"Live in a Hole"
Song by Pantera
from the album Vulgar Display of Power
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992
Recorded1991
Genre
Length5:00
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Terry Date

"Live in a Hole" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was released in 1992 on their album Vulgar Display of Power.

Overview

The song was written in the studio with little demoing and preproduction.[5] Pantera bassist Rex Brown calls the song a "sledgehammer jam" which came to the band quickly and naturally, like most of the songs from the album.[6]

The lyrics are about the struggles of individuals with overwhelming social anxiety. They choose to isolate themselves because it's the only answer that seems to work, but at the same time there is still a lack of inner peace within their soul. Because of this, the struggle never seems to end.[6][7]

Reception

Metal Hammer wrote that the song's "lacerating hooks come from Dimebag's steady succession of devastating riffs, the weird, loping groove in the verses and, predictably, the guitarist's blistering solo midway through".[4] Entertainment Weekly writer Janiss Garza described the song as "psychotic riffing and pounding rhythms".[8]

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "How Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power Saved American Metal". Kerrang!. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "27 Years Ago, Pantera Take Metal to a New Level with Vulgar Display of Power". February 25, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ Hart, Josh (May 15, 2012). "GW Blog: Pantera Release 'Vulgar Display of Power' 20th Anniversary Edition Today". Guitar World. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Hammer, Dom Lawson2016-08-16T13:00:00Z Metal. "Every song Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power ranked from worst to best". Metal Hammer Magazine.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Interview". May 9, 2012. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Live In a Hole by Pantera - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
  7. ↑ "20 Things You Might Not Know About Pantera's 'Vulgar Display of Power'". iHeartRadio.
  8. ↑ "A Vulgar Display of Power". EW.com.
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