Dimebag Darrell

Dimebag Darrell sits high in my personal pantheon of guitarists. What he built with his brother in Pantera, out of Arlington, Texas, redefined heavy rhythm playing; those razor-wire riffs and squealing harmonics are identifiable within two bars. I am struck by how joyful he was about such an aggressive art form, since every live clip shows a man having the time of his life. His murder onstage in 2004 remains one of music's cruelest losses, yet his vocabulary is now baked into the DNA of modern metal. Few players, in any genre, cast a longer shadow.

Name (English)

Dimebag Darrell

Name (Japanese)

ダイムバッグ・ダレル

Reading

だいむばっぐ・だれる

Born

August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Arlington, Texas, United States

Occupation

guitarist

High school

Arlington High School

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://dimebagdarrell.com/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Texas
• guitarist

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.