In 2001, the band once again returned to touring, playing with fellow metal bands Morbid Angel , Skrape , Slayer, and Static-X as part of the Extreme Steel Tour of North America.
In November, the band canceled their planned tour after Anselmo broke his ribs after falling during his eighth annual House of Shock event.
releasing their ninth (considered fifth by the band itself) and final studio album, Reinventing the Steel , on March 21, 2000.
In 2000, Pantera played on the mainstage of Ozzfest alongside Ozzy Osbourne , Godsmack , Static-X , Methods of Mayhem , Incubus , P.O.D. , Black Label Society , Queens of the Stone Age , and Apartment 26 .
Starting in 2000, Riggs was also the frontman for the swamp rock band Deadboy & the Elephantmen
releasing one self-titled album in 2000
Later on in 1999, Pantera contributed the Ted Nugent cover ” Cat Scratch Fever ” to the soundtrack of the film Detroit Rock City .
The band wrote a song for the NHL ‘s Dallas Stars during the team’s 1999 Stanley Cup Championship run , “Puck Off”
Pantera returned to the recording studio with Anselmo in 1999
Around this time, Anselmo ventured into more side projects, such as playing guitars on Necrophagia ‘s 1999 release Holocausto de la Morte , where he went as the alias “Anton Crowley”, which combines the names of Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey and occultist Aleister Crowley . He also temporarily…
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