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==Background== {{Over-quotation|date=December 2022|section}} In 1992, Pantera released their breakthrough album, ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]''. Despite the success of the album, the band would begin to experience turmoil in the two years following its release. Vocalist [[Phil Anselmo]] was injured with ruptured discs in his back and was suffering from chronic pain from [[degenerative disc disease]].<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125509 "PHILIP ANSELMO Opens Up About His Heroin Addiction, PANTERA's Breakup"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822115318/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=125509 |date=2009-08-22 }}. [[Blabbermouth]]. August 19, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2010.</ref> Anselmo began drinking heavily, abusing painkillers and muscle relaxants, and using [[heroin]] to alleviate the pain.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spera|first1=Keith|title=Phil Anselmo battled back from drugs and surgery to rock as hard as ever|url=http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2011/01/phil_anselmo.html|website=NOLA.com|date=January 25, 2011 |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> Anselmo also begin to experience lower back pain, saying, "I think this is one of the first times in my life, man, that I had this thing called 'vulnerability' kick in, and that was a very uncomfortable feeling."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://loudwire.com/philip-anselmo-pantera-im-broken-exclusive/|title=Philip Anselmo Shares Vulnerability While Recalling Pantera's 'I'm Broken' β Exclusive Video|magazine=[[Loudwire]]|author=Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann|date=March 25, 2014}}</ref>
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