Far Beyond Driven may be Pantera's biggest selling album, but it's hardly their best. Though it shot straight to the number one spot on the Billboard sales chart in its first week (arguably the most extreme album ever to do so), this incredible feat doesn't so much reflect its own qualities as those of its predecessor, 1992's Vulgar Display of Power. A true landmark, Vulgar had seen the Texan quartet quite literally reinventing the wheel (in heavy metal terms) in a way not seen since Metallica's rise to fame in the late '80s. But when the time came to follow it up, the band members themselves seemed unsure as to how they could possibly top it. So they decided to try and out-heavy themselves, resulting in a less cohesive record which often sacrificed songwriting for outright aggression. Gui...