Mouth for War

"Mouth for War" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera. It was first released on the band's sixth album Vulgar Display of Power and was the first single off that album. It was later released on the band's compilation album, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!

The song was released as downloadable content for the music video games Rock Revolution, and for Rock Band 3 alongside "Walk", "I'm Broken" and "5 Minutes Alone".

Lyrics

Phil Anselmo stated in a 1992 interview on Much More Music, that "Mouth for War" is about channeling your hate into something productive. This is evident in the lyrics "When I channel my hate to productive/I don't find it hard to impress".

Video

The video shows the band playing the song to an audience. The majority of the video is shot in black and white, and a screenshot of the video was used as the cover for "Walk". It was directed by Paul Rachman who also directed all the videos from the band's first album "Cowboys From Hell" and the feature documentary film "American Hardcore."

Release and reception

"Mouth for War" was the band's first single from their Vulgar Display of Power album. The song is one of Pantera's most popular songs and experienced moderate commercial success, becoming the band's first song to ever chart, reaching number 73 on the UK Singles Chart. It was used as the theme song for MTV's Headbanger's Ball.

Covers

"Mouth for War" has been covered by the Italian melodic death metal band Disarmonia Mundi on their third album titled Mind Tricks. Another cover version by Biohazard appears in the Metal Hammer Tribute to Dimebag Darrell album. An instrumental, all-cello version was also recorded by The Portland Cello Project on the Kill Rock Stars label. Avenged Sevenfold covered the song live in 2011 featuring Vinnie Paul on drums.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mouth for War"	3:57
2.	"Rise"	4:38
3.	"Cowboys from Hell" (Live)	4:16
4.	"Heresy" (Live)	5:05

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[1]	73

Pantera

Phil Anselmo Rex Brown Dimebag Darrell Vinnie Paul Tommy Bradford Terry Glaze Donnie Hart

Studio albums	Metal Magic Projects in the Jungle I Am the Night Power Metal Cowboys from Hell Vulgar Display of Power Far Beyond Driven The Great Southern Trendkill Reinventing the Steel

Live albums	Official Live: 101 Proof

Extended plays	Walk Alive and Hostile E.P. Hostile Moments

Compilations	Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!

Box sets	Driven Downunder Tour '94 – Souvenir Collection

Singles	"Cowboys from Hell" "Cemetery Gates" "Psycho Holiday" "Mouth for War" "This Love" "Hollow" "Walk" "I'm Broken" "Planet Caravan" "5 Minutes Alone" "Becoming" "Drag the Waters" "Suicide Note" "Floods" "Cat Scratch Fever" "Revolution Is My Name" "Goddamn Electric" "I'll Cast a Shadow" "Piss"

Video albums	Cowboys from Hell: The Videos For Those About to Rock Vulgar Video 3 Watch It Go 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell

Related bands	Arson Anthem Damageplan Down Gasoline Hellyeah Kill Devil Hill Necrophagia Rebel Meets Rebel Southern Isolation Superjoint Ritual Viking Crown Eibon

Tours	Early shows (1982-1989) Cowboys & Idiots Tour (1990-1991) Vulgar Tour (1992-1993) Far Beyond Touring the World (1994-1995) Killtour (1996-1998) Ozzfest 1997 Extreme Steel Tour (2000-2001) Ozzfest 2000

Related articles	Discography Terry Date John "Kat" Brooks Getcha Pull: A Tribute to Dimebag Darrell

↑ "Archive Chart: 1992-10-10" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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