Editing Damageplan (section)

===Aftermath===
In a 2005 interview, Damageplan manager Paul Bassman said that unreleased recordings before Darrell's death were near completion. He commented, "Vinnie Paul has said there will be a follow-up album down the road, as Dime would have wanted his music to be heard."<ref name="New Damageplan Recordings May Surface"/> Rumors circulated of another album, although nothing has been released.<ref name="New Damageplan Recordings May Surface"/>
[[File:Hellyeah.jpg|thumb|left|Abbott and Zilla joined [[Hellyeah]] following Darrell's death]]
Following the events since Dimebag Darrell's death, Paul was unsure if he wanted to continue playing music. He was invited to join the band called [[Hellyeah]], which included members of [[Mudvayne]] and [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]], but declined the offer. However, bassist Jerry {{lang|en|Montano}} repeatedly called Paul, and he accepted the offer to join the project as he thought "Everybody had their head in the right place."<ref name="HELLYEAH - interview with Vinnie Abbott - May 2007">{{cite web
|title=Hellyeah – Interview with Vinnie Abbott
|author=Florino, Rick
|publisher=Maximumink.com
|date=May 4, 2007
|url=http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=1134
|access-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref> Hellyeah released its debut album on April 10, 2007. One week later, Zilla joined the band as its new bassist, after {{lang|en|Montano}} left due to "personal reasons". The album was recorded at Abbott's backyard studio, Chasin' Jason, where ''New Found Power'' was also recorded.<ref name="Hellyeah Helps Pantera's Abbott Face The Music">{{cite magazine
|title=Hellyeah helps Pantera's Abbott face the music
|author=Graff, Gary
|magazine=Billboard.com
|date=March 29, 2007
|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053327/hellyeah-helps-panteras-paul-face-the-music
|access-date=November 16, 2007}}</ref>

Vocalist Lachman joined The Mercy Clinic, which aided the grieving process. He commented, "you have to get back on the horse. You could easily let a decade go by and not do anything. I'm happy to have walked away with my life after the situation I was thrown into. But, I mean, what do you do? I'm a musician. I'm going to make music. What Dime would have told me was, 'You make music, motherfucker. Get back on it. Do what you do.' So, that's what I did."<ref name="Ex-Damageplan Singer Starts Healing Process With The Mercy Clinic">{{cite web
|title=Ex-Damageplan singer starts healing process with The Mercy Clinic
|author=Harris, Chris
|publisher=MTV
|date=August 31, 2005
|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1508697/20050831/damageplan.jhtml
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129061232/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1508697/20050831/damageplan.jhtml
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=January 29, 2013
|access-date=February 5, 2008}}</ref> Before the shooting, [[Phil Anselmo]] stated in the December 2004 edition of ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' that Dimebag "deserves to be severely beaten".<ref name="A new, revealing book about the Murder of Dimebag Darrell"/> He apologized and said the "severely beaten" comment was a joke, although Paul requested ''Metal Hammer'' to provide the audio tapes to discern the nature of the comments. Paul concluded that the quote was not a joke and referred to Anselmo as the "master of lies".<ref name="MH">{{cite journal|date=January 2008 |author=Ewing, Jerry |title=Dimebag Remembered – Vinnie Paul |journal=[[Metal Hammer]]}}</ref>

A book titled ''A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa'' was penned by author [[Chris Armold]]. For 14&nbsp;months, Armold interviewed people and researched the events leading up to December 8, stating "It's not a book about rock stars, but heroes, regular guys who made the ultimate sacrifice." In his research, Armold found no evidence that the comments Anselmo made before Darrell's death had influenced Gale's actions. The book was released in 2007.<ref name="A new, revealing book about the Murder of Dimebag Darrell">{{cite web
|title=A new, revealing book about the Murder of Dimebag Darrell
|author=Daviet, Brandon
|publisher=New Dealers Music Blog
|date=January 14, 2007
|url=http://newdealersblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-revealing-book-about-murder-of.html
|access-date=February 6, 2008}}</ref>

In a 2017 interview with Loudwire, Paul had stated that he had planned to release all unreleased Damageplan recordings at some point in the future, many of which have no vocals. He even stated having some of Dimebag Darrell's favorite musicians, such as [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] to record vocals for the songs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Vinnie Paul died on June 22, 2018, at the age of 54.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Vinnie Paul, Legendary Drummer for Pantera & Damageplan, Dead at 54|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/obituary/8462386/vinnie-paul-dead-pantera-damageplan-hellyeah|magazine=Billboard.com|date=June 22, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref>