Mouth for War

"Mouth for War"
Single by Pantera
from the album Vulgar Display of Power
Released	February 25, 1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Groove metal
Length	3:56
Label	Eastwest
Writer(s)	Pantera
Producer	Terry Date
Pantera singles chronology
"Psycho Holiday" (1990) "Mouth for War" (1992) "This Love" (1992)

"Mouth for War" is a popular song by the heavy metal band Pantera. It was first released on the band's 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 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".

Release and reception

"Mouth for War" was the bands first single of their Vulgar Display of Power album. The song is one of Pantera's most popular songs and experienced moderate commercial success, reaching #24 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks.

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.

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 Rock Songs	10
UK Singles Chart	73
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	24