Vulgar Display of Power is the sixth studio album by heavy metal band Pantera. It was released through Atco Records, on February 25, 1992. It is the last album where Darrell Abbott is credited as "Diamond Darrell". One of the most influential groove metal albums of the 1990s, Vulgar Display of Power is said to have played a major role in defining groove metal. Several songs from this release have become some of the band's best known, such as "Fucking Hostile", "Mouth for War", "This Love", and "Walk". The album is the band's first to be labeled with a Parental Advisory.

战斧乐队组建于1992年初，是国内最早的死亡重金属风格乐队之一。乐队成立初期主要以老式敲击死亡金属为风格主线，代表作品有《天葬》（又名-往世）发行于《摇滚北京II》、《报应》发行于《成长状态》等合辑唱片中，并藉此建立了最初的名声。
90年代后期，乐队受到当时较为流行的音乐元素（硬核金属、工业金属、说唱乐）的影响，创作上发生了改编，在新世纪首张专辑中得到了充分的体现（如：“光天化日”、“拒绝繁殖”、“死城”等）。
因此这张专辑是战斧乐队后期音乐的体现，和早年的死亡金属已经分道扬镳。专辑里的单曲《下沉》是乐队在旋律、内涵上的最佳表现，获得了乐迷的一致推崇。