Your entire Pantera reunion/tribute/no matter saga has been happening for fairly some time now, so it’s straightforward to overlook simply how lengthy the metallic world questioned who would take the late guitarist Dimebag Darrell‘s place. Many felt that Zakk Wylde taking the spot was a foregone conclusion given how shut he was to Darrell, however we’ve since discovered that wasn’t precisely the case.

Because it’s been beforehand reported, Pantera vocalist Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown had a shortlist of potential gamers on their thoughts when drawing this return up. We’ve since heard that Mark Tremonti and Ola Englund have been amongst these thought-about and now we’ve bought one other identify: YouTube star Kayla Kent.

That bit of knowledge comes straight from Kent herself, who launched a virtually 15 minute video earlier this week detailing her expertise being invited backstage for Pantera’s present in Austin again on August 20. And whereas she goes into element about assembly Dime’s guitar tech Grady Champion and watching him work, it’s her encounter with Anselmo that’s notably fascinating.

In accordance with Kent, Anselmo instantly knew who she was and complimented her guitar enjoying. Throughout their interplay, he apparently instructed her that she as on the listing of potential guitar gamers for the Pantera tribute act.

“He knew who I used to be, and he got here up and hugged me, and had super-flattering issues to say about my guitar enjoying and he needed an image. We bought chatting for some time after which he instructed me one thing I’ll always remember: he instructed me that I used to be on the listing of potential Pantera guitar gamers. I simply couldn’t consider it.

“I requested him a number of instances, ‘Are you joking? Are you critical?,’ and he mentioned, ‘I’m 100% critical. I don’t bullshit. We really thought-about you,” recalled Kent. “After that interplay I went as much as Grady [Champion] and Steve [Murillo, Zakk Wylde’s guitar tech] and was like, ‘Is he bullshitting me? Does he simply inform everyone that?’ they usually have been like, ‘He’s not identified to bullshit folks in non-public like that.’

“Coming from Phil, who’s spearheading the brand new Pantera factor, clearly it means lots to me that he mentioned that.”

Might you think about?! That’s bought to be the good factor to listen to when your total YouTube channel relies round guitar enjoying with a selected curiosity in Pantera and Dimebag Darrel.

You’ll be able to take a look at the complete video under and if you happen to’re down, give her a like and subscribe. She will fucking play, man.