On December 8th 2004, thirty-eight-year-old Darrell Abbott – best known for his fans as Dimebag Darrell from Pantera – was shot dead during a concert with his new group, Damageplan. Darrell had formed Pantera with his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul, in the early 1980s and, after three disappointing albums, they recruited a new singer, Phil Anselmo, and record the overlooked Power Metal. The band eventually split in 2003 after releasing four critically acclaimed albums, the last being Reinventing the Steel in 2000, but Darrell’s life was cut short soon afterwards.
In a new interview with Loudwire, Anselmo reflects on his memories of Darrell; “I probably think about him every friggin’ day. Music is music is music, but he was a gigantic part of my growth as a musician and a part of my life, a brother, a person that I loved. I loved him. Dimebag, I can’t say enough. I mentioned it before. I am the type that cannot stay put in living in the past and solely in the past. It’s not healthy and it doesn’t feel right. Yes, I’ve moved on, for the health of my own goddamn brain, but there s a part of me that will never come to f—ing grips like anyone who loses someone to murder. You can’t come to a full circle.”
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