Musical Tributes to Dime

Tributes to Abbott
The song "In This River", from the Black Label Society album Mafia was written before Dimebag's death and later dedicated to Dimebag by his friend Zakk Wylde.

The first song from Chimaira's self-titled album, "Nothing Remains", was musically inspired by Abbott's death. It was written on the day of his murder. The song has nothing to do with the situation, but musically, it's brutal and anger-filled, and the shooting brought out the feelings. We sat in the practice space, staring at the ground for an hour, when Rob picked up his guitar, and the song was just born. - Mark Hunter

On God Forbid's album IV: Constitution of Treason track 7 "To The Fallen Hero", although part of the album's concept, is dedicated to Dimebag.

The Nickelback album All the Right Reasons contains a song entitled "Side of a Bullet" which features lyrics dedicated to Dimebag and a guitar solo from the Far Beyond Driven era.

The song "Betrayed" on the Avenged Sevenfold album City of Evil is dedicated to Dimebag Darrell. The lyrics of the song refer to Nathan Gale's admiration of Pantera and Dime himself, and how he "cracked" and decided to kill Darrell.

On their Live from the Inside DVD, Shinedown perform a cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man", and dedicate the song to Dimebag Darrell.

The Limp Bizkit EP The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) contains a song entitled "The Priest" in which singer Fred Durst talks about various hurtful events, including Dimebag's death; "I see priests molesting children/I see terrorists blowing up buildings/I see someone in rage killing Dimebag on stage/What the fuck is this?/What the fuck is this?"

Brides Of Destruction recorded "Dime's In Heaven" on their album Runaway Brides about Dimebag.

During the 2005 Gigantour there was a special tribute to Dimebag Darrell by Dream Theater, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, and Russell Allen of Symphony X performing "Cemetery Gates".
The Romanian heavy metal band M.S. recorded a song titled "Behind The Stone" for their 2006 album A Breath of Fresh Air, in which the guitar work sounds similar to Dimebag's and was dedicated to him.

In addition, alternative country group Cross Canadian Ragweed pay tribute to Abbott in the song "Dimebag".

Brian "Head" Welch Formerly of KoRn wrote a tribute to Dimebag called "Letter To Dimebag". It was available on his website for a short time.

And more recent, Gothenburgh based band In Flames pay homage to Pantera on there DVD release Used and Abused...In Live We Trust, covering Fucking Hostile, and dedicating the song to Tsunami victims and Dimebag