayer myself, just a little boggled.

The difference is Pantera were influenced and tried to sound like Kiss, Slayer were more hardcore punk influenced. I for one enjoyed their punk covers album Undisputed Attitude.

How dare you call The Residents prog. That makes me feel dirrty.

/Now Playing: Christina Aguilera - Dirrty

Why not?... They were one of the most progressive bands of their time, not every prog band has to sound like ELP you know.

I thought Pantera was pretty original, but some of the singing on the earlier stuff (by which I mean CFH and VDOP) is somewhat Kiss-ish.

The common story is that Pantera ripped off Exhorder's style of groove based thrash metal so it's hard to say whether they were that creative. But I still prefer Pantera, although Exhorder is some great thrash.