The newest musician to help the Pantera reunion, which options half the band’s authentic lineup, is none aside from former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. Showing on the THAT Rocks! Youtube present with Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, Portnoy was requested if he’d had an opportunity to catch a Pantera present on this tour and what he considered it.

“I caught the present in Studying, Pennsylvania. It was fricking phenomenal. I beloved it. Completely beloved it… Charlie and Zakk are completely killing it, actually. I couldn’t be happier for them. I believe all of the naysayers that got here on this skeptical firstly are actually sort of consuming their phrases and realizing how badass that is and the way essential it’s, to maintain that legacy alive.

“I do know it was a tricky capsule for lots of people to swallow, however I believe the fact is that if Dimebag hadn’t been killed, I believe they absolutely would’ve reunited in some unspecified time in the future by now. And I perceive Vinnie, as soon as Dimebag was killed, I perceive Vinnie by no means desirous to do it with out him; it’s his brother, so I get that. However now that Vinnie isn’t with us both — it’s Phil and Rex’s band as effectively, and I believe wanting to hold on the legacy for a complete new era is a good, great point. They’re an essential band and essential to steel, and why shouldn’t they be on the market doing it, you realize? And truly, they’re doing it so tastefully and with a lot honor and respect to Dime and Vinnie. They’re there every present proper there on Charlie’s bass drum heads. So I believe they’re doing it proper.”

Whereas the Pantera reuniting—particularly with solely half the traditional lineup—was a controversial resolution initially, plainly the final consensus has swung round and the band is getting constructive receptions.