Far Beyond Driven
Studio album by Pantera
Released	March 15, 1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Groove metal
Length	56:26
Label	Eastwest Records
Producer(s)	Terry Date
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Pantera chronology
Vulgar Display of Power (1992)	Far Beyond Driven (1994)	The Great Southern Trendkill (1996)
Alternate cover
The original "uncensored" cover that was rejected

Far Beyond Driven is an album by heavy metal band Pantera. The album was released on March 15, 1994 through Eastwest Records. It is considered one of the most extreme albums ever to debut at No. 1.[1] An explicit version of the cover art (seen below) was originally sold but was later replaced due to censorship issues. Pantera - Far Beyond Driven album cover. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Groove metal, also called neo-thrash, half-thrash, or post-thrash, is a derivative of thrash metal which took its current form during the early 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... old logo current logo Eastwest Records was started in 1955 as a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Terry Date Terry Date is an American record producer and engineer, specialising in the rock and metal genres. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Great Southern Trendkill is a groove metal album by Pantera. ... Image File history File links Farbeyonddrivenoriginal. ... Heavy metal is derivative of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... old logo current logo Eastwest Records was started in 1955 as a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. ...

The album features young guitarist Richard Figueroa from his home town of Ellenville New York.The album features a cover version of Black Sabbath's "Planet Caravan" as the closing track, which reached #21 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and #26 on the UK Singles Chart. The album's fourth track, "I'm Broken", reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart. In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Planet Caravan is a psychedelic song by Black Sabbath. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock (that is, alternative) stations, which are counted in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

Track listing

• All tracks by Pantera unless noted otherwise.

1. "Strength Beyond Strength" – 3:39
2. "Becoming" – 3:05
3. "5 Minutes Alone" – 5:50
4. "I'm Broken" – 4:25
5. "Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills" – 2:54
6. "Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks" – 7:01
7. "Slaughtered" – 3:57
8. "25 Years" – 6:05
9. "Shedding Skin" – 5:37
10. "Use My Third Arm" – 4:52
11. "Throes of Rejection" – 5:01
12. "Planet Caravan" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward) – 4:04

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Credits

• Pantera – Arranger, producer
• Terry Date – Producer, engineer, mixing
• Philip Anselmo – Vocals
• Rex Brown – Bass
• Richard Figueroa – Guitar
• Vinnie Paul – Drums