actually, I think you'll find if you listen to the riff at 2:41 on "slaughtered" from far beyond driven you'll find that it is very death metal influenced. But yeah, Pantera weren't a death metal band, this thread is moving off in a tangent. Original poster, check out a peavey Valveking, great amps for the money. Don't bother with the VOX or the Marshall, waste of money.