The American heavy metal band Pantera has just announced that they will be performing live in Athens, Greece for the first time in their career.
The band took to social media on Thursday to share the monumental news with their fans. "We are excited to announce that we are coming to Athens, Greece for the first time ever! We can’t wait to play for you!" the band said.
The performance will be taking place on July 9 during the Release Athens festival overlooking the Faliro Marina and the Battleship Averof, making it a beautiful venue surrounded by centuries of Greek history.
We are excited to announce that we are coming to Athens, Greece for the first time ever! We can’t wait to play for you! Release Athens 2026July 9 – Athens, GR @ Plateia NerouGeneral On sale: Saturday, February 7, 11am CETLink to purchase tickets: t.co/tVWNiA6kuM pic.twitter.com/nbgYvnwflP
— Pantera (@Pantera) February 5, 2026The performance will come just after Pantera has finished wrapping up its time supporting Metallica for several of their upcoming European tour dates, during which the band will play live in Frankfurt, Germany, Budapest, Hungary, Dublin, Ireland and London, England. Tickets for their Athens performance will be available starting on Saturday and can be found on Pantera's website.
Pantera started as a glam metal band in 1981 when it was founded by metal music duo and brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, with bassist Rex Brown joining a year later. The band transitioned into heavier metal in the late '80s after recruiting vocalist Phil Anselmo in 1986 and releasing their album Power Metal (1988). Though Pantera enjoyed several years of success and evolution over the span of their time together, they also faced many moments of tragedy, including growing tensions surrounding Anselmo's drug abuse at the time which resulted in the band breaking up in 2003. Dimebag Darrell, who formed the band Damageplan with his brother after the breakup, was unfortunately shot and killed during a live performance in 2004. Vinnie Paul died too in 2018 from heart failure, leaving Anselmo and Brown to be the last surviving members of Pantera's best-known lineup. Brown and Anselmo reunited in 2023 to tour as Pantera once again, bringing along musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante into the new lineup.
The band's Greece debut is highly anticipated among Pantera's fans, who are looking forward to yet another era of enjoying the music they know and love all around the world.
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