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{{Short description|American metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Damageplan
| image             = Damageplan.jpg
| caption           = From left to right: [[Bob Zilla]], [[Vinnie Paul]], [[Patrick Lachman]], [[Dimebag Darrell]]
| landscape         = yes
| alias             = New Found Power (2003)
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| origin            = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| genre             = <!---All genres have reliable sources. Do NOT remove any genres! --->{{flatlist|
* [[Groove metal]]
* [[nu metal]]
}}
| years_active      = {{Start date|2003}}–{{End date|2004}}
| label             = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]
| spinoffs          = [[Hellyeah]]
| website           = 
| spinoff_of        = [[Pantera]]
| past_members      = * [[Vinnie Paul]]
* [[Dimebag Darrell]]
* [[Patrick Lachman]]
* [[Bob Kakaha|Bob Zilla]]
* Shawn Matthews
}}
'''Damageplan''' was an American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band from [[Dallas]], Texas, formed in 2003. Following the demise of their previous group [[Pantera]], brothers [[Dimebag Darrell]] and [[Vinnie Paul|Vinnie Paul Abbott]] wanted to start a new band. The pair recruited former [[Halford (band)|Halford]] guitarist [[Patrick Lachman]] on vocals, and later [[Bob Kakaha|Bob Zilla]] on bass. Damageplan released ''[[New Found Power]]'', their only album, in February 2004. ''New Found Power'' debuted at number 38 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 44,676 copies in its first week.

While Damageplan was promoting the album at a concert on December 8, 2004 at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in [[Columbus, Ohio]], deranged fan Nathan Gale climbed on stage and [[Columbus nightclub shooting|killed guitarist Dimebag Darrell and three others]] before being fatally shot by a police officer. Although no motive was found, some of Gale's friends reported that he believed that Pantera had stolen his lyrics and that its former members were attempting to steal his identity. Damageplan's manager confirmed there are unreleased Damageplan recordings, although they have not surfaced, and the band has been inactive since the incident. Vinnie and Zilla joined the band [[Hellyeah]], and Lachman joined the Mercy Clinic. Vinnie Paul died in 2018.